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From Home Furnishing Business
Arts Awards Nominating Committee Announced
August 4,
2021 by Laurie Northington in Business Strategy, Designer Weekly, Industry 
Dallas Market Center and ART, the creative home furnishings network, have announced the members of the ARTS Awards Nominating Committee, a group of independent industry professionals who will evaluate the list of hundreds of nominees submitted online. The results will be the list of ARTS Awards finalists, who will then submit materials for judging in the fall.
The 2022 ARTS Awards Nomination Committee are:
- Laurie Burns - Executive Director, Gift & Home Trade Association
- Patti Carpenter - Principal, Carpenter + Co. and co-founder, The Kaleidoscope Project
- Traci Connell - Owner/Principal, Traci Connell Interiors
- Jane Dagmi - Editor-in-Chief, Designers Today
- Lois Del Negro - CFO, Global Views
- Diane Falvey - Editor-in-Chief, Furniture, Lighting, & Décor
- Adam Japko - CEO, Esteem Media
- Susan Jones - Publisher, Furniture, Lighting, & Décor
- Brian Kleinberg - President, Elements Trade
- Thomas Lester - Business Editor, Home Accents Today
- Amir Loloi - President, Loloi Rugs
- Linda Longo - Lighting industry consultant
- Jane Murray - Owner, Taylors
- Doug Self - President, J. Douglas
- Dorian Sims - President, Stacy Furniture
- Bobby Wilson - General Manager, Wilson Lighting
- Allison Zisko - Editor-in-Chief, Home Accents Today
“These experts, influencers, and business leaders will provide the process with transparency and professional oversight,” said Cindy Morris president and CEO of Dallas Market Center. Added Sharon Davis, executive director of ART: “With these respected individuals’ participation, the process moves forward toward a list of finalists and then our gala event in January celebrating the incredible accomplishments by individuals and companies.”
The ARTS Awards process begins with the nomination of retailers, manufacturers, designers, and sales representatives. After nominations are received, a nomination committee of industry peers evaluates the entries and determines finalists. A separate judging panel then convenes in the fall to review and score finalists’ materials. Winners will be announced during a gala event on Friday, January 7, 2022. Neither membership in ART nor representation at Dallas Market Center is necessary to nominate or to be a nominee.
The 32nd ARTS Awards categories are:
- Manufacturer
- Retailer
- Sales Representative
- Product Designer
- Interior Designer
Sponsors for the ARTS Awards include Aspire Design & Home; Business of Home; Designers Today; D Home; Furniture, Lighting & Décor; Furniture Today; Gifts & Decorative Accessories; Home Accents Today; Home Textiles Today; Interior Design Society, and Sustainable Furnishings Council.