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Article: Behind their crafts are the high arts ; If you go . . .
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- November 8, 2009
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Our excitement grew as we entered the 32d annual Philadelphia
Museum of Art Craft Show with its 195 artists selling fanciful
hats, wood and leather goods, exotic jewelry, ceramics, glass, and
crinkled silk dresses.
Friends had suggested visiting the show last November, and my
husband and I leaped at the chance. We immersed ourselves in the
arts - visual and culinary - flying down on Saturday and returning
Monday morning in time for work.
The room housing the show at the Pennsylvania Convention Center
seemed to pulse with a creative beat as we scanned the aisles of
brightly lighted artist booths displaying an array of decorative art
that was functional (like a chair), sculptural (like a ...