SAVE THE DATES*
5-7 SPRING CRAFT WEEKEND
5 Exhibition and Sale + BBQ Lunch Washington Glass School, Mt. Rainier, MD
Caucus Day
Festive Evening Dinner and Glass Fashion Show, Women in Military Service for America Memorial Building, Arlington Cemetery
6 Panel Discussion - Renwick Gallery Grand Salon
Gala & Auctions - Willard Intercontinental Hotel
7 Awards Brunch - St. Regis Hotel
22 What Shall We Do With Our Stuff, Part 2 -- JRA Evening of Learning at the Renwick Gallery
25-28 Smithsonian Craft Show, National Building Museum
27 Michael Puryear, DAS Workshop Center for Creative Woodworking, Rockville, MD; Potluck Dinner with Jeffrey Bernstein and Judith Chernoff
28 Michael Puryear Lecture, Renwick Gallery, 2pm
28-31 Cape May Trip (NYE auction)
30 JRA Board Meeting
MAY
11 All Flutter and Yarn Barn - Ceramics Medium Day, Rosslyn, VA
18 Arts and Craft Tour in Baltimore with Joyce J. Scott
19 William Gudenrath Talk, Corning Museum of Glass
27 Memorial Day, JRA Office closed
JUNE
1 Andy Paiko, DAS Workshop DC Glassworks, Hyattsville, MD; Potluck Dinner with Gwen and Jerry Paulson
2 Andy Paiko Lecture, Renwick Gallery, 2pm
7-9 Glass weekend, Wheaton Village
15 JRA Board Meeting
23 Caucus Summer Social hosted by Michele Manatt and Wolfram Anders
JULY
27 Wine and Food at Barboursville Winery Day Trip
AUGUST
8-12 JRA Study Tour of Ashville, NC and Penland School of Crafts
* Times and locations are subject to change
Details for all 2013 Spring Craft Weekend Events and registration forms are available here.
To RSVP for Spring Craft Weekend or for assistance in registering for any events, please contact the James Renwick Alliance office by email at admin@jra.org or call (301) 907-3888.
Distinguished Artist Series (DAS) 2012-2013
Each year the James Renwick Alliance sponsors a Distinguished Artist Series when craft artists prominent in their fields conduct workshops and give lectures. The lectures, co-sponsored by the James Renwick Alliance and the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s Renwick Gallery, take place in the Grand Salon. More information and the REGISTRATION FORM are available here.
View our latest Quarterly Newsletter here (PDF)
View all gifts to date from the James Renwick Alliance to the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Renwick Gallery here (PDF)
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