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It's Friday  December 18, 2009
 
Artists!
 
In the past few It's Friday newsletters we have detailed three publicity opportunities for you at BMAC in February. If you missed them, you can still see them here.
 
  
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Are you an artist member who will be exhibiting at an upcoming NYIGF, BMAC or ACC show? Send CRAFT the details and your booth number: we will post the information in an It's Friday email message and include it on handouts available at the CRAFT booth during these events. Contact Rani Richardson at rani@randomactsart.com. 
 
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No T3 in December. 
 
Time to sell, sell, sell!! 
 
Have a great season!
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Have you checked out the CRAFT forums lately?
 
Anyone with information to contribute to this thread would be greatly appreciated.
 
 
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   Would you like to be featured in the Artist Member Spotlight? Email rani@randomactsart.com with up to two paragraphs about you, your studio & your artwork. Please include links to your website or Wholesalecrafts page and up to two pictures to be included. You can send the pictures as attachments or just send links to the pictures on your website.
 
Artist will be spotlighted on a first come, first serve basis.
Design ChallengeC.R.A.F.T. Design Challenge
 
Co-Sponsored with Buyer's Market of American Craft
 
Friday and Saturday, February 12 and 13, 10 AM to 5 PM
On the Concourse, next to the C.R.A.F.T. Booth
 
Choose 5 handcrafted art objects from a group of 12 BMAC artist pieces.
Choose decorations from our box of props.
Use our display case.
THE SECRET INGREDIENT IS YOU!
In 10 minutes, work your magic and create a store display.
 
Vist the C.R.A.F.T. website for more information, rules and to sign up. 
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NYIGF has announces some exciting changes with Handmade launching this winter: they are further consolidating Handmade in the USA resources on the exhibit floor and are also grouping designer-makers separately from global production craft. They have also partnered with The Crafts Report to offer a free Handmade Networking breakfast for craft retailers opening morning of Handmade, Saturday, January 30 at the Javits Center.
 
NYIGF will continue to offer C.R.A.F.T.'s retail members complimentary Club GLM Lounge admission for each member and one store store representative during the show. All C.R.A.F.T. members are also offered one free seminar admission. We will have more details about these benifits in the coming weeks.
Visa/Mastercard Antitrust Litigation
The checks for the supplemental payments due from the Visa/Mastercard Antitrust Litigation have been mailed to claimants who received and cashed their checks for the initial payment in 2006.If you have closed your business or changed locations and have not notified the Claims Administrator of a change of address and your Post Office change of address has expired (usually 6 months), your check for the supplemental payment (it looks like approximately three quarters the amount of the initial payment) may not get to you. You might want to contact the Claims Administrator and advise it of the change of address and request that the curent check be reissued.You can make this request via email to: admin@inrevisacheckmastermoneyantitrustlitigation.com
 
Your email should incude:
Your company name
Your name
The original claim number
The original control number
Your new adress
 
If you don't remember your claim and control number, you can obtain them by calling the Claim Hotline at 1-888-641-4437 between 8Am and 6Pm weekdays. Supposedly it will take between 4 and 6 weeks for checks to be reissued
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This Weeks Links 
 
From Karen Hohler:
 
 
From Don Gorenberg:
From Gifts & Decorative Accessories, Strategizing to Survive the economic slowdown.
 
Here are the winners of the 2009 USA $50,000 fellowships.
 
Have you read a blog or an online article that you found interesting or helpful? If it was helpful to you, it will probably be helpful to other gallery owners and artists.

Send it to me at rani@randomactsart.com to be included in our weekly newsletter.
 
 
CRAFT is a national organization of artists, retailers & show sponsors working to support American craft, save money, educate & network.