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PARTICIPATORY SPORT FOR CRAFT ARTISTS
PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART CRAFT SHOW
Event Details
Time: November 8, 2012 at 11am to November 11, 2012 at 5pm
Location: The Pennsylvania Convention Center
Street: 12th and Arch Streets
City/Town: Philadelphia, PA
Website or Map: http://pmacraftshow.org/
Event Type: craft, show
Organized By: The Women's Committee and Craft Show Committee of the Philadelphia Museum of Art
Latest Activity: Jul 9, 2012
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Event Description
From Thursday, November 8 through Sunday, November 11, 2012, The Craft Show Committee and The Women’s Committee of the Philadelphia Museum of Art will present the 36th annual Craft Show. This premier exhibition and sale of contemporary American craft, held at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia, includes 195 of the best craft artists in the United States, selected from more than 1,100 applicants. A select group of artists from Great Britain will also be exhibiting and selling their work.
The Show offers a special opportunity to meet the finest craft artists and to learn about and purchase their work. There is excitement in every booth at the Show where the crafts exhibited embrace a striking variety of forms and functions, including: glass, baskets, jewelry, fiber wearable, metal, paper, leather, furniture, ceramic, wood, mixed media, and fiber decorative works.
Dates and hours for the 2012 Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show are: Thursday, November 8, and Friday, November 9, 11 am-9 pm; Saturday, November 10, 10 am-6 pm; Sunday, November 11, 10 am-5 pm. General admission is $15.00. Two-day passes are $20.00. Children under 12 are $5.00. Tickets may be purchased at the door (cash only), or in advance by calling the Craft Show office at (215) 684-7930. Group admission can be arranged for 10 or more by contacting the Craft Show office.
The Preview Party, which is open to the public, will be held on Wednesday, November 7th, 6 pm-9 pm; call (215) 684-7930 for tickets (tickets are $250 per person).
The Pennsylvania Convention Center, the site of the Craft Show, is located at 12th and Arch Streets in Philadelphia.
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