# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Online Author Talk (Non-Fiction): Smithsonian Curator Mary Savig
- **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 03 Jun, 2026 at 06:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Your Ticket to the Best State Fair Crafts with Smithsonian Curator Mary Savig: A Library Speakers Consortium and Smithsonian Institution Collaboration

Wednesday, June 3rd at 2 PM ET

Join us for a fascinating discussion with Smithsonian Curator Mary Savig on the history and significance of craft at state fairs—from blue-ribbon quilts to sculpted butter cows, and so much more!
A Dolly Parton crop art portrait. Size-96 cowboy boots. A button quilt. This book features more than 100 photos of extraordinary and unconventional crafts from state and tribal fairs, including needlework, basketry, jewelry, ceramics, crop art, butter sculpture, and saddles. The catalog highlights personal stories and regional and cultural traditions, creating a vibrant portrait of American life. Come one, come all! State Fairs has a little something for everyone.

Register now to hear about the fascinating (and often surprising) world of American state fair crafts! https://libraryc.org/lakegeorgelibrary/161172

About the Author: 
Mary Savig is The Fleur and Charles Bresler Curator-in-Charge of the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s Renwick Gallery. She holds a PhD in American Studies from the University of Maryland, College Park.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/lake-george-new-york/online-author-talk-non-fiction-smithsonian-curator-mary-savig/200030164893429
- **Event Categories**: Art, literary-art
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 0

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## Event venue details

- **city**: Lake George, New York
- **location**: Online event
- **full address**: Online event, 336 Canada St, Lake George, NY 12845-1118, United States, Lake George, New York

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Online Author Talk (Non-Fiction): Smithsonian Curator Mary Savig being held?
  - **A:** Online Author Talk (Non-Fiction): Smithsonian Curator Mary Savig takes place on Wed, 03 Jun, 2026 at 06:00 pm to Wed, 03 Jun, 2026 at 06:00 pm at Online event, 336 Canada St, Lake George, NY 12845-1118, United States, Lake George, New York.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Online Author Talk (Non-Fiction): Smithsonian Curator Mary Savig?
  - **A:** Online Author Talk (Non-Fiction): Smithsonian Curator Mary Savig is organized by Caldwell-Lake George Library.

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