{"id":216542,"date":"2026-06-11T16:00:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T16:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/216542\/"},"modified":"2026-06-11T16:00:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T16:00:08","slug":"check-out-this-charming-event-at-contemporary-craft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/216542\/","title":{"rendered":"Check Out This \u2018Charming\u2019 Event at Contemporary Craft"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/contemporary-craft-exterior-butler-street.jpeg\" data-lb-width=\"1000\" data-lb-height=\"667\" class=\" photoswipe gtxlightbox\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-300135\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/contemporary-craft-exterior-butler-street.jpeg\" alt=\"Contemporary Craft Exterior Butler Street\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">PHOTO VIA PITTSBURGH MAGAZINE ARCHIVES<\/p>\n<p>Contemporary Craft is hoping to charm visitors at an upcoming event.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Charmed, which will showcase handmade charms by 40 artists from around the country, will take place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on June 27 in conjunction with Contemporary Craft\u2019s free Community Day. An early preview of the event will also be held from 5 to 8 p.m. on June 25offering visitors the opportunity to shop the collection first and participate in a hands-on activity with participating artist Andrew Thorton. Both events are open to the public and free to attend, although folks are encouraged to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/charmed-preview-registration-1991194639769?aff=oddtdtcreator&amp;keep_tld=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">register<\/a> for the June 25 event.<\/p>\n<p>Artists selling their charms at the event work in a range of artistic mediums, including wood, metal and beadwork. The exclusive selection of pendants, keychains, charms and chains will only be available at the organization\u2019s Lawrenceville store.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>All 40 Charmed artists were invited to participate by Allison Jones, Contemporary Craft\u2019s creative retail and residencies director.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Some of the most well-known names in contemporary jewelry will be in attendance, with a strong representation of regional and Pittsburgh-based artists. Creators also include former Contemporary Craft artists-in-residence and exhibiting artists, among themLauren Kalman, Terry Lavin, Dongyi Wu, Jason Stein, Maria Camera-Smith, Sarah Sindler and Amanda Stumpf.<\/p>\n<p>Organizers say the event is inspired by an earlier Charmed showcase last held at the store more than a decade ago.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are thrilled to bring Charmed back to the store after the last installment in 2011,\u201d Jones says in a statement. \u201cThe variety of materials, sizes, and styles of the charms is astounding. I have no doubt that everyone who stops into the store will be able to find something that appeals to their own unique aesthetic.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For more information, check out Contemporary Craft\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/contemporarycraft.org\/store\/store-events\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">website<\/a>.\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PHOTO VIA PITTSBURGH MAGAZINE ARCHIVES Contemporary Craft is hoping to charm visitors at an upcoming event.\u00a0 Charmed, which&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":216543,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[18062,94693,23411,13931,73,75,74],"class_list":["post-216542","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-arts-and-crafts","tag-charmed","tag-contemporary-craft","tag-local-business","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216542","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=216542"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216542\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/216543"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=216542"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=216542"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=216542"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}