Boskone 47

Exhibits: Hucksters Room/Art Show/Fan Tables

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The Exhibits area is in the lower level in the Galleria Ballroom. To reach the Galleria, take a left past the City Bar as you enter the lobby through the main doors, then take the up escalator down to the lower level.

To reach the elevator, go straight past the City Bar and into a nook where the elevator is on your left.

The Galleria is home to the Hucksters Room, Art Show, Fan Tables, Con Suite, DragonsLair (kids' activities), Gaming, Con Suite, Friday night reception, Information, Volunteers, Program Desk and the Convention Office will be.

Fan Tables

Fan Tables will run just outside of the Galleria Ballroom on Saturday and Sunday. They will give you the chance to meet with fans representing various organizations, including:

• Aussiecon 4 (Australian Worldcon, 2010)
• Capclave (Washington, DC area convention)
• Chicago in 2012 (a bid for the 2012 Worldcon)
• National Marrow Donor Program - Be the Match, a group that helps to promote bone marrow donation
• Renovation (Reno Worldcon, 2011)
• Texas in 2013 (a bid for the 2013 Worldcon)
• Tiptree Bake Sale (fundraiser for the Tiptree Award)

Hucksters Room

The Hucksters Room (aka the Dealers Room) will feature vendors selling a wide variety of science fiction, fantasy, and genre books, jewelry, clothing, and all manner of other fun stuff.

Dealers' Room Hours

Friday: 5 pm to 8 pm
Saturday: 10 am to 6 pm
Sunday: 10 am to 3 pm

The room has sold out for this year, but if you haven't fully completed your paper work, here's our Dealers' letter and Dealer's form.

Art Show

This year's Art Show will showcase original works by Official Artist John Picacio, NESFA Press Guest Michael Whelan, as well as many other artists from the New England states and beyond, on up to 100 panels plus about a dozen tables for 3-D work, mostly dedicated to selling items by written bid. It will also include a Print Shop, with hundreds of reproductions available for immediate sale, and a resale area where anyone may enter previously-purchased items that they wish to sell.

Art programming is expected to include demonstrations, discussions, critiques, and dueling easels.

The Art Show will share space with the Dealers' Room and the Con Suite – again in the Galleria Ballroom.

There is still some space available in the Art Show, If you are interested in entering items in the show, read the Artist Letter, Art Show Rules and print, complete and mail the appropriate forms (Art Show Entry Form, Art Resale Form). Send all completed paperwork to Boskone 47 Art Show; P. O. Box 809; Framingham, MA 01701.

Forms for the Art Show, including the Artist Master Sheet, Print Shop Master Sheet, Bid Sheet and the Resale Sheet are available for download.

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