New craft show fills void from closure of long-running event [Video]

988. NOW TO A STORY OF A PHOENIX RISING FROM THE ASHES. A YEAR AGO, THE LONG RUNNING CRAFT, VERMONT FINE CRAFT AND ART SHOW CAME TO AN END AFTER MORE THAN 70 YEARS. THE GROUP BEHIND IT, VERMONT HAND CRAFTERS, DISSOLVED, SAYING IT STRUGGLED WITH DECLINING MEMBERSHIP AND LOST REVENUE FROM WHEN EVENTS HAD TO CANCEL FOR THE PANDEMIC. WELL, THIS WEEKEND, A NEW EVENT AIMS TO FILL THE VOID LEFT BY THAT CANCELLATION AND KEEPING WITH TRADITION, IT’S IN THE SAME SPOT, THE SAME WEEKEND BEFORE THANKSGIVING. IT’S CALLED CELEBRATE VERMONT, AND IT COMBINES ARTS, FINE CRAFTS, SPECIALTY FOOD PRODUCERS, DISTILLERS AND WINEMAKERS. MORE. TWO EXHIBITORS WERE AT THE DOUBLETREE IN SOUTH BURLINGTON TODAY, SETTING UP FOR THE JURIED SHOW BEFORE IT OPENS TOMORROW. A NEW NONPROFIT ARTS ORGANIZATION CALLED 802 ARTS HOUSE AND THE VETERAN EVENT PROMOTERS AT STARBOARD EVENTS ARE PUTTING IT ON. THOSE ORGANIZERS SAY …