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It's Friday April 9, 2010
SURVEY
 
 Home Accents Today Magazine is conducting a Retail Operations Survey. Please follow this link to take the survey and we'll include a link to the survey results when they are published.
 
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THIS WEEKS LINKS
 
From American Express Open Forum, 5 Ways to Better Engage Reporters by Amy Mae Elliot
 
 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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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
T3 Teleconference
One of the best parts of being a member of CRAFT is the ability to network with peers.We host free monthly teleconferences during which any member of CRAFT can call in and talk. 
 
Tuesday, April 20
9:00am - 10:00am EST 
This months T3 will be about Customer Loyalty Programs. How to set up, promote and maintaining them. Some time will also be spent discussing Vanguard ID Systems, a CRAFT Affinity Partner who manufactures loyalty & gift cards.
 
This T3 will be lead by CRAFT President Karen Hohler.

The telephone number you will use is 1-800-898-1908   19897 pin code 19897#. If you have any trouble that morning getting through call Karen's cell 617-571-5267.
 

What Would You Like to Talk About?
We have several T3 Teleconferences scheduled for this year, but still have a few slots open. You can see the proposed topics by checking the calendar on the CRAFT website. There are still a few open slots. What are the topics you would like to know more about? Is there something you want to learn more about? Something you would like to hear more about from other gallery owners or artist? Send me your ideas at rani@randomactsart.com.
American Craft Week Update
ACW-CODAby Dian Sulg, Co-Chair ACW

Hi Everyone!  This week Ann Pifer and I represented CRAFT and American Craft Week at the annual CODA conference in Savannah, Georgia.  This meeting of the Craft Organization Directors Association was a great place to network with arts organizations and spread the word about American Craft Week.  We were given two opportunities to speak to the entire group and we distributed lots of brochures.
 
And our reception was great!  We will be adding several new participants to the celebration, including our first from the states of Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and even Hawaii!  American Craft Week is truly a national celebration.  We also talked to several folks already planning their events, like Debbie Suchy of Eclectic Galleries in Jacksonville Beach Florida who is working with a university's art department to bring a mobile glassblowing studio to her event.  What fun!
 
Look for an e-mail blast next week, with an update on all things ACW.  It will be going to all our registered participants.  In the meantime, tell one person in the arts about American Craft Week.  Keep the ball rolling.
 
CRAFT is a national organization of artists, retailers & show sponsors working to support American craft, save money, educate & network.