Milwaukee Bead and Button Show has been CANCELLED due to Covid-19 concerns and restrictions. It will not be held in 2021. There will be beads, enamel, metal, wire, gems, polymer, fiber, stones, and more. You’ll find all the supplies and materials along with a variety of unique finished jewelry.
Is Bead and Button going out of business?
Last week, show owner Kalmbach Media announced that Bead&Button will close permanently. The Bead&Button Show, the largest consumer show for jewelry-makers, is closing permanently Kalmbach Media, the show’s owner, announced last week. The final issue of Bead&Button Magazine will be published in October.
Is Beadwork magazine still in business?
After 25 years of publication, the Fall 2021 issue is the final issue of Beadwork. But we aren’t going away! We’ll continue to curate new beading projects online. ABOVE: Beadwork covers through the years.
What happened at the 2020 Bead&Button show?
Bead&Button was held each June at the Wisconsin Center in Milwaukee and 2020 was to be the show’s 20th anniversary. Highlights of the show included more than 600 classes taught by expert jewelry instructors from all over the world, exhibits, competitions, and a vendor marketplace.
Who are the people behind Bead&Button?
Andrew Thornton, co-owner of Allegory Gallery, a bead store in Ligonier, Pennsylvania, has been attending Bead&Button for 16 years, and his family has been a vendor at the show since it began (his sister, Cynthia Thornton, owns pewter bead company Green Girl Studios based in Asheville, North Carolina).
What happened to the beading magazine?
Although the beading community had witnessed the show’s attendance dwindle over the last few years and the noticed the magazine getting thinner, the news, coming amidst the myriad of other pandemic-related cancellations, felt like a real letdown for many.
