Wednesday, March 3
11 AM
An hour with Edith Ransom of Bank of America, who will answer all of your questions about the CRAFT/BofA credit card program Save thousands of dollars!
The telephone number you will use is 1-800-898-1908, pin code 19897.
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American Craft Week
Sponsors
We have started receiving sponsorships from some great organizations.
Major Sponsors:
Sponsors:
NextDayFlyers.com
Additional Support:
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Photo Request
We need photographs for the American Craft Week web site and brochures. From artists, we need photographs of you, your work and you at work. From galleries, we need photographs of your galleries and displays.
Any photographs used on the web site will be a hotlink to the artist or gallery web site.
Please send high resolution images to submissions@americancraftw
eek.com
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American Craft Week and Philly
By Karen Hohler, CRAFT President
The excitement at BMAC in Philly was electric. Spirits dampened by weather, travel struggles and few buyers revived around the talk about American Craft Week. We could literally see eyes brighten, sagging shoulders raise and enthusiasm build as artists and buyers began to grasp the potential power American Craft Week will have for our industry. They saw almost instantly that the first week of October can raise the national consciousness about American craft, create understanding about its value and translate into increased sales that will support our artistic livelihoods.
Participate in October. Sign up and say that you will add your voice to the celebration. What can you do? That's bounded only by your imagination. It can be a letter to the editor of your local newspaper, opening your studio, organizing a gallery walk, taking art into the schools, getting your governor to declare American Craft Week. Go to Get Involved on our American Craft Week web site. Email info@AmericanCraftWeek.com that you plan to participate (please include Gallery/Studio name, city & state and web address). Don't worry if you don't know what you want to do yet. You'll figure it out. Just get your name up there and help build the excitement.
Coming in April there will be support materials available such as a logo, a banner and PR materials. Watch for the announcement in It's Friday when they are ready.
We are all creative people to be able to do what we do day in and day out. I know you will come up with some incredible thoughts for celebrating American Craft Week.
Membership Drive in Philly
We had our most successful membership drive ever of any wholesale show this week at BMAC. We increased CRAFT membership by 10%!! Thank you everyone who helped distribute information, talk to potential members and man the CRAFT booth. It was an inspiring response. |
Constant Contact - New Feature
Constant Contact has designed a new application that allows you to put a Join My Mailing List tab right on your Facebook Page. It's fairly simple to do and I added it to my gallery page in a matter of minutes. To try it out for yourself, follow these insturctions.
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Home Accents Today - 50 Retail Stars
The nomination form for Home Accents Today's annual 50 Retail Stars has just been posted online at http://bit.ly/Star10. This annual feature publishes in the May issue and recognizes home accent retailers that are successful and creative within their market.
Nominate your gallery today!
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This Weeks Links
From American Express Open Forum:
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.
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