At 2 p.m. (Eastern time) on Friday we will open up ticket sales for our Backwoods Chairmakers event that will take place on June 2 at Berea College.
Tickets will be $33 for the event. This fee covers only the honorariums for the 13 chairmakers who have agreed to attend. Berea College Student Craft and Lost Art Press have both volunteered time, people and space to make this event affordable for everyone.
However, if you would like to add a little extra to help cover lunches for the attending speakers, credit card fees and gasoline, you can – only if you want, of course.
The event will begin at 9 a.m. on Sunday, June 2, and will end at 5:30 p.m. There will be demonstrations, lectures, a gallery of chairs by the chairmakers and opportunity to meet the makers and Andy Glenn, the author of “Backwood Chairmakers.”
We have space for only 200 attendees. And each ticket buyer will be limited to four tickets (to prevent scalping).
The tickets will be sold through our Ticket Tailor website (the same site that handles our class registration).
Hope you can attend!
— Christopher Schwarz
Chris, will you have some of your chairs there or is this only for those in the book?
Nope – this event is about the makers in the book. (You are always welcome to come see them at the shop, though.)
I wouldn’t mind making a donation without a ticket. My way of saying thanks to the chairmakers.
Is it an indoor event or are there weather contingencies?
Mostly indoor, and they are looking for backup indoor space for the bit that is outdoors in case of inclement weather
I really wish I could attend. This sounds fantastic.