Craftnotes Mark Montano and Buy Olympia Founders Pat Castaldo and Aaron Tuller
To Headline Summit Washington, DC (May 19, 2010) — Hello Craft announced speakers
on hellocraft.org to appear at the 2nd annual Summit of Awesome to be held June 16 through
18 at McMenamins Kennedy School in the Alberta Arts District of Portland, OR.
This year’s Summit of Awesome is headlined by special crafnote speakers Mark
Montano and Buy Olympia founders Pat Castaldo and Aaron Tuller.
Crafty superstar Mark Montano is a TV personality, writer, artist and interior
designer. He released the popular book “The Big-Ass Book of Crafts” in 2008 and his
newest book “The Big Ass Book of Home Decor” was released this spring.
Buy Olympia founders Pat Castaldo and Aaron Tuller started buyolympia.com back in
1999 back before it was easy to setup a shop on the internet. They’ve grown their
little operation from just four products to over 2,000 organically over the past ten
years.
Additional speakers include Heidi Kenney of My Paper Crane, Kari Chapin, Danielle
Maveal of Etsy, Jamie Chan of Urban Fauna Studio & Bazaar Bizarre San Francisco
and Kim Werker.
There is also an amazing array of local Portland speakers including Susan Beal of
West Coast Crafty, Amanda Siska of Bread and Badger, Namita Wiggers of the
Museum of Contemporary Craft, Rebecca Pearcy of Queen Bee Creations, Jen Neitzel
and Richard Fox of DIY Lounge, Cathy Pitters of Crafty Wonderland, Diane Gilleland
aka Sister Diane of CraftyPod, Angie Heiney & Ali Wykhuis of Frock, Isaac B. Watson
co-chair of I Heart Art: Portland, Justin Hocking of Independent Publishing Resource
Center, and Jena Coray of Modish.
Speakers are updated as details are confirmed and the line-up is subject to change.
Full list of speakers is available at hellocraft.org. Full Summit schedule is available
online as well.
For more Summit of Awesome updates and news, follow Hello Craft on Twitter at
www.twitter.com/hellocraft and on Facebook at www.facebook.com/hellocraft.
About The Summit of Awesome
The Summit of Awesome is three days of business and technical education seminars
as well as hands-on workshops. Seminar topics range from how to organize craft
fairs and develop successful product lines to teaching crafters how to prepare taxes
and form LLC’s. A special addition to this year’s Summit is the “Show of Awesome,” a
40-vendor craft show on Saturday, June 19, at Doug Fir Lounge. This year’s Summit
is co-produced by its event partners and PDX craft superstars, Crafty Wonderland
and DIY Lounge.
About Hello Craft
Hello Craft is a 501(c)6 non-profit trade association, dedicated to the advancement
of independent crafters and the handmade movement, as well as empowering small
business owners and educating the public to the benefits of buying handmade.
Through the foundation of its interactive and increasingly popular Web site
hellocraft.org, Hello Craft brings together crafters and makers to learn, grow and be
prosperous in this ever-changing economy. With a desire to help sustain the
handmade movement and support independent crafters within the community. For
more information, please visit www.hellocraft.org.