Smithsonian Craft Show 2011
I will be participating in the 29th annual Smithsonian Craft show this year. The represents the finest in american crafts in a number of disciplines including furniture. The show will be held at the National Building Museum in Washington D.C.
April 14-17 2011with a preview benefit on the 13th
More information on the Smithsonian Craft Show
I will hopefully have one of the large booths and i intend on bringing some of my larger pieces.
Outdoor Bench #4 is an example of a piece that I am considering taking to the show.
Architectural Digest Home Design Show
I will be participating in the Architectural Digest home design show in New York City this spring. I did the AD show for the first time last year and I look forward to seeing some familiar faces this year! The show takes place on Pier 94 in NYC, March 17-20 , 2011.
This post will be updated with more information as the show gets closer.
Nico Yektai Booth M-125
Pier 94, 55th Street at West Side Highway, New York City
March 17-20 2011, Thursday, Saturday & Sunday 10am-6pm Friday 10am-7pm
I f you would like complimentary tickets please use this link (use this link if you are a Design Professional)
Sitting Pretty Artist Talk
The weather decided to cooperate on the 5th of June for the opening reception of the latest show, Sitting Pretty, at the Berkshire Botanical Garden. The evening was able to proceed as planned with the group moving from piece to piece. Each artist was given an opportunity to talk about their work and answer the thoughtful questions from the audience. Douglas Thayer was the first artist to talk. His “Baseball” bench made of recycled Ipe from Coney Island boardwalk was the first of four pieces that Doug talked about.
Douglas Thayer and his “Baseball” bench
Terence Dubreuil and Vivian Beer were not able to make the opening so Joyce Nereaux, the curator of the show, stood in for them. Jack Larimore had car trouble on the way to the opening so Peter Harrison helped to explain his work. Lisa Fedon was in attendance and spoke about her work. I am glad I had a chance to tell Lisa how much fun our boys had with he OM-Cair (with gong).
Peter Harrison examining the work of Vivian Beer
I have included the video of my talk with the opening night crowd. Due to the logistics of moving through the gardens we moved from bench 1 to 4 to 3. I have taken the liberty of putting the videos in chronological order. I think it makes for a slightly more coherent presentation of my development.
We are looking forward to coming back to see the show again as the gardens go through there annual transformation!
