The Society of Arts and Crafts of Boston

The Society of Arts and Crafts (SAC), is America's oldest arts and craft nonprofit organization, originally located on Newbury Street in Boston, Massachusetts. The SAC is currently moving to 100 Pier 4 and plans to reopen in summer 2016. The Society was incorporated by twenty-one individuals on June 28, 1897 and was then known as the Society of Arts and Crafts in Boston or SACB. The small group was representational of Boston's elites in the fields of teaching, art-making, architecture, and craft. SACB began with the agreement to "develop and encourage higher artistic standards in the handcrafts."

The Society of Arts and Crafts of Boston

The Society of Arts and Crafts (SAC), is America's oldest arts and craft nonprofit organization, originally located on Newbury Street in Boston, Massachusetts. The SAC is currently moving to 100 Pier 4 and plans to reopen in summer 2016. The Society was incorporated by twenty-one individuals on June 28, 1897 and was then known as the Society of Arts and Crafts in Boston or SACB. The small group was representational of Boston's elites in the fields of teaching, art-making, architecture, and craft. SACB began with the agreement to "develop and encourage higher artistic standards in the handcrafts."