Explore from the South shore to the North shore in this exciting new JRACraft trip to the Boston area! Experience world class institutions and private guided tours. Visit notable galleries, see one of the top private collections in the country, and meet nine contemporary craft artists making waves locally and nationally.
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Included: 2 dinners, 4 lunches, 1 breakfast, museum admission, ground transportation and organizing fees
Not included: Airfare/travel to Boston, Hotel lodging

• Private catered dinner and exhibition tour at the  Fuller Craft Museum
​• Drinks at the stunning private collection of Chris Rifkin 
• Exclusive access to look at Studio Jewelry from the MFA collection with curator Emily Stoehrer 
• Visit the private home and studio of jewelry artst Efharis Alepedis
• Tour the Metalwerx galleries and studios
• ​Explore the Brickbottom Studios
​• Visit the Harvard Ceramics Gallery

​JRA Day is a showcase and sale featuring artists who are members of the James Renwick Alliance for Craft.
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Join us for the 15th Annual JRA Day! This event gives you the opportunity to see and purchase work by artists in a variety of media, including in ceramics, fiber, glass, jewelry, and wood. This year's show features the work of 44 artists, including 8 new artists.​
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JRACraft promotes a fundraising campaign to support the hot shop at the Glass Museum in Lviv, shared by the Lviv National Academy of Arts. This fundraiser is part of an effort led by JRACraft member and glass collector Jeff Hillam, who visited Lviv, Ukraine's glass capital, in September 2022. 

"Though Lviv was safe at the time of our visit, the signs of wartime preparation were everywhere. Blockade equipment littered the roadways, ready to be used at a moment's notice. We encountered military checkpoints and public displays of national solidarity along the way. Old churches had metal sheets installed over their stained glass windows to ensure that bombings would not shatter their beauty. Statues were covered and shielded with canvas and rope, to protect the city's cultural heritage. But what stood out brightly in contrast to the darkness of these visuals, was the steadfast Ukrainian determination to maintain normalcy, optimism and hope." - Jeff Hillam, Winter 2023 Craft Quarterly.

As a part of Hillam's effort an auction of contemporary Ukrainian glasswork will also be hosted by Rago auctions on January 20, 2023. Details to come. 

"As the war in Ukraine continues, the James Renwick Alliance for Craft (JRACraft) expands our mission to support an extraordinary cause brought to us by Jeff Hillam." says our Executive Director, Jaimianne Jacobin, "This is a unique opportunity to support our universal passion for Craft in an unprecedented time."

Proceeds from this fund will go directly to the institutions and help support the hot shop to offset wartime inflation, art market disruptions and utility increases caused by the Russian effects on gas prices.
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To learn more about the Museum, visit: https://glassmuseuminlviv.org/en

​To learn more about the university, visit: https://lnam.edu.ua/en/home-en.html

MORE CLAY: THE POWER OF REPETITION
November 5 | 4:30-6:00PM
IN-PERSON + ZOOM EVENT
AMERICAN UNIVERSITY MUSEUM AT THE KATZEN ART CENTER
4400 MASSACHUSETTS AVE NW, WASHINGTON, DC

Join JRACraft for a gallery talk featuring the exhibition More Clay: The Power of Repetition with curator Rebecca Cross. Attend in person at 4:30pm to see the exhibition before the hybrid panel discussion and meet artist Connor Czora, curator Rebecca Cross and museum director Jack Rasmussen. Join online at 5pm to see the panel along with the other artists joining by zoom.

Transcending the structural limitations of clay and abandoning the material’s traditional association with function, eight artists build powerful ceramic sculptures through accumulation, repetition, and innovative feats of construction. This exhibition demonstrates the power of assembling multiples as a compelling vehicle for the artists to express their chosen subject-matter as they transform this humble, sustainable material…dirt! into something monumental in form and content. More Clay aims to physically demonstrate the unifying principle of “out of many, one” a concept absent in today’s fractured society.
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Featured artists include JRACraft 2020 Chrysalis Awardee Kate Roberts, Walter McConnell, J.J. McCracken, Zimra Beiner, Bean Finneran, Vanessa Ryerse, Kahlil Irving, David Hicks, and Connor Czora. 

Join the James Renwick Alliance for Craft and Around Art Spain for a week-long tour of Spain. Enjoy private tours of museums, special studio tours, and visit neighboring villages to learn more about Spanish craft art.

ABOUT TRIP ORGANIZER, SOFIA BARROSO
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Sofia Barroro is the President of Around Art, a consulting firm that provides unique and exclusive experiences by introducing travelers to historical and private homes, private art collections, artist studios, and behind-the-scenes museum visits.  Sofia has directed summer programmes for Syracuse University Centre in Spain (1992-2004); was head curator at the March Foundation Contemporary Art Museum in Palma de Mallorca (1995-1997); has directed the ARCO Collectors Programme for eight years and was member of the Board of Friends of ARCO from 2000 to 2006. She was also involved with the Collectors Programme for Art Cologne Palma. Presently on the Board of the Jakober Foundation, Zuloaga Foundation and Anar Foundation. She is the delegate in Spain for the National Museum of Women in the Arts committee. She has been organizing cultural travel since 1984.​