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2nd Annual Fine Furnishings & Fine Craft Show – Baltimore
Hippodrome Theater & France-Merrick Performing Arts Center
Baltimore, MD
May 1 - 2, 2010

For the second year, the FIne Furnishings and Fine Craft Show will return to Baltimore.  Fifty exhibitors will show their furniture, accessories, fine art & craft in many styles & materials.  These talented artisans from across North America will be selling their unique rugs, quilts, lamps, mirrors, paintings, and sculpture.

A special feature, the Parade of Chairs is a fun & interesting display of exhibitor’s chairs in a broad range of styles and materials.  Also featured are professionally designed room settings filled with an array of furniture and accessories from various exhibitors. (more…)

28th Annual Smithsonian Craft Show
National Building Museum
Washington, D.C.
April 22 – 25, 2010

The Smithsonian Craft show returns to the National Building Museum in DC for the 28th year.  This premier craft show features exquisite examples of basketry, ceramics, fiber, furniture, glass, jewelry, leather, metal, mixed media, paper, wearable art, and wood.

Exhibitors in the furniture category include: Bonnie Bishoff & J.M. Syron, Ronald Dekok, John Dodd, John Reed Fox, Joe Graham, Jenifer & Don Green, Peter Harrison, David Kiernan, Gary Magakis, Michael Puryear. (more…)

Thomas Hucker & Thomas Huang
Wexler Gallery
Philadelphia, PA
May 7 – June 26, 2010

The upcoming exhibit at Wexler Gallery presents new works by contemporary studio furniture artists Thomas Hucker and Thomas Huang.

Thomas Hucker’s work focuses on the contextual relationship of his designs and their surroundings. According to the artist, “a piece of furniture’s composition, proportions, and finishes must relate to its surroundings, as furniture does not exist alone.” With a focus on designing and fabricating both functional furniture and sculptural objects, the artist is greatly influenced by traditional European and Asian furniture such as Beidemeir and Ming Dynasty, his aesthetic representing a unique fusion and interpretation of influences. (more…)

Current Student Work
Messler Gallery
Center for Furniture Craftsmanship
Rockport, ME
April 16 – May 27, 2010

“Current Student Work” showcases furniture and decorative pieces created by the talented participants in the Center for Furniture Craftsmanship’s Nine-Month Comprehensive program. The eleven students, who began the course last September, come from diverse backgrounds, including furniture design, instrument making, and automotive technology. (more…)

CRAFTBOSTON Spring
Seaport World Trade Center
Boston, MA
April 9-11, 2010

CRAFTBOSTON is New England’s premiere exhibition and sale of contemporary art, craft and design. CRAFTBOSTON Spring takes place annually in the spring at the Seaport World Trade Center in Boston. The shows will feature 200 of the most outstanding artists of our time, showcasing one-of-a- kind and limited-edition pieces in baskets, ceramics, decorative fiber, wearables, furniture, glass, jewelry, leather, metal, mixed media, paper and wood. Additionally, CRAFTBOSTON Spring features work by emerging artists from leading schools and universities, an artist mentor program, a book seller, an educational lecture series, tours for guests who are blind and visually impaired and other special interest groups, and informational booths promoting non-profit craft organizations. (more…)

Studio Furniture: The Next Generation
Marsh Gallery
Herron School of Art and Design
Indianapolis, IN
April 7 – May 1, 2010

Come and see works by the younger stars of art furniture making. Studio Furniture: Next Generation brings to Indiana work by 15 of the nation’s most talented emerging furniture designers and makers. The show originated at Minneapolis College of Art and Design, travelled to the University of Wisconsin –Madison and is making it’s final stop at Herron School of Art and Design’s Marsh Gallery. The schools collaborated to select the artists in the show. (more…)

Rise up! Out of the Ashes
Benefit Concert for the Jon Brooks New Studio Project
Spotlight Café
The Capitol Center for the Arts
Concord, NH
April 3, 2010 7:30 PM

In the early morning hours of January 18th, 2010 Jon Brooks lost his entire studio to a raging fire. All of Jon’s tools, his 40 year collection of special wood, his entire studio and it’s contents were destroyed. It is every artist’s fear and worst nightmare to have this kind of disaster happen.

A leading figure in The American Studio Furniture Movement, Jon will rebuild and carry on; it is his life’s mission to do so. But in this hard economy he will need all the support he can receive. To that end a concert will be held to benefit the Jon Brooks New Studio Project featuring music by Jon’s friends in three New Hampshire bands, Celticladda, Swing a Cat and The Moores. Artist fees and all proceeds will be donated to the Jon Brooks New Studio Project. (more…)