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announcements & events CALIFORNIA THE CONTEMPORARY CRAFTS MARKET holds its Fort Mason show in San Francisco from March 9 – 10, 2013. Artists selling work in the categories of accessories, baskets, ceramics, enamel, fiber, glass, jewelry, judaica, leather, metal, mixed media, paper, sculpture, and wood will feature handmade crafts for collectors. www.contemporarycraftsmarket.com. COLORADO CHERRY CREEK ARTS FESTIVAL runs from July 5 – 7, 2013. The CCAF, since 1991, gives patrons the opportunity to meet and talk with international visual artists. The festival features work in painting, graphics and printmaking, sculpture, drawing, wood, glass, jewelry, digital art, mixed media, metal works, ceramics, fiber, and photography. www.cherryarts.org. ensure the highest level of excellence and originality in the work presented. Every piece is designed and made in artists' studios across America. www.craftsamericashows.com. GEORGIA THE SOUTHERN JEWELRY TRAVELERS ASSOCIATION presents its Atlanta Jewelry Show from March 2 – 4, 2013. The show will bring together more than four hundred exhibiting companies showcasing introductions from top name brands and designers in every product category, including antique jewelry, bridal, designer, diamond, pearl, platinum, gold and sterling jewelry, charms, earrings, loose diamonds and gemstones, watches, and tools. www.atlantajewelryshow.com. MARYLAND FLORIDA THE PALM BEACH FINE CRAFT SHOW is held from March 1 – 3, 2013. The show is professionally juried to THE AMERICAN CRAFT COUNCIL hosts its Baltimore Retail Show from February 22 – 24, 2013. Now in its thirtysixth year, this is the Council's flagship show and a must-attend for craft lovers. Some of the specialty categories for the show include Handmade Under $100, Greencraft, where pieces are made by artists who incorporate recycled materials and use eco-friendly processes in their work, and Local, highlighting work by a maker living and working near you. shows.craftcouncil.org/baltimore. MASSACHUSETTS THE SOCIETY OF ARTS AND CRAFTS has its Craftboston Spring show from April 19 – 21, 2013. Comprised of two hundred exhibitors, Craftboston Spring is a highly regarded event for artists, collectors and craft enthusiasts. Entertaining and educational, Craftboston Spring features work by emerging artists from leading schools and universities, an artist mentor program, a craft book seller, a lecture series, tours for special interest groups, and informational booths promoting nonprofit craft organizations. www.craftboston.org. Continued on page 68. 1327 Circle Park Drive Southwest, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996; 865.974.2144; mcclungmuseum.utk.edu. 29 ORNAMENT 36.2.2012 FRANK H. MCCLUNG MUSEUM hosts "Splendid Treasures of the Turkomen Tribes from Central Asia" through May 12, 2013. Elaborate silver and gilt jewelry, as well as carpets and textiles from the Turkomen tribes of Iran, Afghanistan, and Turkmenistan are the focus of this exhibit. Migrating originally from Mongolia, the Turkomen are one of the major ethnic groups of Central Asia. The Turkomen tribes of Central Asia live in a harsh and arid physical environment, and traditionally lived a semi-nomadic existence, migrating with the seasons to access pasture and fertile land. This nomadic lifestyle meant that wealth had to be easily portable, and both jewelry and textiles represent the Turkomen tribes form of transportable wealth used for special festivities and daily adornment. Shown are a pair of bracelets, called Bilezik, an articulated headpiece with pendants, called Ildirgic, an amulet breastplate, called Tumar, all of silver, gold and carnelian, and a Sinsile headdress of silver and carnelian. Photographs courtesy of the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art.