http://valfa.com Nobody can tell when a tradition begins, but hundreds of families have started with Vaillancourt Chalkware. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:29:21 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://valfa.com/2011/appearance-on-fifth-avenue/ http://valfa.com/2011/appearance-on-fifth-avenue/#comments Tue, 06 Dec 2011 17:43:13 +0000 Vaillancourt Folk Art http://valfa.com/?p=2817 Both Gary and Judi Vaillancourt will be making personal appearances in New York City this week. On Thursday, December 8th from 12:00pm until 2:00pm they will be returning to Lord & Taylor on Fifth Avenue and on Friday, December 9th from 2:00pm until 5:00pm they will be at Bergdorf Goodman signing their Massachusetts made Chalkware [...]]]> http://valfa.com/2011/appearance-on-fifth-avenue/feed/ 0 http://valfa.com/2010/new-ebenezer-piece/ http://valfa.com/2010/new-ebenezer-piece/#comments Mon, 22 Nov 2010 08:34:07 +0000 Vaillancourt Folk Art http://valfa.com/?p=1629 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 [...]]]> http://valfa.com/2010/new-ebenezer-piece/feed/ 0 http://valfa.com/2010/sutton-artist-designs-for-150th-anniversary-of-civil-war/ http://valfa.com/2010/sutton-artist-designs-for-150th-anniversary-of-civil-war/#comments Thu, 09 Sep 2010 15:48:31 +0000 Vaillancourt Folk Art http://valfa.com/?p=1429 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Gary Vaillancourt Vaillancourt Folk Art 508-476-3601 SUTTON ARTIST DESIGNS FOR 150th ANNIVERSARY OF CIVIL WAR Sutton, MA, September 9, 2010 — As the nation approaches the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, 1861 to 2011, Judi Vaillancourt of Vaillancourt Folk Art was asked by several museums, Gettysburg, Pa. The Ford’s Theatre [...]]]> http://valfa.com/2010/sutton-artist-designs-for-150th-anniversary-of-civil-war/feed/ 0 http://valfa.com/2010/knickerbocker/ http://valfa.com/2010/knickerbocker/#comments Tue, 22 Jun 2010 20:55:41 +0000 Vaillancourt Folk Art http://valfa.com/?p=1208 Created by Judi Vaillancourt for the 2009 Collector’s Weekend the “Knickerbocker” Santa has its origins in Washington Irving’s Knickerbocker History of New York (1809) and Keeping of Christmas at Bracebridge Hall (1819-20), Clement C. Moore’s poem “The Night Before Christmas” (1822); along with images in paintings by Dutch artist Jan Steen (1666) and American Robert [...]]]> http://valfa.com/2010/knickerbocker/feed/ 0 http://valfa.com/2010/first-5-tiny-santas-released/ http://valfa.com/2010/first-5-tiny-santas-released/#comments Tue, 04 May 2010 13:14:15 +0000 Vaillancourt Folk Art http://valfa.com/?p=1108 For each month in 2010, Vaillancourt Folk Art will be releasing a new chalkware piece for the Tiny Series, designed by Judi Vaillancourt. This month, the 5th chalkware piece in the series, The Tiny May Flowers Father Christmas, has been introduced. Join our eNewsletter broadcast to be the first to know when the next piece [...]]]> http://valfa.com/2010/first-5-tiny-santas-released/feed/ 0 http://valfa.com/2009/historical-reference-in-design/ http://valfa.com/2009/historical-reference-in-design/#comments Tue, 22 Dec 2009 13:30:40 +0000 Vaillancourt Folk Art http://valfa.com/?p=640 http://valfa.com/2009/historical-reference-in-design/feed/ 0 http://valfa.com/2009/solomon-pond-mall/ http://valfa.com/2009/solomon-pond-mall/#comments Tue, 01 Dec 2009 21:01:08 +0000 Vaillancourt Folk Art http://valfa.com/?p=537 Thursday, December 3rd — 11:00am – 8:00pm Friday, December 4th — 11:00am – 8:00pm Saturday, December 5th — 11:00am – 8:00pm Sunday, December 6th — 12:00pm – 6:00pm The Solomon Pond Mall in Marlborough hosts Vaillancourt Folk Art for four days during the holiday season, featuring special handcrafted holiday pieces. On Dec. 3, Vaillancourt will [...]]]> http://valfa.com/2009/solomon-pond-mall/feed/ 0 http://valfa.com/2009/a-real-dickens-the-originals-great-great-grandson/ http://valfa.com/2009/a-real-dickens-the-originals-great-great-grandson/#comments Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:34:44 +0000 Vaillancourt Folk Art http://valfa.com/?p=370 A real Dickens (Full Article)THE ORIGINAL’S GREAT-GREAT-GRANDSON By Donna Boynton TELEGRAM & GAZETTE STAFF (Nov 24, 2009) SUTTON —  He remembers the first time he heard “A Christmas Carol.” It was Christmas Eve, he was 5 and his father had gathered the children to read the story that included the miser, the trio of holiday [...]]]> http://valfa.com/2009/a-real-dickens-the-originals-great-great-grandson/feed/ 0 http://valfa.com/2009/starlight-children%e2%80%99s-foundation-new-england-hosts-afternoon-tea-to-honor-gary-and-judi-vaillancourt/ http://valfa.com/2009/starlight-children%e2%80%99s-foundation-new-england-hosts-afternoon-tea-to-honor-gary-and-judi-vaillancourt/#comments Tue, 10 Feb 2009 14:38:34 +0000 Vaillancourt Folk Art http://valfa.com/media/?p=133 Starlight Children’s Foundation New England Hosts Afternoon Tea to Honor Gary and Judi Vaillancourt by Tabitha Berg BOSTON, Mass. — Starlight Children’s Foundation New England is hosting a special Valentine’s event, Purses & Pearls, A Classic English Afternoon Tea, at the Four Seasons Hotel Boston on Saturday, Feb. 14 from 11 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. [...]]]> http://valfa.com/2009/starlight-children%e2%80%99s-foundation-new-england-hosts-afternoon-tea-to-honor-gary-and-judi-vaillancourt/feed/ 0 http://valfa.com/2008/tombergeronvfa/ http://valfa.com/2008/tombergeronvfa/#comments Fri, 12 Dec 2008 14:03:20 +0000 Vaillancourt Folk Art http://valfa.com/media/?p=122 By Nancy Sheehan TELEGRAM & GAZETTE STAFF As a kid, Tom Bergeron had a dream, and, no, it wasn’t “I want to be an Emmy-award-winning television host when I grow up.” “My fantasy was to work at WBZ Radio because I would listen to Larry Glick and Dave Maynard and Carl DeSuze and people like [...]]]> http://valfa.com/2008/tombergeronvfa/feed/ 0