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The American Art Fair moves to a new venue as it celebrates its fourth year and will be held November 28-December 1, 2011 at the Bohemian National Hall, 321 East 73rd Street, New York City.  The gala preview on Sunday, November 27, marks the beginning of American Paintings week in New York.  Inaugurated in 2008 at the National Academy of Design, the fair focuses on the grand tradition of American art established early in the 19th century and gathers more than 300 works including landscapes, portraits, still lifes, studies, and sculpture.
 
The Fair assembles the premier specialists in 19th and early 20th century American art. Returning exhibitors include Adelson Galleries, Alexander Gallery, Avery Galleries, Debra Force Fine Art, Gerald Peters Gallery, Godel & Co. Fine Art, Hammer Galleries, Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Menconi & Schoelkopf, Questroyal Fine Art, and Thomas Colville Fine Art.  New exhibitors include Babcock Galleries, Conner - Rosenkranz, Gavin Spanierman, Jonathan Boos, John H. Surovek Gallery, and Meredith Ward Fine Art.
 
The Bohemian National Hall was completed in 1897 in the Renaissance Revival style and was designated a New York City Landmark in 1994. After a five-year, $45 million renovation by the Czech government, it re-opened as a Czech-American cultural center in late 2008.
 
Fair hours are 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. daily, and to 8 p.m. on Wednesday, November 30. Admission to the preview is by invitation; and admission from November 28-December 1 is complimentary. For details, please visit www.theamericanartfair.com.

Rhinebeck, NY; Barn Star Productions and Frank Gaglio are thrilled to announce changes for their MidWeek in Manchester and Pickers Market Antiques Shows in August 2012.

Recognized as the event that started Antiques Week, The MidWeek in Manchester Antiques Show will now be called The MidWeek Antiques Show and its’ sister event the Manchester Pickers Market will now be titled The Pickers Market Antiques Show. 
Comments show manager Frank Gaglio, “One thing we can always count on is change and with that comes new and better opportunities. Just as our inventory changes, so do dates, exhibitors and venues. New Hampshire’s Antiques Week has been a wonderful event for the past 18 years and Barn Star has built a strong and reliable reputation among collectors to produce important and fun events and we plan to continue that tradition”.

With the sale of the Furniture World Design Center, home of the Barn Star shows for the past three years, finding a suitable location in the Manchester area that would provide a) space large enough for a 70 plus dealer show, b) parking for dealers and customers vehicles, c) easy access from major highways, d) cost effectiveness, e) customer amenities and conveniences, and f) finally date availability all make for a challenging search.  Continues Gaglio, “We have found a location that provides all of the above plus date availability guarantees for years to come and that location is the Douglas N. Everett Arena in Concord, NH, a short 20 minute drive from downtown Manchester”.

Located 200 yards off I-93 exit 14, the Everett Arena provides a clean, spacious and easy to load in facility where booths can be arranged in a standard grid pattern making for easy set-up and customer exploration. Extensive free parking lots surround the arena with hotels and restaurants a stones’ throw from the show.

Also new will be the order in which the shows occur with The MidWeek Antiques Show opening on its’ traditional Wednesday, August 8 and Thursday, August 9 and the Pickers Market Antiques Show returning to its’ traditional date on Friday, August 10 as an exciting one day show. Adds Gaglio, “There was a tremendous amount of thought that went into this schedule including when the greatest number of customers are in the area, keeping a schedule that preserves and respects the opening hours of the other events during Antiques Week and providing our dealers at both shows with maximum exposure and sales potential.
MidWeek will now become a 70 exhibitor show maintaining the highest standards it is known for. With lower costs to lease the arena, Barn Star is passing the savings along to their exhibitor’s at both shows in the form of reduced booth rents which speaks to their concerns for exhibitors show expenses.   

With the Pickers Market solidly recognized as a “must attend” event of Antiques Week, placing it on Friday will create the excitement of the original show 16 years ago while attracting the buying crowds that attend the Deerfield Americana Celebration, MidWeek and NHADA Show on Thursday. Pickers will finish up the week as the jewel in the crown of Antiques Week.

We sincerely hope Barn Star Productions shows stay high on your list of events to attend during Antiques Week in New Hampshire 2012. For more information please visit our web site at www.barnstar.com or call (845) 876-0616.