ACC moves headquarters to Minneapolis

New York, NY - The American Craft Council,  announced plans to relocate from New York City to Minneapolis, Minn. The Council  plans to open its new office in July 2010, and is currently in negotiations for a space.

"The Council is proud to have been headquartered in New York for 66 years, but the high cost of doing business in the city is not a sustainable financial model for our organization given the current economic climate,"  said Leilani Duke, Chair of the American Craft Council Board.

As part of its relocation, The Council plans to house its library - the nation's largest library collection of print and visual materials on American craft - in its new space in Minneapolis. Containing more than 6,400 books, 7,000 exhibition catalogs, 700 bound volumes of leading periodicals, a substantial collection of artist files and an accompanying database, the Council's library will be available to the public.

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