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ARTS Awards Judges Announced
October 28,
2014 by in Industry, Special Events 
This judging panel will select winners in 24 different categories. The awards will be presented during a gala event on Friday, Jan. 16, at the Hilton Anatole Hotel. ARTS Awards is the premier international awards program dedicated to home industry excellence held each January during the Dallas Total Home & Gift Market. The judges are:
* Patti Carpenter, the award-winning creative director for Carpenter + Company.
* Michael Di Paulo, co-founder of Rollo Inc., the umbrella corporation for four unique retail concepts aimed at the high-end retail market.
* Ann Fox, a long time retailer, interior designer, store consultant and product designer who opened Room Service by Ann Fox in Dallas in 1987 after working with Polo Ralph Lauren to open the first Ralph Lauren Home stores in the Southwest
* Snoa Garrigan, executive director of the Interior Design Society (IDS), a non-profit membership association, founded in 1973 that aims to strengthen the professionalism of the residential interior design industry.
* Moira Gavin, former CEO of Wedgwood Royal Doulton International, where she was responsible for worldwide operations including sales, marketing, design and product development.
* Susan Inglis, executive director of the Sustainable Furnishings Council; and owner of From The Mountain, working with artisans around the world to introduce their skills and products to new markets.
The 26th annual ARTS Awards are sponsored by enLIGHTenment, FANDECK, Gifts & Decorative Accessories, Giftware News, HFN, Home Accents Today, Home Fashion Forecast, Home & Textiles Today, Residential Lighting and the Sustainable Furnishings Council.