For Immediate Release
October 10, 2002
Contact: Brent Sverdloff 781/259-3628, bsverdloff@decordova.org
Sarah Smith 781/259-3663, ssmith@decordova.org
Start the Holidays in Vogue at the Ninth Annual Artists' Market
The Store @ DeCordova
November 16 - December 31, 2002
Lincoln, MA-DeCordova offers you more shopping than ever before to help you through the holidaze. Join The Store @ DeCordova for the Ninth Annual Artists' Market. In addition to our year-round selection of fine wearable art and gift items, we are filling the School Gallery with a delightful collection for the season.
Bring in your gift list and choose from among one of the most extensive offerings of jewelry, pottery, glass, frames, ornaments, paper goods, creative children's toys, and wearable art in New England. The recent store expansion will allow for an even greater selection of goods by the region's best artisans and artists.
This six-week holiday sales event opens November 16 and runs through December 31. To accommodate your shopping needs, The Store offers extended hours from November 18 through December 23:
Monday - Thursday 9:30 am - 9:30 pm
Friday - Saturday 9:30 am - 5:30 pm
Sunday 11:30 am - 5:30 pm
"Gifts purchased at the Artists' Market truly reflect the spirit of the holiday season, since you give to so many people at once," says The Store @ DeCordova Director of Retail Operations David Duddy. "You not only give joy to your friends, but also support local artists, and assist DeCordova in continuing its tradition of quality programming." The Boston Globe has called it one of the best ways to make your gift-buying dollars go further by supporting both the selling artists and the Museum. In addition, The Store was also recently nominated for the fourth year in a row to receive the Niche magazine award as one of the "100 top retailers of American crafts."
The Artists' Market is the place to find decorative art for everyone on your holiday gift list. For those with a fondness for nature, local artist Don McAulay fashions lovely occasional tables, small mirrors, and other home accessories in the rustic Adirondack style. Made from salvaged twigs, sticks, bark, and other found flora, these pieces bring a bit of the regional landscape into your home. And New Hampshire ceramic artist Jeff Brown sculpts the surface of each of his stoneware bowls, cups, and vases, which are highlighted with the lush, soft greens and browns of the woodlands. You will be tempted to place his works on a shelf for all to admire-but they are even more delightful to handle and use.
Have a hankering for hardware handicrafts? New Hampshire artists Tom and Randy Bergeron of Frankenmetal create bold and whimsical characters from metal-shop leftovers. Nuts, bolts, tools, and assorted metal parts are combined to form wild skiers, golfers, skateboarders, and other over-active types. And Julia Child would certainly approve of the metal sculptures made by Berkshire artist Mark Brown. Mark haunts flea markets and rattles through kitchen drawers to find spoons, forks, bottle openers, pastry tins, and a few odd culinary tools, and weds them into masterful robot-like clocks. Many gadgets with no recognizable function now serve as beautiful and utilitarian time sculptures.
The Store @ DeCordova has also gathered a wide selection of wearable art for the Artists' Market. Berkshire-based fabric artist Sonya Mackintosh calls her company smARTWORKS, and we find there is truth in advertising: All of her knitted scarves, shawls, and hats are remarkably "smart" and stylish. Her innovative "pocket" knitting patterns create sculptural statements on the wearer while adding the cozy warmth we'll all surely need this winter.
There are too many new artisans and their work to name. So drive on over today and remind yourself why The Boston Globe has called The Store @ DeCordova "the best museum store in Greater Boston." The Store will also sell Christmas and Hanukkah cards, wrapping paper, and an array of children's toys. And, as always, DeCordova Members receive a 10% discount on all purchases!
DeCordova is located 16 miles northwest of Boston near the historic towns of Concord and Lexington, at 51 Sandy Pond Road in Lincoln, MA. Situated less than 2 miles from Walden Pond, DeCordova is within easy access of Interstates 93, 95, 495, Route 2, and the Massachusetts Turnpike. Call 781/259-8355, email store@decordova.org, or visit www.decordova.org for specific directions. The Store's normal hours of operation are Monday through Thursday from 9:30 am to 7:30 pm, Friday through Saturday from 9:30 am to 5:30 pm, and Sunday from 11:30 am to 5:30 pm.
