We lost one of our own this week and I just want to say that I will miss glass blower Joe Becker. He was a fine artist, a true character and an interesting man. He was my friend and a neighbor in the winter when the artist tribe from Minnesota made t
Read more…We lost one of our own on Monday. Gene Brenner was an artist, a potter, a gallery owner, an art collector, a teacher, a show director and a supporter of anything art related. He was a kind man with a hearty laugh and a good friend to everyone he ever
Read more…Some of you may have gotten to know RL on the show circuit the last couple years. This posting on Facebook is by our mutual gallery in Beaufort. He was a lovely man and we will miss him.
It is with great sorrow, Thibault Gallery announces;
RL Bret
SEE THIS NEWS STORY ABOUT HAL GOULD
I first learned of Mr. Gould and Camera Obscura Gallery in Denver during 1997, but didn't visit with him in his gallery until 2005. I'm sorry I didn't get there sooner, plain and simple. Maybe if I'd met him in 1
Read more…Just off the phone with Connie. Norm Darwish passed away last night from his third occurrence of prostate cancer. He was first diagnosed 20 years ago and twice over that time it had gone into remission.
Connie's address if you want to send a card:
Co
Read more…I just stopped in to Connie's last Thursday before I had to go out of town. I knew Norm was getting bad but I really thought he would still be with us when I got back from Atlanta. I was very upset to hear he passed away. I will miss him forever.
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It is with heavy hearts that we inform you longtime festival administrator of the Brandywine Festival of the Arts and much beloved friend, Maureen B. Curry, has passed away. Maureen was a joyful advocate for artists and her legacy of diligent adminis
Artist and art promoter Tyson Underwood, a former director of the Sausalito Art Festival who went on to found the Marin Art Festival in San Rafael, died Jan. 9 at his home in Mill Valley. He was 78.
His family said he had been suffering for the past
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I received a phone call this morning from a friend of my friend Walt Majewski informing me that Walt had died on October 24 from cancer.
Walt was a portrait artist who set up under a big umbrella at art fairs and did custom portraits of the show goe
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Watercolor painter and art fair artist, JoAnne Hauser-Warren, 57, was killed in an automobile crash on August 26 in Suring, Wisconsin.
Another woman also died at the scene, identified as Jessica Hoffman of De Pere.
Hoffman, 19, and Hauser-Warren, 57,
Read more…A friend indeed. Isn't it strange that we now "friend" strangers in a virtual way and over time they actually become friends? Such was my luck when Tim Reilly contacted me about two years ago and joined this site to learn how to put on a first class
Read more…Hi all, don't know if this terrible news has been previously posted, but I just heard from Sarah Wood, another craftsperson from Crafts on Columbus about Joan and Frank Morro who make both wooden and soft toys and do many shows in Florida over the wi
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Raku potter Jim Barbagallo from Rockford, IL, died this month. He is remembered for his kindness and generosity. See Teresa Dever's tribute here:
The loss of a wonderful artist
Jim Barbagallo sits in the top row, third from left, with several others
Read more…Leslie Genzler sent me the following information:
Kae Taylor, age 59, died on August 8, 2014. She was a batik artist. Kae lived in Madison, WI, and was a long time participant in art fairs.
Learn more about her here: https://www.facebook.com/media/se
Read more…Rocky Mountain National Park, Estes Park, CO - July 11, 2014
Rebecca Teilhet, 42, of Yellow Springs, OH, was killed by a lightning strike while hiking in the mountains on Friday. Her husband, Justin Teilhet was taken to the hospital along with 6 othe
Read more…Linda Duke, wife and partner of Marc Duke, who publishes Art-Linx, passed away from neuro-endocrine carcinoma after a two year struggle on April 29, 2014.
From her husband's tribute:
Read more…As cofounder of Art-Linx and its various elements, Linda served as
Talk about classy people with classy work, Jim Myford, exemplified the best of both. A resident of the Pittsburgh area we'd see Jim at the good shows with his wonderful sculpture. A big smile and a gift for interacting with the public (as well as the
Bill Coleman - 1924-2014
A long time resident of State College and lifelong photographer Bill Coleman died on 1/29/14. He was one of the characters of the business, always making new work, new friends, new enemies and driving art fair committees craz
Read more…September 21, 1947 - October 17, 2013
Tom Chapman, a glass artist from Dayton, OH, has recently passed away.
Services Friday, October 25th, 2013, 7:00pm at the Baker-Hazel & Snider Funeral Home, Dayton, OH.
From the obituary:
Tom was first introduced
Read more…Indiana potter Jim Kemp died on November 30 at his home in Greenwood, IN.
Jim has spent over 30 years as a potter and his work has been exhibited and collected nationwide. He has served as president of both the Talbot Street Art Fair Committee and In
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