There may also be a limited Dealers Row inside the Herbst Pavilion accessible to the Conference participants. The Board of ACOR believes that a successful and high quality conference requires that the Bay Area rug community organize at least one and preferably two exhibits inside the Pavilion. In accordance with previous ACORs, the Board would like to see an exhibition of high quality carpet and textile pieces from Bay Area collectors, from 50-75 pieces depending on their size. The space allocated to this exhibit would be approximately 3000 square feet and would require a build-out of walls lights, etc. Bay Area rug collectors, local dealers and SFBARS would have to come up with the additional cost of about $13,000 in order to pay for the costs of construction and fitting out, plus some amount for the rental space. Accordingly, SFBARS is asking its membership for immediate and urgent response to the proposal by the ACOR Board.

ACOR will need to empower a steering committee of committed members willing to take on the work of organizing the conference in conjunction with the ACOR Board. In addition, this steering committee will need to recruit and identify members who are interested in working on the various activities of the conference and most importantly to take responsibility for organizing the exhibit, including soliciting pieces, vetting and choosing them and hanging and taking them down before and after the conference.

ACOR President Tom Hubbard has asked that all those interested in planning and implementing the next ACOR contact him directly ASAP (or at the latest by the end of January) in order that this event can move forward. If an insufficient level of interest is expressed by the Bay Area Rug Community then most likely the 2011 ACOR will be canceled or postponed.

IMPORTANT: ALL MEMBERS PLEASE CONTACT Tom Hubbard at email thubbard6140@charter.net between now and the end of January to let him know of your interest and to volunteer to make ACOR 2011 happen.

February 12

February 13

Mid March

April 22

The deYoung Museum will be holding two important events in conjunction with the Tribal Arts Show. The first, sponsored by the Textile Arts Council, is a talk by Alberto Levi at 10 AM in the Koret Auditorium entitled "Primitivism and Abstraction in Persian Tribal Flatweaves.” For details see the TAC web site www.textileartscouncil.org.

Later that evening (details to follow) the Museum and SFBARS will present the annual Caroline McCoy-Jones Memorial Lecture. Professor Walter Denny will be talking about Turkmen carpets and Islamic art. For details see the deYoung web site. Invitations will be sent to all SFBARS, TAC and Museum members. For information, contact Jill D'Alessandro at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, email jdalessandro@famsf.org.

Annual Dinner and Auction, details to follow. Please note: We will be looking for donations of small but nice items, not your bottom of the bin or cast offs (value less than $100) to offer in the silent auction.

Save the date. Jeff Spur from Harvard and the New England Rug Society.