Artist Area

Okay, so we don't update this page nearly often enough. We apologize, but our hands are full! We've finally worked our way through the 2008 Holiday Directory. Everyone who entered has been notified and the gobs of stuff we send to the people who were selected has all gone out. The wonderful works that some of you sent for photography should be back in your hands by now. So we can kick off our shoes, settle back and—Omigod! We've got to get ready for the 2009 Directory already. People are already asking for entry forms.

Well, they are not ready yet. And that's that. We're really busy trying to think up even more onerous terms for this year's rules. (Only kidding. We've just got to find time to update the dates and schedule out the entire next year. It's not that easy. The Directory has to mesh with the editorial calendar and we've got to blackmail some museum into letting us tromp all over their displays for our photography. And now that I put it that way, making arrangements will probably be even more difficult.)

So we promised to have entries available here by November 15, 2008. We plan to keep to that schedule. So there's no real news until then. (The deadline for entries is tentatively scheduled for January 15, 2009, but we may change that depending on how all those other calendars mesh.)

SELECTED ARTISTS ONLY:

In any case, if you were selected for the 2006, 2007, 2008 or Holiday 2008 Directory of Traditional American Crafts, congratulations! You should have been sent the password you need to access the restricted area for ordering hang-tags, placards, and extra copies of this year's Directory issues. You may also buy additional copies of the Directory issue of Early American Life at a discount in quantities of ten or more. (The 2008 amd 2008 Holiday passwords are different from the 2007 and 2006 passwords, so you'll only see materials for the Directory for which you have the password. Those selected for this year should have found their new password in the materials we sent you by regular mail.).

Please type your name and the password provided with your selection packet in the spaces at the top of the page to continue.