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FRANKFORT, Ky. — A number of Kentucky craft artists who have never before exhibited at Kentucky Crafted: The Market will bring fiber art, ceramics, glass and woodwork to the wide mix of products available at the annual award-winning arts marketplace. Kentucky Crafted: The Market returns to Kentucky Exposition Center, South Wing B, Louisville, Ky., March 17-20, 2011.
New Kentucky Crafted artists expected at the 2011 show include: Peter K. Eichhorn, Eichhorn Stained Glass, Louisville; Jo Ann Grimes, Quilted Expressions of Kentucky, Berea; Kelley and Bruce Hoefer, Turning Wheel Pottery, Berea; Wesley Page, Wesley Page Fine Woodcrafts, Glasgow; Amelia Stamps, Stamps Pottery, Lexington; and Caroline Zama, Star Bird Pottery, Louisville.
Artists exhibiting at Kentucky Crafted: The Market have been selected to participate in the arts council’s Kentucky Crafted Program by an independent panel of arts professionals based on artistic excellence and market readiness.
Kentucky Crafted: The Market offers buyers from galleries, shops and online retail venues across the nation the opportunity to select products from more than 200 exhibitors of fine art and craft, books, CDs, DVDs and specialty foods. The market is open exclusively to the trade on March 17 and 18.
On March 19 and 20, the marketplace opens to the public. In addition to shopping for fine art and craft, visitors can enjoy musical performances, sample regional food products, meet Kentucky authors and explore Kentucky traditions through special exhibits.
Kentucky Crafted: The Market is produced by the Kentucky Arts Council, the state arts agency that creates opportunities for Kentuckians to value, participate in and benefit from the arts. Kentucky Arts Council funding is provided by the Kentucky General Assembly and the National Endowment for the Arts.
KENTUCKY CRAFTED: THE MARKET
Kentucky Exposition Center, South Wing B
937 Phillips Lane
Louisville, Kentucky
Open to the Trade:
Thursday, March 17, 2011 1 p.m. – 7 p.m. EDT
Friday, March 18, 2011 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. EDT
Buyers must show two forms of business identification.
Open to the Public:
Saturday, March 19, 2011 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. EDT
Sunday, March 20, 2011 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. EDT
Admission: $8 Adults, Children 15 and under free.
Parking at Kentucky Exposition Center is $8.
NOTE TO EDITORS: Print quality photos of products by new Kentucky Crafted exhibitors are available by clicking on thumbnails below.
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