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Beth Ann Gerstein, Secretary, is the Executive Director of The Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, Massachusetts. Established in 1897, SAC is the oldest non-profit craft organization in the U.S. SAC has a retail and an exhibition gallery; produces craftguide, a guide to crafts in Central New England; produces CRAFTBOSTON features 175 studio artists, a bookseller, non-profit craft organizations and an educational lecture series; SAC Artist Symposium, workshops on marketing and business issues; SAC Artist Awards, cash grants for artists; and the Medal for Excellence in Craft Award (2001 Recipient: Lino Tagliapietra).
Gerstein holds an MFA in jewelry and metalsmithing from Cranbrook Academy of Art, Michigan. She currently a board member of the Glass Art Society, and Watershed Center for Ceramic Arts. She was a juror for the 2003 St. Louis Art Fair and was a juror for the 2002 Smithsonian Craft Show and Co-Chair of the 2000 Society of North American Goldsmiths conference held in Boston.