40th National Arts & Crafts Conference: Annual Goodie Draw at GPI 2027
The final showing and drawing for the winner of the 2026-2027 RALA Goodie Box will take place on January 10, 2027 at the 40th Annual National Arts & Crafts Conference at the Omni Grove Park Inn in Asheville, North Carolina.
Omni Grove Park Inn, Asheville, N.C. omnihotels.com/hotels/asheville-grove-park
What is the Goodie Box?
The annual Goodie Box is a RALA tradition for over 20 years, originally created as a homage to Elbert Hubbard’s famous “Goodie,” and is wildly popular with members and collectors as the backbone of RALA’s non-profit fund-raising initiatives. Besides containing an astonishing variety of items from Roycroft Artisans, each year’s box has a centerpiece created by a select Roycroft Master. Tickets are sold throughout the year with a final drawing at the National Arts and Crafts Conference, at the Grove Park Inn in Asheville, NC. Winner takes all.
Typically held in February, this year’s conference will take place in January, to accommodate renovations to the hotel. Drawing for this year’s Goodie Box will be at 3 p.m. on January 10, 2027.
The centerpiece of the 50th Anniversary Goodie Box is a functional piece of art designed by Roycroft Master Artisan Thomas Pafk. Primarily designed as a Blanket Chest lined with unfinished aromatic cedar with proportions suited to the meet the needs of a foyer bench, it can serve as artful storage or the centerpiece of any domestic space. Measuring 28″ w x 14″d x 16″h, it is constructed of quarter-sawn white oak and walnut with bookmatched walnut burl panels.The lid, adorned with the commemorative 50th anniversary seal and finished with Aurora Amber dye and catalyzed lacquer dull-rubbed top coat, opens to any angle using lid stay torsion hinges. Custom handmade leather handles by Roycroft Artisan Tom Ciminelli complete the fine touch finishing and continue the tradition of collaboration among the Roycroft Artisanship. Together with this piece, the 2026 Goodie Box contains additional items created by Roycroft Artisans and Master Artisans valued at over $8,000 with contributions by:
Andre M. Chaves of The Clinker Press, Artisan in Letterpress/Book Arts
Julie Leidel of The Bungalow Craft, Master in Painting
John Monk, Artisan in Metal
Laura Wilder, Master in Painting/Printing
Jerry Smith, Master in Ceramics
Suzanne Handel Mair of Scherenschnitte Originals, Master in Paper
Leah Corey of aMEUSEments Studio, Master in Beadwork
Louise E. Richens, Master in Fiber
Henry Schmidt, Master in Sculpture
Holly Bird of Studio Ibis, Master in Printing
Kathy Cairns Hendershott, Master in Fiber
Patty Cancilla, Master in Jewelry
Michael A Cancilla Jr, Artisan in Painting/Drawing
Mission Guild Studio, Master in Clay
Tom Ciminelli, Artisan in Leather
Tickets for the Goodie Fundraiser will be sold from January 8 – 10, 2027 at the National Arts & Crafts Conference.
To purchase tickets to the annual Goodie Box raffle locally, attend one of our bi-monthly Little Journey lectures, held on the first Wednesday of the even months inside the Roycroft Chapel or visit our Goodie Box Page to purchase online.
The Goodie Box will also be on view for raffle purchase at the 2026 Roycroft Winter Festival in East Aurora on December 5 & 6, 2026.