32nd ARTS Awards Finalists Announced

—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 Morris president and CEO of Dallas Market Center. Added Sharon Davis, executive director of ART: “Even in challenging times these accomplished individuals and companies have led with purpose. We look forward to celebrating all of them in January.”

The 32nd ARTS Awards finalists are:

MANUFACTURER

Accent Furniture Currey & Company Moe's Home Collection Norwalk Furniture REVELATION

Area Rugs Feizy Momeni Nourison Rizzy Home

Home Accents A&B Home Group Cyan Design GO Home Park Hill Collection Phillips Collection Accent Decor

Home Textiles Ann Gish Avasa Home Aviva Stanoff Design Lili Alessandra

Lamps Elk Home John-Richard Pacific Coast Lighting PORT 68

Lighting Fixtures Fine Art Handcrafted Lighting Hubbardton Forge Kuzco Lighting Visual Comfort

Outdoor Living Kannoa POLYWOOD RATANA Seasonal Living

Tabletop Annieglass Beatriz Ball Collection Rosenthal China The Fiesta Tableware Company

Wall Décor Celadon Art Itinerant Studio Paragon Wall Decor Renwil The Howard Elliott Collection

PRODUCT DESIGNER

Barry Goralnick, Barry Goralnick Architecture and Design Kim Salmela, Kim Salmela Lisa McDennon, Lisa McDennon Design Rick Janecek, Revelation Ron Henderson, Varaluz

INTERIOR DESIGNER

Ginger Curtis, Urbanology Designs Holly Hickey Moore, Holly Hickey Moore Interior Design Jan Showers, Jan Showers & Associates Kristi Hopper, Kristi Hopper Designs Libby Langdon, Libby Langdon Interiors Starr Miller, Starr Miller Interior Design

SALES REPRESENTATIVES

East/Atlantic Amy Lynn Schwartzbard, Life Designs Group Karen Landes Scherr, Loloi Rugs Ken Grillo, Grillo Group

Midwest/Southwest Amy Golightly, In-Detail Courtney Komlosi, The Buhmann Group Richard Alan, Richard Alan & Associates

West Andrea Combet, Art & Function Leslie Taglio, Taglio and Co. Sally Simerson, Sally Simmerson Inc.

RETAILERS

Furniture Store - Multiple Locations Clive Daniel Home - Naples, Florida J. Allan's Furniture | Interior Design - Brookhaven, Mississippi HOM Furniture - Coon Rapids, Minnesota Lee Douglas Interiors - Omaha, Nebraska

Furniture Store - Single Locations Henry Home Interiors - Norman, Oklahoma IBB Design Fine Furnishings - Frisco, Texas Lulu's Furniture & Decor – Denver, Colorado Urban Cottage Inc. - Atlanta, Georgia

Home Accents Store - East/Atlantic Region Bountiful Home - Easton, Maryland Design Supply - Birmingham, Alabama Dixon Rye – Atlanta, Georgia La Maison - Raleigh, North Carolina

Home Accents Store - Midwest/Southwest Region Coco & Dash - Dallas, Texas Leon & Lulu - Clawson, Michigan Nell Hill's - Kansas City, Missouri

Home Accents Store - West Region Absolutely Fabulous – Huntington Beach, California Drees – Olympia, Washington Jonathons Coastal Living – Fountain Valley,California

Lighting Showroom - East/Atlantic Region Dominion Lighting – Arlington, Virginia Hermitage Lighting – Nashville, Tennessee Patdo Light Studio - Port Chester, New York

Lighting Showroom - Midwest/Southwest Region Capital City Lighting – Baton Rouge, LA Circa Lighting – Houston, Texas Southern Lights - Burnsville, Minnesota

Lighting Showroom - West Region Black Whale Lighting - Encinitas, California North Coast Lighting - Seattle, Washington Western Montana Lighting - Missoula, Montana

Design Studio Alara The Label - Fort Worth, Texas In Detail Interiors – Pensacola, Florida The Design Bar - Burr Ridge, Illinois

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 including creative digital presentations that vary based upon category and may consist of product development, marketing, merchandising, company differentiation examples, and/or professional information. Once all components of judging are complete, a designated accounting firm tabulates and secures the scores until the winners are announced for the first time at the ARTS Awards gala on Friday, January 7, 2022. 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; 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.