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/2010/one-man-show/ http://valfa.com/2010/one-man-show/#comments Sun, 28 Nov 2010 17:28:56 +0000 Vaillancourt Folk Art http://valfa.com/?p=1703 By Bill Fortier TELEGRAM & GAZETTE STAFF (Read here) SUTTON —  Gerald Charles Dickens is adding a generous helping of Christmas spirit this weekend at Vaillancourt Folk Art in the Manchaug Mills. Mr. Dickens, whose great-great-grandfather was Charles Dickens, is traveling throughout the United States through Christmas performing “A Christmas Carol,” and judging by the [...]]]> http://valfa.com/2010/one-man-show/feed/ 0 http://valfa.com/2010/honored-by-massachusetts-state-legislation/ http://valfa.com/2010/honored-by-massachusetts-state-legislation/#comments Fri, 05 Mar 2010 16:12:16 +0000 Vaillancourt Folk Art http://valfa.com/?p=881 A note from Gary Vaillancourt: Judi and I are honored that Rep Callahan has chose to honor Vaillancourt Folk Art with this legislation. Jennifer has always done what she can to assist local business and she has been a great advocate for Vaillancourt and our American Employees. While to some it may come across as [...]]]> http://valfa.com/2010/honored-by-massachusetts-state-legislation/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/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 http://valfa.com/2008/lighting-the-way/ http://valfa.com/2008/lighting-the-way/#comments Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:32:50 +0000 Vaillancourt Folk Art http://valfa.com/media/?p=96 By Bonnie Russell TELEGRAM & GAZETTE STAFF Sutton–And the lights all will go on in Massachusetts — at least in the Blackstone Valley as the annual Chain of Lights of celebration ushers in the holidays. Activities will take place Dec. 6 in Sutton and Dec. 7 in Grafton and Millbury. SUTTON On Dec. 6, from [...]]]> http://valfa.com/2008/lighting-the-way/feed/ 0 http://valfa.com/2008/folk-art-featured/ http://valfa.com/2008/folk-art-featured/#comments Thu, 12 Jun 2008 20:00:43 +0000 Vaillancourt Folk Art http://valfa.com/media_test/?p=35 SUTTON — Vaillancourt Folk Art’s marketing materials were recently featured by Xerox Corp. at a trade show in Germany for the printing equipment industry. Vaillancourt produces hand-painted chalkware figurines and has been working with Xerox to test its digital printers, the privately held business reported. Xerox’s production color product marketing group featured Vaillancourt materials, such [...]]]> http://valfa.com/2008/folk-art-featured/feed/ 0 http://valfa.com/2007/vaillancourt-display-stakes-out-new-space/ http://valfa.com/2007/vaillancourt-display-stakes-out-new-space/#comments Sun, 14 Oct 2007 19:48:00 +0000 Vaillancourt Folk Art http://valfa.com/media_test/?p=24 SUTTON— Vaillancourt Folk Art recently celebrated the grand opening of its new museum. Located within the retail/studio space at the Manchaug Mills at 9 Main St., Suite H-1, the museum chronicles the melding of old and new that created the business noted for its signature folk art holiday chalkware and ornaments. “Believe it or not, [...]]]> http://valfa.com/2007/vaillancourt-display-stakes-out-new-space/feed/ 0 http://valfa.com/2007/reaching-buyers/ http://valfa.com/2007/reaching-buyers/#comments Sun, 09 Sep 2007 19:27:47 +0000 Vaillancourt Folk Art http://valfa.com/media_test/?p=12 Online shopping exploding, but customers still like stores and catalogs By Lisa Eckelbecker TELEGRAM & GAZETTE STAFF leckelbecker@telegram.com The gifts from The Red Envelope have arrived. So have the purchases from The Wine Enthusiast. The Lord & Taylor cash-mere? Well, that didn’t work out so well for Mary B. Lucius. The retailer shipped her the [...]]]> http://valfa.com/2007/reaching-buyers/feed/ 0 http://valfa.com/2001/santas-present-patriotic-figurines-bring-welcome-boost-to-sales-at-vaillancourt/ http://valfa.com/2001/santas-present-patriotic-figurines-bring-welcome-boost-to-sales-at-vaillancourt/#comments Tue, 18 Dec 2001 18:56:17 +0000 Vaillancourt Folk Art http://valfa.com/media_test/?p=4 SUTTON – America’s patriotic fervor is heating up activities in an unexpected place — the workshop of Vaillancourt Folk Art. With just days to go before Christmas, artists at the handcrafted ornament business are toiling to turn out enough red, white and blue Santa figurines and fierce bald eagle ornaments to satisfy buyers across the [...]]]> http://valfa.com/2001/santas-present-patriotic-figurines-bring-welcome-boost-to-sales-at-vaillancourt/feed/ 0