Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show

Deadline for entry Midnight, April 1, 2006

The 30th Annual Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show, a juried exhibition and sale, will be held at the Pennsylvania Convention Center from November 2 to November 5, 2006, with a preview party on November 1st.

Download the 2006 application and instructions.

PMA Craft Show
P.O. Box 7646
Philadelphia, PA 19101-7646
Phone: 215-684-7930
Email: twcpma@philamuseum.org


Categories are baskets, ceramics, decorative fiber, wearable fiber, furniture, glass, jewelry, leather, metal, mixed media, handmade paper, and wood.

The Show is open to all craftspeople who are residents of and working in the United States. All work, whether one-of-a-kind pieces or limited editions, should be well conceived and expertly executed without technical faults; works should be made by hand or with the use of appropriate tools, showing imagination and the mark of the craftsperson's individuality.

Categories not included: calligraphy, fine arts such as painting, photography, lithography, etc., except when incorporated into an otherwise acceptable craft category; dried flower arrangements; pressed flowers; seed and pod decorations; cut bottles and embellished objects such as painted boxes, stones, shells, buttons, decorated furniture and handmade reproductions. Objects made from commercial kits or commercially available plans are also not acceptable.

Each entrant must submit 5 color slides representative of work for consideration by the jury. A non-refundable processing fee of $30.00 must accompany each application.