One Hundred Hand-Crafting Artists to Participate in Crafts Show at SUNY Purchase College

Approximately 100 artists and craftspeople will be on hand to present hand-crafted wares on the stage and in the lobbies of the Performing Arts Center at Purchase College, State University of New York, on October 31-November 1, 2015.

Clothing and accessories will be offered along with one-of-a-kind and limited-edition jewelry, home decor pieces, functional and sculptural works in ceramics, glass, metal, painting, photography, wood and mixed media.

Show coordinator Laura Kandel said that the exhibitors will include Peter Handler (Pennsylvania) with anodized aluminum furniture with complex patterned textiles; Mary Angus (Vermont) with delicate hand-blown glass perfume bottles; Catherine Joseph (New York) with hand-woven luxury shirts and jackets for men; Arny Weinstein (New York) with elaborate carved wooden and glass kaleidoscopes; and Wiwat Kamolporniwijit (Virginia) with intricate award- winning polymer clay jewelry.

All proceeds from ticket sales will benefit the Performing Arts Center.

The show hours are Saturday, October 31, 2015 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Sunday, November 1 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission cost is $10 for adults, $9 for seniors and $5 for SUNY Purchase students. Children under 15 are admitted free.

Parking is free on site.

A complete list of the participating artists is available at www.artrider.com.

The Performing Arts Center at Purchase College is located at 735 Anderson Hill Road, just off Route 287 at Exit 8E, in Purchase, New York.

The event is produced in cooperation with The Prompters, The Center’s volunteer corps, and managed by Artrider Productions, P.O. Box 28, Woodstock, New York 12498, 845-331-7900.