Come Help Celebrate American Craft Week at Our Open Studio!

Join Us in Celebrating American Craft Week at our open studio October 2nd & 3rd!

There will be pottery making demos, refreshments & fine handcrafted pottery for sale.

For more information & direction to the studio, visit our website www.homeportpotterystudio.com .

American Craft Week, coming this October 1-10, is a coast-to-coast celebration featuring more than 200 events where the public can meet artisans for whom crafting is a business.

The festivities promise artful and fun answers to the question, “What is still made in

America?” Watch a glassblower or a cabinetmaker at work. Tour pottery studios or fine

craft galleries. Art strolls, exhibitions, open houses, talks, craft demonstrations, trunk

shows and festivals are scheduled in more than 40 states. The celebration will culminate

with a national symposium, “Crafting a Nation,” at the Smithsonian American Art

Museum in Washington, D.C. “Now, more than ever, people are recognizing the enduring value of handmade craft,” says Diane Sulg, co-chair of American Craft Week. “Consider also the economic

benefits of employing Americans to create and sell these beautiful, cherished items, and

we can all support and celebrate American craft.”

A state-by-state list of American Craft Week activities and participating galleries

can be found online at www.AmericanCraftWeek.com. Appealing to residents and

tourists alike, these events feature contemporary and folk crafts in many mediums -- and

many of the events are free.

American Craft Week is a project of the Craft Retailers and Artists for Tomorrow

(CRAFT) and Craft in America, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the preservation of

craft and the celebration of its impact on our nation’s cultural heritage. The national cochairs

are gallery owners: Ms. Sulg, of Charlotte, N.C.; Ann Pifer, of St. Paul, Minn.; and

Carol Sauvion, of Los Angeles, who is also the director of Craft in America. CRAFT’s

president is Karen Hohler, of Boston.

Major sponsors of American Craft Week include the American Craft Council,

AmericanStyle magazine, Americans for the Arts, ArtfulHome.com, Silver Dollar City,

Ornament magazine, New York International Gift Fair, Society of North American

Goldsmiths/Metalsmith magazine, National Association of Independent Artists,

Sugarloaf Mountain Works and WholesaleCrafts.com. Additional sponsors are: Artisan

Point of Sale Software for Windows, The Furniture Society, Glass Eye Studios,

Packaging Specialties, Paradise City Arts Festival, NextDayFlyers.com, World Crafts

Council, the Craft and Folk Art Museum, Craft Organization Development Association

and CERF+.

“Crafting a Nation” is presented by the Smithsonian American Art Museum,

Americans for the Arts and Craft in America. Sponsors include Cynthia Lovelace Sears,

Frank Buxton, Cathleen Collins, Mary Ann Hruska, Chris Rifkin, Stolaroff Foundation

and Barbara Tober.