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Featured on History Channel’s American Pickers

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First aired on January 24th, Mike Wolfe and Frank Fritz asked Vaillancourt Folk Art to provide a contemporary Chalkware piece from America’s original chalkware studios to show on the History Channel! They chose the custom made and painted Abraham Lincoln piece which is shown, along with a tid-bit of information on chalkware, within the first [...]

Published Friday, January 7th, 2011 in Announcements, Press Releases.

Chalkware Village Series

Chalkware Village

Since 1984, Judi Vaillancourt has designed nearly 1,800 different chalkware pieces, including animals, rabbits and, most notably, Santas. When Judi first found one of the European Buildings she was quick to see the potential and, without hesitation, purchased eleven new chocolate molds to begin the first ever Chalkware Village! The series, opened in 2011, will [...]

Published Wednesday, January 5th, 2011 in Announcements.

A Shopping Experience

Gallery Setting

We often hear that when our customers step into our retail gallery they feel as though they are transformed into a magical winter wonderland decorated with all the splendor of the holidays. While we have hundreds of variety of Chalkware Santas (and other holidays!), glass mouth-blown Polish ornaments, and other Vaillancourt items, many customers are [...]

Published Friday, December 3rd, 2010 in Announcements.

New Ebenezer Piece Completed!

UPDATE 11/22/2010:Attention Collectors: The FIRST Ebenezer Meeting Marley is available through nationwide auction via our eBay Store: the auction will be completed on November 29th.Don’t want the number 1? Order yours today through our on-line store.UPDATE 11/18/2010: COMPLETED! At nearly midnight, Judi put the final brush strokes on her brand new Ebenezer piece! This morning [...]

Published Monday, November 22nd, 2010 in Announcements, Press Releases.

21st Annual Starlight Event

Sutton, MA — On Friday evening November 5, 2010 Vaillancourt Folk Art will introduce the lowest numbers of the 2010 “Starlight Santa”. Judi Vaillancourt will be in the gallery on Friday and Saturday to number and sign the pieces. Since 1990 Vaillancourt Folk Art Studios of Sutton, Massachusetts has partnered with the Starlight Children’s Foundation [...]

Published Tuesday, October 26th, 2010 in Press Releases.

Thanksgiving Decorations

History Thanksgiving, a holiday celebrated mostly in Canada and the United States, originated in a religious manner to give thanks for the harvest during difficult times, it is today recognized as a time celebrated in as a secular manner with family and friends to get together as a way to express gratitude. Thanksgiving Chalkware While [...]

Published Thursday, October 14th, 2010 in Research & Education.

Halloween

History Halloween is largely a secular celebration that stems from the Celtic festival of Samhain and the Christian All Saints’ Day holiday. Often associated with trick-or-treating, costumes and horror movies, Halloween has undergone tremendous changes over recent year, including being glamorized and commercialized towards all demographics. Halloween Chalkware Of Vaillancourt Folk Arts collection of antique [...]

Published Saturday, September 25th, 2010 in Research & Education.

Gallery Opening

There has been  a lot of news about the unveiling of pieces that Judi Vaillancourt was asked to design for the 150th Anniversary Of The Civil War but during the Fall Gallery Opening there was a lot of buzz not only around the beautifully decorated gallery (complete with fog machines) but also the two new [...]

Published Friday, September 24th, 2010 in Announcements.
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