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The American Antiques Show (TAAS), now in its eighth year, features the finest dealers in 17th- to 20th-century American folk art, furniture, American Indian art, decorative arts, and fine arts. TAAS is an annual benefit for the American Folk Art Museum. All net proceeds from the Gala Benefit Preview, Educational Series, special events, and general admission support the museum鈥檚 exhibition and educational programming. No part of sales made by the show鈥檚 exhibitors is received by the museum. Our mission is to raise funds for the museum through the Benefit Preview and the four days the show is open to the public; to foster the public鈥檚 knowledge and appreciation of American folk art and Americana through an educational and collecting/buying event for both the connoisseur and the novice; and to support the work of dealers and collectors who create a marketplace where ideas, expertise, and passion for this field can flourish. The American Folk Art Museum is the premier institution devoted to the aesthetic appreciation of traditional folk art and creative expressions of contemporary self-taught artists from the United States and abroad. The museum preserves, conserves, and interprets a comprehensive collection of the highest quality, dating from the eighteenth century to the present. In conjunction with its other activities, the American Folk Art Museum is proud to sponsor The American Antiques Show as an extension of its mission. Executive cochairs of the 2009 American Antiques Show are Barry D. Briskin, Joan M. Johnson, and Elizabeth V. Warren. Executive chairs are Barry D. Briskin, Ms. Edith S. Briskin, Stephen Corelli and Julie Kofman, Mike and Lucy Danziger, Victor and Joan Johnson, Stephen and Petra Levin, Richard and Laura Parsons, and Irwin and Elizabeth Warren. Vice chairs are Peyton Cochran and Rebecca and Michael Gamzon. Karen DiSaia is the show manager and Caroline Kerrigan Lerch is the executive director. Erich Cohler of Eric Cohler Design is Chair of the Interior Designers' Committee.