The Brookline Arts Center recruits new artists for the 36th Annual Crafts Showcase to be held December 2 - 9.

BROOKLINE, MA-  For 36 years, the Brookline Arts Center has hosted a Crafts Showcase for three weeks each December. Over the decades, the art that fills the Arts Center’s Victorian building has changed. From hand-made dolls to ceramic dishware, the styles keep changing, while the emphasis on quality, beauty and usefulness has stayed the same.
 
“The new styles for decorating and fashion are based on  handmade crafts, with personal style married to high quality,” says Brookline Arts Center Executive Director Susan Navarre. “Te Brookline Arts Center is actively searching out local artists and craftsmen for our exciting annual Crafts Showcase this December.”
 
The 36th annual Crafts Showcase is planned for December 2 through 19, 2010. A jury of artists, curators and collectors will meet to select artists in August, and the Brookline Arts Center and the Crafts Showcase organizers are seeking new artists now. The postmark deadline for applications is Friday, August 6, 2010.

“This is our most important annual fundraiser, especially because it helps artists make a living by bringing their work to a new audience during the important holiday gift-buying season. And of course, the sale also supports the programs of the Brookline Arts Center, which we all love,” says artist Manika Srivastav, President of the Brookline Arts Center.
 
The Brookline Arts Center was founded 46 years ago, and offers affordable art classes for adults and children, along with gallery exhibitions of contemporary art, gallery talks, and special events with regional artists. In addition, the BAC provides free art classes and scholarships for low-income students. To see images of Crafts Showcase artwork from 2009: visit the BAC photo album on Facebook .

 
To receive an application to apply for the Crafts Showcase, artists should call the BAC at 617-566-5715 or email . For more information about the Crafts Showcase, visit the BAC event page .
 
WHAT: 36 Annual Crafts Showcase for the Brookline Arts Center
WHEN: December 2-19, 2010
WHERE: Brookline Arts Center, 86 Monmouth Street, Brookline

About the BAC :

The non-profit Brookline Arts Center began 46 years ago in the basement of a Brookline home and in 1968 moved to its present home, a former firehouse, at 86 Monmouth Street, Brookline. This property, which is listed in the State Register of Historic Places, has received a matching grant from the Massachusetts Preservation Projects Fund through the Massachusetts Historical Commission, Secretary of the Commonwealth, William Francis Galvin, Chairman. The Brookline Arts Center is also funded in part by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency, and the Brookline Community Foundation.

Contact:

Susan Navarre, Executive Director
Tel: 617-566-5715
Fax: 617-738-8760
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