34th ARTS Awards Announce Nominating Committee and Panel

August 20, 2023  by HFBusiness Staff in Business Strategy, Industry   

The ARTS Awards committee consists of three industry professionals charged with overseeing the nomination and selection of the ARTS Awards categories of Academy of Achievement and HEARTS Award. They also serve on the nominating panel. The committee are Andrew Knapp, Vice President Sales, Hubbardton Forge; Kirsten Recce, Owner, Black Whale Home; and Cherry Bernish, sales representative, In-Detail.

The ARTS Awards nominating panel consists of 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 nominating panel are:

• Michael Bauer, Director of Trade Relations, Feizy Rugs
• Jamie Bernal, Principal, Jonathan’s Coastal Living
• Caroline Biggs, Market Editor, Business of Home
• Laurie Burns, Executive Director, The Gift and Home Trade Association
• Jenny Cano, Director, Interior Design Society (IDS)
• Jane Dagmi, Managing Director, High Point x Design
• Diane Falvey, Editor-in-Chief, Furniture Lighting & Décor
• Teddie Garrigan, Co-Owner, Coco & Dash
• Caroline Hipple, President, Norwalk
• Susan Jones, Publisher, Furniture Lighting & Décor
• Connie Lineberry, President, Connie Lineberry and Associates
• Monica Loving, Vice President, Ivystone
• Jaye Anna Mize, Vice President of Creative, Fashion Snoops
• Cheminne Taylor Smith, CEO, Cheminne.com
• Allison Zisko, Editor-in-Chief, Home Accents Today

The ARTS Awards process begins with the nomination of retailers, manufacturers, designers, and sales representatives. After nominations are received, a nomination panel 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 12, 2024. Neither membership in ART nor representation at Dallas Market Center is necessary to nominate or to be a nominee.

Sponsors for the ARTS Awards include Aspire Design & Home; Furniture, Lighting & Décor; Business of Home; Home Accents Today; ; Décor News Now; Houstonia; Home Textiles Today; Designers Today; Furniture Today; Gifts & Decorative Accessories; Modern Luxury Interiors; Paper City; Interior Design Society, and Sustainable Furnishings Council.

For more information visit the ARTS Awards website. Keep up-to-date with Dallas Market Center events and happenings on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram and use #ARTSAwards to stay connected.