Pyrograph awarded:

Weston Craft Show artisan Heather Cannistraci (pictured at left above) reached into a basket and selected the name of Ken McKinley of Stillwater, Oklahoma as the winner of her exquisite pyrograph of Weston's Old Mill Museum. The drawing wrapped up the 22^nd Annual Weston Craft Show by awarding to one of the responders to the show's survey this coveted prize. Hearing of their good fortune, Ken's wife Mary remarked," your show was the highlight of our trip! We were amazed at the quality of the crafts throughout the show."

The 2005 Show, held at the Weston Playhouse over Columbus Day Weekend, featured 50 juried Vermont artisans displaying a cornucopia of beautiful hand-made objects, and for the first time, also included craft education seminars to help attendees appreciate the fine points of the ceramics and fiber arts media. The show attracted over 2,500 attendees who admired and shopped for incredible blown glass, pottery, wearable fiber arts, jewelry and folk art.

The Weston Craft Show is an all-volunteer effort. Chair Shirley Knowlton (pictured above at right) thanked all those who participated as well as all those who supported the show with their attendance. She is pleased to announce that the show raised $20,000 for the preservation and maintenance of Weston's historic properties: the Farrar-Mansur House, the Old Mill, and the Craft Building. An additional sum of $8,000 was contributed to the Weston Community Club's new Endowment Fund.