If you’ve been thinking about applying to the American Craft Exposition (ACE), now is the time to do so! The Show is among the most popular in the country, welcoming over 8,500 through its doors last year! ACE 2016 will be held once again at the world-renowned Chicago Botanic Garden during the weekend of September 23 – 25, 2016, with …
Connecting Threads
ACE Blog Connecting “Threads” Did you all catch the premiere of Craft in America’s newest episode “Threads” last Friday? Through “Threads,” we were reminded why we support the American Craft Exposition (ACE). Now in its fourth season of exploring America’s rich craft history, this award-winning documentary series looks at ways in which the needle arts have developed from the “functional” …
ACE is the place!
ACE begins today!!! After our preview party tonight, the artists, ACE staffers and volunteers are thrilled to kick off the 25th Annual American Craft Exposition Friday at Northwestern University’s Henry Crown Pavilion in Evanston, Illinois. We’ve gotten great press leading up to the event, including this most recent plug from the Northwest Herald’s Kurt Begalka: This juried indoor exposition of …
American Craft Exposition founder creates a collector’s home — chicagotribune.com
Just one more day until the ACE preview party! Here’s a great Chicago Tribune profile of our founder, Chris Robb, to get you fired up for ACE, which officially begins this Friday, August 28th: Chris Robb traces her love of art to an art course she and her future husband, Bill, took as seniors at Northwestern. It was, she says, …
ACE Artist Spotlight: Ford/Forlano
Jewelry artists Steve Ford, David Forlano and Maryanne Petrus are behind Ford/Forlano, which will have a booth at ACE August 28-30, 2009. Watch this video to learn more about their creative process: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFxltZyZIu4]
25 Years of Handcrafted Art
ACE recently published “These Hands Tell a Story: 25 Years of Handcrafted Art.” This “coffee table” book features original photos of 25 leading artists who have participated in the American Craft Exposition since its inception. “These Hands” features award-winning artists Cliff Lee and Josh Simpson, whose work appears in the White House Collection of American Crafts, and MacArthur Foundation Fellow, …