NYIGF's Artisan Resource to debut this summer

HTT Staff -- Home Textiles Today, 6/11/2012 2:26:29 PM

White Plains, N.Y. - The new Artisan Resource section at the New York International Gift Fair this summer has so far signed up 62 companies from 18 countries.

The group will exhibit at New York City's Passenger Ship Terminal Pier 92 from Aug. 19-21 and includes artisans from Afghanistan, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Haiti, India, Kenya, Madagascar, Mexico, Morocco, Mozambique, Nepal, Pakistan, Peru, the Philippines and South Africa.

"This new event - directed to volume import buyers - is a perfect complement to NYIGF's Handmade Global Design offerings," said Christian Falkenberg, NYIGF director and vp of show organizer GLM.
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