Conference Schedule
This year, we have divided the schedule page into 4 tabs, each dedicated to a day of the conference and shows. Please click Thursday, Friday, Saturday or Sunday below to see the schedule for that day.
Thursday, February 20th, 2025
Exhibitor First Setup Session
8:00am – 7:00pm
With three shows’ worth of exhibitors — including antiques dealers, contemporary craftsfirms, magazines, non-profits, historic sites, and book publishers — it takes nearly two days toget every truck and van unloaded and every booth filled to the brim with the best the Arts and Crafts movement has to offer. But by 1:00pm on Friday, they will all be ready for you.
Pre-Conference Workshops
Session One: Thursday, February 20th from 2:00pm to 5:00pm
Session Two: Friday, February 21st from 8:00am to 11:00am
Each year we offer a series of 2-part, hands-on workshops for those of you who have arrived early. These are limited in size and the classes fill up quickly. Pre-Conference Workshops are not included in the Conference Events Pass registration fee and require a separate sign up process.
PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP REGISTRATION NOW OPEN
- Woodblock Printmaking with Master Roycroft Artisan Laura Wilder – $225.00 per student
- Creating a Hand-Hammered Cylinder Vase with Master Roycroft Renaissance Artisan Ron VanOstrand – $225.00 per student
- Coppersmithing: Arts & Crafts Style with Master Roycroft Renaissance Artisan Frank Glapa – $225.00 per student
- Arts & Crafts Embroidery with Master Roycroft Renaissance Artisan Natalie Richards – $225.00 per student
- Color Workshop for your Arts & Crafts Interiors by Karen Hovde, Interior Designer – $125.00 per student
Please call the office of the National Arts and Crafts Conference at (828) 628-1915 to sign up for the workshop of your choice. Have the names of the registrants and a credit card ready.
The Stickley Museum at Craftsman Farms Kick-Off Reception at the 33rd National Arts and Crafts Conference at the Grove Park Inn in Asheville, North Carolina, February 20-23, 2020. Photo by Ray Stubblebine
It’s the return of the Craftsman Reception!
Thursday, February 20th, 2025
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
The Skyline Room at the Grove Park Inn (Sammons Wing)
This annual fundraiser kickoff event brings together friends old and new with good food and a presentation spotlighting the resilience of Asheville locals and the journey of the Stickley Museum reopening in 2024. It’s an evening of inspiration with The Stickley Museum at Craftsman Farms with special guests Director Kate Nixon, Conference founder Bruce Johnson, contemporary artists Brian Brace of Brian Brace Fine Furniture and Amy Brandenburg of Amy Brandenburg Studio.
After serving delicious small plates, wine and beer in a cozy party atmosphere (catering from the Grove Park Inn), you’ll spend the rest of the evening learning about resilient journeys here, the journey of Craftsman Farms, and leave with a few new friends made.
Click here to register for the Craftsman Reception via the Stickley Museum’s website. ($140 a ticket – proceeds go towards the operations of the Stickley Museum)
Conference Book Club Discussion
It’s a story of New York. It’s a story of the fight in historic preservation. It’s a 100-year old story of beach-side Bungalows told in film, photos and candid interviews by the lively New York citizens who made these bungalows their home along New York’s Rockaway Peninsula. Directed by Jennifer Callahan and narrated by Estelle Parsons, this hour-long documentary tells the story of the Rockaway, a summer bungalow colony by the beach boardwalks of New York. The history of this bungalow colony goes through generations of Americans from the early 20th century to the modern day fight to save these historic homes by the sea. An architectural, social, and political history with themes of race, ethnicity, and grassroots activism are shown in this praised documentary.
