Group Tours
We will gladly customize a themed tour to meet the interest of groups of 10 or more people. Perfect for a social club outing or special event! Schedule and customize your tour in advance!
• Please call Alyce Delbridge (617) 266-1810 ext. 17 or email show@craftboston.org for more information or to
schedule a tour for your group.
• Tours are complimentary with admission
• Groups of 10 or more will receive the group discount ($10/person)
• Tours are lead by Craftboston and SAC staff
Sample Tour Topics:
Media Specific Tours in baskets, ceramics, glass, furniture, fiber, jewelry, leather, metal, mixed media, paper or wood
Tour of Local Artist Booths
General Show Tour
Tour of First Year Artist Booths
Tour of Invited Artist Booths
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Show tour available for guests who are blind or visually impaired. |
2013 Performance and Lecture Schedule
Friday April 19
Saturday April 20
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LECTURE—Finding the 'WOW'- a curator, collector, designer and juror's journey, Jan Katz 12:00pm Jan Katz, Curator Emerita and Founder of The Center for Southern Craft and Design, Ogden Museum of Southern Art, explores some of the clues to look for in mapping out your own journey into collecting. Special consideration is given to learning to create your own visual vocabulary, tapping into your own visual power, making authentic visual choices and finding out something about yourself in the process. |
 | LECTURE—Iron in Architecture; The Yale Art Galleries Staircase Project, John Rais 1:00 pm In 2009, John Rais, Craftboston Metal Artist, was commissioned to design and create a decorative forged iron railing for Yale Art Galleries main staircase as part of their permanent collection. It involved researching the history of the building, original intentions of the architect, and developing a theme that works with the present day. He will show the research and design evolution, techniques involved and the installation. |
 | LECTURE—The Origins and Evolution of Violin Design, William Platt 2:00 pm Violin maker and North Bennet Street School alum, William Platt explores the long history of musical instruments leading up to the birth of the violin, its evolution during its "classical" period and some modern variations. |
 | PERFORMANCE—Music by North Bennet Street School 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm Join us for 2 hours of live music with North Bennet Street School trained craftspeople playing the very instruments they were trained to make. They will be demonstrating that objects can not only look beautiful, but they can sound beautiful as well. |
Saturday April 20
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LECTURE—The Aesthetics of a Place, Kat Cole 12:00 pm Kat Cole, Craftboston Metal Artist, has been inspired by her experiences in different states and geographic climes; she has found meaning and connection through the observance and intimate awareness of the places she has inhabited. Recollections of specific places are transferred in her work into objects of adornment that share personal experiences of these abstracted landscapes. |
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LECTURE—The Journey, Sandy Miller 1:00 pm Sandy Miller, Craftboston Ceramic artist, explains F.R.A.P. - Frantic Random Acts of Pottery- in a potter's 30 year journey down the winding road of design, glaze development and building a library in Africa with mugs. |
| LECTURE—The Origins and Evolution of Violin Design, William Platt 2:00 pm Violin maker William Platt explores the long history of musical instruments leading up to the birth of the violin, its evolution during its "classical" period and some modern variations. |
 | PERFORMANCE—Music by North Bennet Street School 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm Join us for 2 hours of live music with North Bennet Street School trained craftspeople playing the very instruments they were trained to make. They will be demonstrating that objects can not only look beautiful, but they can sound beautiful as well. |
Sunday April 21
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LECTURE–The Dot and the Line, Meg Little 1:00 pm Rugmaker Meg Little has spent many hours exploring the way simple shapes have been used to create special objects. She'll share her enthusiasm for the work of other times and cultures and explains how they have influenced her work. |
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LECTURE– Touch in Real Time, Holly Hanessian 2:00 pm Holly Hanessian explores ceramics at the intersection of neuroscience and emotion with her project "Touch in Real Time". Her project combines a hands on moment between two people and explores where the power of Touch resides in the brain as well as the social and cultural issues as we spend more time digitally with each other and less time physically being with each other. |
Top Image: Kari Lonning, Basket