KENT, Conn.—A lively crowd was drawn to the twice-annual Arts & Design Show held in the Community House this past weekend. 

Visitors admire the displays of handcrafted items produced by local artisans during last week’s Arts & Design Show at the Community House. Photo by Kathryn Boughton

The brainchild of woodworker Elizabeth Place, ceramicist Alison Palmer, musician Steve Katz, and Ellen Corsell, a ceramicist and supporter of handmade art, the show taps the talents of 20 regional artists each time, varying those selected.

This exhibition brought together a curated group of local artists and designers, displaying works that range from ceramics and fine art to woodworking, textiles and jewelry.  Before the exhibition, Place, owner of Berkshire Tables, said the goal is to “elevate the quality of the show each time.” 

Sanah Petersen, a core production potter, assistant and frequent collaborator with Todd Piker at his Cornwall Bridge Pottery, brought some of her elegantly understated “functional art” to the Arts & Design Show at the Community House last weekend. Photo by Kathryn Boughton

Successful applicants are chosen from artists and craftsmen within a 60-mile radius. 

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The next show will be staged in late fall.

Kathryn Boughton has been editor of the Kent Dispatch since its digital reincarnation in October 2023 as a nonprofit online publication. A native of Canaan, Conn., Kathryn has been a regional journalist...

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