Colors Of The Stone with To Bead True Blue & Tucson Bead and Design Show

Colors Of The Stone Fall • Aug 29 - Sep 1, 2024

The Fall 2024 Colors of the Stone with To Bead True Blue and Artisan Workshops is a warm-up for the Winter 2025 Show. New artisans are welcomed to exhibit their handcraft at the Fall event and these recently discovered artists and artisans include both established --and emerging --glass artists, gem cutters, ceramists, bead makers, jewelry artists, mineral hunters, lapidaries, and gold smiths, who work out of small scale workshops, ateliers and studios.

Whether you are a professional designer or a hobbyist, this is an exclusive opportunity to get a head start on the coming year. Shop from an unrivaled collection of artisan handcraft and buy direct from the source at excellent prices. Many products are offered at this show for the first time and by the artisans themselves.

Artisan Workshops offers handcraft and design workshops where the attention is on small production studio skills that have been overlooked in favor of mass production. Everyone has an opportunity to take a workshop in subjects such as bead making, jewelry design, knotting, wirework, and art metal clay. Workshops are taught by artists in residence at all skill levels.

Fast Facts
  • Held at Casino Del Sol
  • 5655 W Valencia Rd, Tucson, AZ 85757
  • Aug 29 - Sep 1, 2024, 10am-6pm Thu-Sat, 10am-5pm Sun
  • 75,000 ft2 of exhibit space with 300 exhibits
  • Workshops offered daily at all skill levels.
  • Free admission for all 4 days.
  • Free parking -- see details.
Show Details

Exhibitors are carefully chosen –by invitation and juried application –to include both traditional and contemporary artisans, high-quality merchants, and wholesale suppliers. See exhibitor list.

Workshops, demos, and classes are offered daily, 8am - 9pm. Taught by leading designers and craftspeople in topics such as jewelry design, wirework, gems, bead making, art clay silver, mixed media, chainmaille, and enameling.

Free admission for all 4 days. Register Online for expedited show entry. Open to the public, with some exhibitors offering wholesale pricing to registered wholesale buyers.

Register Online

Location & Parking

Casino Del Sol is Tucson’s premier luxury resort, with the largest Convention Center in Tucson, over 75,000 ft² of showroom space --enough for 1000 exhibits, galleries, and workshops. It is an architectural gem, modeled after a late 19th-century Tuscan village, and nestled in the beautiful Sonoran Desert, minutes from downtown Tucson and Tucson International Airport.

Free ample show parking onsite.

Parking during show hours only, no discounted or free overnight parking. Rates and availability subject to change.

Casino Del Sol • 5655 West Valencia Rd • Tucson, Arizona


For help with reservations, email casey@beadagio.com

RV Hookups available at Casino Del Sol -- See Details

Apply to Exhibit

Since 1992, Bead & Design shows have promoted a wide diversity of exhibitors –with 3000 artisans and tradespeople having traveled from 50 countries to come together and exhibit their work. Bead & Design attendees are numbered in the hundreds of thousands, and growing.

We are confident that each Bead & Design show offers a dynamic business opportunity, and If you have an interest in exhibiting, Apply Online or Contact Us. Early reservation is important –exhibit space is booked in advance.

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