Media Center

Attention Media Representatives
Here you will find a list of current and archived media releases, and news briefs concerning the Alleghany Craft Network project. Please check back for future releases, or contact the project coordinator to have a PDF sent by e-mail.

News Room

• Visit the News Room to see a selection of news briefs about Network participants as of August 2008.

Media Releases

General Audiences:

• Project Completion (August 15, 2008) Click to Find Virginia Craft Artisans - A New Online Resource. People seeking Virginia craft now have a new tool. Anyone with access to the Internet can quickly identify nearly 300 artisans and craft venues in a nine county region in the western part of Virginia. ...read more>> (PDF), or (MS Word Doc)
  

 

• Exhibition Opens/ Media Release (July 7, 2008) Alleghany Craft Network Exhibition, Opening Reception, Friday, July 18, 5-7pm, Free Admission. The Artisans Center of Virginia (ACV) Exhibition Schedule presents the Alleghany Craft Network Exhibition. The exhibition and an online resource directory are the culmination of the Alleghany Craft Network project that was implemented two years ago as a result of a grant allocated by the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development. ...read more>>

 

• Online Directory/ Media Release (August 2, 2007) Online Directory Simplifies Search for Artisans — Looking for crafts? The search has just become easier. The Allegheny Craft Network supports an online directory of artisans, and the galleries and festivals that carry craft made within nine rural counties of the western part of Virginia. ...read more>>

Craft Field Publications and Organizations:

• Free Listings/ Media Release (August 2, 2007) Network Increases Visibility of Craft Artisans — The Allegheny Craft Network project is compiling the names of craft artisans, and galleries that support them in the nine rural counties of the western part of Virginia. ...read more>>

Public Gatherings:

(Date specific announcements with host, time, and location of informational meetings.)

• Roanoke/ (see archived conference files)
• Harrisonburg/ Rockingham County (October 23, 2007)
• McDowell/ Highland County (August 23, 2007)
• Clifton Forge/ Alleghany County (August 16, 2007) (post-event photo & caption)

Please direct questions pertaining to this project to:

Stephen A. Clerico, Coordinator
Alleghany Craft Network
P.O. Box 192
Free Union, VA 22940
434-978-4109
E-mail