[Jewelry making - Article 00005] - [Orchid] ACC Show Baltimore 2007

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Dear Orchidians,

    I am just back from the ACC show in Baltimore and I have to say that
    the show was a TOTAL dud. I have been doing it for years and it seems
    like this year and last was just a scam to get artists in and not
    traffic. I feel like they event organizers are just corrupt and some
    of the people who were juried in did not deserve to be there. I think
    it is shameful that they tout the craft council like this big deal
    and then they allow folks in who are manufacturing overseas as well
    as people who clearly don't do metalsmithing but got in because they
    knew someone. On top of that - they allowed gem dealers in the show.
    It made me very annoyed. Did anyone else have this experience? 

    I would love to know what others who were there thought. 

Jan
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