—Home industry’s highest honor to return to in-person event in January 2022— DALLAS/CHARLOTTE – Dallas Market Center and ART, the creative home furnishings network, have announced the finalists for the 32nd ARTS Awards. The finalists will submit materials for judging in the fall, and award recipients will be announced at a live event in Dallas on Friday, January 7, 2022. “Congratulations to these finalists who represent resilience, creativity, and leadership,” said Cindy

Aviva Stanoff Vista, CA The gift of a virtual hug For nearly a decade, Aviva Stanoff has designed weighted blankets that are as aesthetically pleasing as they are effective. The need stemmed from raising a special needs son. As the COVID-19 pandemic raged through the world, Stanoff saw the blankets as a way to give a hug to folks who need it. So she decided if people will cover the cost of shipping, she will send a blanket to a requested individual who could use it. “Everybod

American Home Furnishings Hall of Fame High Point, NC These are heady times for the American Home Furnishings Hall of Fame as it nears opening its new home The American Home Furnishings Hall of Fame Foundation, Inc., is an industry-wide organization founded over 30 years ago to preserve its history of the home furnishings industry, to celebrate exceptional individuals who have made extraordinary contributions to the U.S. home furnishings industry, and to create a new class of

Global Views Dallas, TX Global Views hosted COVID vaccination clinics The COVID-19 vaccine is making its way into arms at a rapid pace, as millions of Americans have taken steps to protect themselves from the virus that turned 2020 into an unprecedented year. In Dallas, ART member Global Views held a vaccine clinic for its employees and family members on April 21. In all, 62 people signed up for the Pfizer shot. COO Frederick Rayner coordinated the clinic after hearing how s

Registration Is Open For ART Conference 2021 August 5-8, 2021 - Fort Myers, FL Charlotte, NC - Registration is now open for ART Conference 2021, August 5-8, 2021 at the Marriott Sanibel Harbour Resort and Spa in Fort Myers, FL This unique conference will be the first in-person conference produced for the home furnishings industry since the pandemic shut things down in 2020. All current safety protocols will be in place during the meeting and the hotel has accommodated our r

Sandra Standefer, Loloi Dallas, TX Standefer, Loloi help kids get their childhood back As president of the Dallas alumni chapter of Delta Delta Delta, Sandra Standefer has helped the city’s Cookies & Castles event take root. Tri Delta Cookies & Castles – Dallas is a two-day gingerbread extravaganza that benefits the prosthetics department at Scottish Rite for Children, a Dallas-based specialized pediatric hospital. Each December, families and friends gather to decorate ginger

April 14, 2021 / Charlotte, NC - ART – Accessories Resource Team, the creative home furnishings network, announces their online listing of ART vendor member showrooms that will be open by appointment for the April 2021 High Point Premarket and for High Point First Tuesdays openings going forward. “This last year has changed everyone’s business in ways we couldn’t have imagined. Fellow ART member vendors want to take advantage of every opportunity to showcase their produc

Feizy Dallas, TX Feizy has made philanthropy a cornerstone of their company “Family, integrity and a service mindset are all central to what we do at Feizy Rugs. Our involvement with local, national and international charities and service organizations is a natural outgrowth of that,” said Leah Feizy, a principal of the company. “Giving back to the communities in which we live and do business and making a positive impact fosters that sense of family. " At the end of 2020, th

32 nd ARTS Awards Nominations Now Open —Home industry’s highest honor to return to in-person event in January 2022— DALLAS/CHARLOTTE – April 1, 2021 – Dallas Market Center and ART, the creative home furnishings network, have announced that nominations are officially open for the 32 nd ARTS Awards. The Awards will return to their usual schedule during the January 2022 Total Home & Gift Market after a one-year staging of the HEARTS Awards honoring pandemic heroes. The ARTS Aw