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loews philadelphia hotel

First day: Checked into the SNAG Conference hotel, Loews Philadelphia; an Art Deco building, comfortable, and has a boutique feel. Just had a chance to run down a block to the Reading Terminal Market on 12th St and grab some fresh fruit and get back for the Professional Development Seminar at 2pm.

PDS Gallery Panel

Here are the lovely ladies of the Gallery panel portion of the afternoon, waiting for the Professional Development Seminar to start. Left to right: Karen Lorene (Facére Gallery), Beth Ann Gerstein (Society of Arts & Crafts), Ruth Synderman (Works Gallery), Whitney Couch (Object Fetish), Sienna Patti (Sienna Gallery) (not pictured: Patti Bleicher of Gallery Loupe).

A jam-packed 4-hour afternoon of very very important info, with the theme, “Maximizing the Online Revolution: Websites and Beyond”. And while I’ve been to my share of website optimization sessions (and having a boyfriend in the industry doesn’t hurt), I learned a TON of stuff that I will share with you all later tonite. But off to the pinswap–it’s 7:13 and I don’t want to miss out on the good ones!

12 hours, 2 flights and 36 sleepless hours later, I arrived at the Philadelphia airport, glad to have touched ground, free from screaming infants. And what to greet me but a Jewelry exhibition! Imagine that, in the little Continental wing of the airport. Awesome. Great display, innovative work, and here are some shots I share with you (please excuse the slight blow out on some of the images).

Painted maple and 24 gold plated brass necklaces by Bruce Metcalf

Silver plated bronze and brass sculptures, “Disposable Takeout Series” by Susan Myers

3-D print and resin, gypsum “PUSHERE” by Stanely Lechtzin and Danielle Kerner

Bracelets in silver and silicone rubber by Vicki Sedman (a personal favorite of mine–must be the futuristic look, plus it’s pink).

Well, that was last night, and now, fully rested, I’m on to the Professional Development Seminar–just a little over and hour from now!