The Crafts Report thanks each and every artist who submitted their image to our Facebook Wall for our Cover Contest throughout the month of May. In total we received 249 submissions, making the task of selecting the top 64...

In a letter to past exhibitors, Nancy Vince, President of Wholesalecrafts.com, announced that ACRE is moving their 2013 Las Vegas show dates back to their original late April/early May schedule of previous years.

“After careful research and surveying of our artist exhibitors and retailer attendees, we are pleased to announce that we have decided to push our dates back for next year’s ACRE Las Vegas show to April 27 – 29, 2013,” said Vince. “We feel this to be a positive change for the future of our Las Vegas show and the needs of our industry.”

The 10th Annual Orchard Lake Fine Art Show® on July 27-29, 2012 invites artists ages 5-12 (grades Kindergarten through 8) to enter their original works of art into the Youth Art Competition, sponsored by The Chadwick Group, P.C.

The American Association of Woodturners (AAW) 2012 juried member exhibition, A Walk in the Woods will be on display at their 26th Annual International Woodturning Symposium at the San Jose Convention Center June 7-10.

Five key home design trends, ranging from nostalgic American motifs to modern print statements, will be showcased in a new “Open House” exhibit premiering at the 2012 New York International Gift Fair® (NYIGF®).

“Open House is a collaboration of cross-industry trend-watchers who identify and showcase current, and coming, home trends,” said Christian Falkenberg, NYIGF director and GLM vice president. “Both the display and the seminar will offer NYIGF participants an invaluable preview of leading home products themes.”

The five trends, their inspirations and expressions, as identified by editors from Sandow Media’s Home Accents Today and Home Textiles Today, are: