For the 34^th year in a row, the Amer­i­can Craft Coun­cil (ACC) will hold its annual San Fran­cisco show this week­end at the Fort Mason Cen­ter!

If you have never been to an ACC show, boy have you been miss­ing out! This year’s San Fran­cisco show will fea­ture 250 national artists who have trav­eled to the Bay area to show and sell their lat­est and great­est– fur­ni­ture, cloth­ing, jew­elry, décor (a list of exhibitors is avail­able on the show page orga­nized by medium).

Over the years, I have been to many of the ACC shows in Bal­ti­more and seen an AMAZING range of work and art. By attend­ing these shows, I have met artists whose work has enriched my life, enlivened my home and even inspired my own work.

Details:
• The Amer­i­can Craft Coun­cil Show in San Francisco
• at the Fort Mason Cen­ter (vague direc­tions avail­able here– but if you’ve never been there, it’s a pretty walk along the water past Fisherman’s Wharf– the view from the hill above is gorgeous!)
• Fri­day, August 14; 10am — 8pm
  Sat­ur­day, August 15; 10am — 6 pm
  Sun­day, August 16; 10 am — 5 pm
• Tick­ets are $12/person or $18 for a two-day pass. And since they’ve extended the Fri­day evening hours to 8pm, tick­ets for Fri­day night only are $5 after 5pm; a SCREAMING deal, if you ask me. OR if you know you’re going and want to save a few bucks, why not buy your tick­ets ahead of time at a slight dis­count here.

Not a Bay area res­i­dent? Fear not, faith­ful reader. There are other ACC shows around the nation through­out the year.

For the rest of the 2009 year the ACC shows are as fol­lows:
San Fran­cisco, CA Aug. 14–16, 2009
Char­lotte, NC Nov. 6–8, 2009
Sara­sota, FL Dec. 4–6, 2009

For 2010, the ACC shows are as fol­lows:
Bal­ti­more, MD Feb. 25–28, 2010
Atlanta, GA Mar. 12–14, 2010
St. Paul, MN Apr. 16–18 , 2010
San Fran­cisco, CA Aug. 6–8, 2010

Hope­fully, you can check at least one of the ACC shows in the next year!