Demonstrations and Speakers Enhance American Craft Show NYC and Contemporary Art Fair NYC

Oct. 24, 2011 - PRLog -- Visitors to the American Craft Show NYC and Contemporary Art Fair NYC at the Javits Center, November 18, 19 and 20, will enjoy far more than 200 exhibits of jewelry, furniture, fashion, ceramics, glass, wood, metal, textiles, paintings, photography and sculpture. Attendees will see free craft and painting demonstrations and hear speakers on a range of subjects.
   
Renowned potter, Patricia Simmons, will show how she creates animals from clay and Nick Rosato, a wood turner, will craft small objects like wine stoppers. Speakers like artist Jennifer Bakalar will address how art and do-it-yourself techniques influence and impact crafts. Bakalar’s charming Piñatas, made expressly for the craft show and art fair, will decorate the exhibit space. Sculptor Leah Poller will bring her Unmade Bed project to the floor.
   
Artists will address practical, intellectual and esoteric subjects. David Pollack will reinterpret method acting and conceptual photography; George Sakal will discuss his theories of modern art and creativity and Jerelyn Hanrahan will describe the steps to achieve her multimedia, sculpture and works-on-paper for both public art projects and gallery exhibitions. On the practical side, Shen will advise artists and artisans how to market themselves and Natasha Wescoat how they can use social media to meet collectors.
   
For more information about Contemporary Art Fair NYC and the simultaneous American Craft Show NYC, visit http://www.americanartmarketingnyc.com.

Hours: Friday November 18, 2pm - 7pm; Saturday November 19, 10am - 7pm; Sunday November 20, 10am - 4pm

Where: Javits Center, Hall 1A—11th Avenue and 39th Street
Tickets: Adult: $16 Seniors: $14: Students: $8 Children: Free under 10

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Richard and Joanna Rothbard have directed art fairs and craft shows for over 30 years and operate the summer Berkshires Arts Festival and American Craft Show Sarasota in December. The Rothbards also own An American Craftsman Galleries, http://www.anamericancraftsman.com/, with three Manhattan locations—941 Madison Avenue; 790 7th Avenue (52nd Street) and 150 West 55th Street—as well as one in Stockbridge, Mass. and Savannah, Ga. Richard Rothbard, a craftsman who designs puzzle boxes of wood, owns Boxology (www.boxology.com), Slate Hill, NY.