Annual Best in Show Awards Program - sponsored by Rockler Woodworking & Hardware:
SHOW NEWS:
Welcome to the 2012 Show Season - a new year with a fresh new logo, dates & venues! We hope you will join our show community today on facebook and be part of our daily dialog and support handmade in America.
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Our shows are “Invitational” and feature the work of those who design and handcraft furniture, accessories, fine art and fine craft in a wide variety of styles and materials.
Our show Application is free – click on it in the Quick Links box to the right.
Wide variety of booth sizes and prices, association discounts & payment plans
Booth sharing, group displays, guild & association displays
Booths come with carpet, pipe/drape, booth sign, Directory listing and more!
For an overview on the Fine Furnishings Shows see this quick video from the 2009 Milwaukee Show!:
Win fabulous Door Prizes at our shows! Many door prizes are handcrafted from our talented artists & craftsmen. Everyone gets a chance to win!
Grand Door Prize for the Baltimore Show
Hall table by Richard Hoffstedt, Cherry Canyon Designs. Walnut with quarter sawn white oak 15x48x36h - value $1,200
Grand Door Prize for the Milwaukee Show
Table/Bench made of local Cherry with Wenge and Bocote butterflies & copper that runs between the table legs. Made by Dale Osowski. Value $950.00
Grand Door Prize for the Providence Show
Table/night stand by Ryan Messier
Value $800
Friday 4-8, Saturday 10-6, Sunday 10-5
Adults $10, any 2 days $15
The Baltimore area show will take place in the 4-H/Home Arts Building– a special exhibit & event building at the Maryland State Fairgrounds accessed via the North Gate on York Road. It is the first building on the right.
There is plenty of free parking on all sides of the building which is ground level. The Maryland State Fairgounds main marque sign is across the street from a large shopping plaza with groceries, restaurants, office supplies, a liquor store and more.
See “New Product Debuts”!
Buy off the show floor!
Discover new artists and craftsmen!
Find accessories & gifts!
Pick your favorite in the “Parade of Chairs”
Experience demonstrations!
Win door prizes!
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The 3rd Annual Baltimore Fine Furnishings & Fine Craft Show Announces The 2011 Best in Show Winners
Furniture – Traditional – Piece: Pair of Demilune Tables
Bill Hergenroeder – Springfield Construction (Cockeysville, MD)
Furniture – Traditional – Body of Work:
Chris Robertson
C.W. Robertson: Traditional Cabinetmakers
(Parkton, MD)
Furniture – Contemporary – Body of Work:
Todd Graham – Tree Theory
(Edmund, OK)
Accessory – Body of Work:
Rob Glebe Design
(Chestertown, MD)
Fine Art/Craft – Body of Work:
Zhen Wu – H and J Bronze Sculpture
(Bayonne, NJ)
Best New Product Debut: Burlwood Tables
Edmund Barkey Furniture
(Navarre, OH)
Marc Harrison Award for Marketing Excellence:
Dwight Sargent– Pompanoosuc Mills
(East Thetford, VT)
The judges included historian, author, lecturer and consultant on American and European decorative arts, fine art, architecture and maritime history, Dr. Oscar P. Fitzgerald (Alexandria, VA), Patrick Sutton (Baltimore, MD), president of Patrick Sutton Associates, specializing in luxury residential and signature hospitality projects, and Holly Frye-Atcherson, ASID (Annapolis, MD), president/owner of Interiors By Design and President of the Maryland Chapter of the American Society of Interior Designers.
For area travel information:
Maryland State Fairgrounds - 4-H/Home Arts Building
2200 York Rd, Timonium, MD
North Gate entrance off York Rd - first building on the right
- FREE parking on all sides of the building
- ATM in the building www.marylandstatefair.com
Friday 4-8, Saturday 10-6, Sunday 10-5
Adults $10, any 2 days $15
The Milwaukee show will take place in The Garage – a special exhibit & event building
at the
Harley-Davidson Museum located at the crossroads of 6th & Canal Streets.
There is plenty of free parking on the Harley-Davidson Museum site and The Garage is on the street level next to the Museum and diagonally across from the retail store, Café Racer, which serves breakfast and lunch, and Motor a restaurant and bar that serves lunch and dinner.
The Harley-Davidson Museum is only a few blocks South of Downtown Milwaukee and just a few blocks West of the Milwaukee Public Market and the Historic Third Ward.
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The 6th Annual Milwaukee Fine Furnishings & Fine Craft Show Announces The 2011 Best in Show Winners
Furniture – Traditional – Piece: Giselle
A.K. Artistry - Anthony Kajfez
(Pleasant Prairie, WI)
Furniture – Contemporary – Piece: Lil' Bench
Joe Custom - Joseph John Wagner
(Milwaukee, WI)
Furniture – Traditional – Body of Work:
Kowata Tree - Gregory Kirby
(Milwaukee, WI)
Furniture – Contemporary – Body of Work: Loop Bench
Red Iron Studios - Michael Route
(Frederic, WI)
Accessory – Body of Work:
Vintage Clay - Linda Stout
(Burnsville, MN)
Fine Art/Craft – Body of Work:
Nancy Kennedy Designs - Nancy Kennedy
(Eureka, CA)
Best New Product Debut: One-Piece Table
Jarvi Furniture - Michael Jarvi
(Lake Bluff, IL)
Marc Harrison Award for Marketing Excellence:
Nancy Kennedy Designs - Nancy Kennedy
(Eureka, CA)
Student: Furniture, single piece Coffee Table
Eric Grzetich - Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design
The judges included Sebastian Schmaling, AIA, LEED AP --founding partner of Milwaukee-based Johnsen Schmaling Architects, Mel Buchanan—Mae E. Demmer Assistant Curator of 20th-century Design at the Milwaukee Art Museum, and Fo Wilson—Assistant Professor at Columbia College in Chicago.
17th Annual
Fine Furnishings Show
November 2-4, 2012
Furniture – Traditional – Body of Work:
North Bennet Street School
Juan Pablo Blanco
(Columbia, South America)
Furniture – Contemporary – Body of Work: Robbi Staples Furniture Maker
Robbi Staples
(Dartmouth, MA)
Accessory – Body of Work:
modernmaine - Julie Morringello
(Stonington, ME)
Fine Art/Craft – Body of Work:
Jiyoung Chung
(Providence, RI)
Best New Product Debut: "snappytables"
Dean Robinson
(Bristol, RI)
Marc Harrison Award for Marketing Excellence:
The Green Woodshop - Christopher Nassise
(North Easton, MA)
Student: Furniture - traditional Drum Table
Charlie Ambriano
North Bennet Street School
Student: Furniture - contemporary Flint Table
Taylor MacKenzie-Veal
Rhode Island School of Design
The judges included Kyle Hoepner –Editor-in-Chief of New England Home magazine, Lynne McCormack—Director of the Department of Art, Culture and Tourism for the City of Providence, and John Dunnigan—Professor of Furniture Design at the Rhode Island School of Design.
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