October Issue 1999
Top 100 Craft Retailers Announced
The Rosen Group, publisher of NICHE magazine, a trade publication for craft retailers has announced the results of the 1999 NICHE Top Retailers of American Craft awards. More than 20,000 craft artists from throughout the US and Canada were polled by NICHE magazine. Five hundred and thirty-five galleries, retail stores and museum shops from 40 states, the District of Columbia, one Canadian province and the Grand Cayman Islands were nominated, with 27 states and the District of Columbia represented in the Top 100 Retailers of American Craft.
Criteria for selection included treating artists with courtesy and respect, paying on time, promoting and marketing American crafts, giving back time and energy to the craft community, and mentoring emerging artists.
This year's Top Retailer is the New Morning Gallery in Asheville, NC. Other retailers included in the Top 100 from the Carolinas include: Accipiter (Raleigh, NC), First Light Gallery (Charlotte, NC), Gallery of the Mountains (Asheville), Grovewood Gallery (Asheville), Moondance Gallery (Durham, NC), Pringle's Fine Crafts (Pittsboro, NC), and the only retailer in SC was the Smith Galleries (Hilton Head Island, SC).
For further information contact the Rosen group, 3000 Chestnut
Avenue, Suite 300, Baltimore, MD 21211, or call 410/889-2933,
ext. 218, or on the web at (http://www.americancraft.com).
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