Features

Insure Your Livelihood and Your Life's Work
by Daniel Grant

Insurance Coverage for Craft Collectors
by Heather Skelly

Update: Health Savings Accounts for Small Businesses

Profile in Success –– Jason Pollen: Is It Art if You Can Wipe Your Feet on It?
by Teliha Draheim

Columns

Crafts Law
Liability: Leave No Stone Unturned in Protecting Your Crafts Business
by Richard Stim

Business Basics
Marketing Your Business Requires a Plan and Plenty of Follow-through

Business Wise
Bartering: Another Option for Artists in a Cashless Society
by Joan Varner

Crafts Technology
Sorting and Organizing Your Digital Images
by Gloria Hansen

Crafts Buying
Savvy Retailers Are Attracting Younger Generations of Buyers
by Loretta Radeschi

Crafts Retailer
Are You Planning to Open an Online Gallery?
by Bob and Susie Stovall

Departments

Craft Scene
• Editor’s Journal
• Feedback
• Wholesale Exhibitors Sell Despite Some Perceptions of Down Market
• Professional Guidelines Update for Craftspeople
• Artist Perserving Traditional Craft of Paper Cutting
• Craft Works Stolen at Massachusetts Art Festival
• Folk Art in the News
• Galleries Making Moves in Virginia and Illinois

Insight: Folk Art
• Artists Share Their Insights About Making a Living Selling Folk Art... Plus Resources
• 2004 Insight Survey
• Insight Gained: Ten Years Later With Folk Artist Natalie Silitch

Regional Profile: Connecticut and New York
• Arts and Crafts Nurtured in the Hudson River Valley
• 'Great Minds' and Frogs Contribute to Artists' Success in Former Mill Town
• Regional Galleries
• Regional Shows
• Craft Showcase Artist Listings

Craft Showcase

Voices of Experience
Many Skills Equal Many Markets



On the Cover: Felipe Packard and Ricardo de la Vega, of Gulfort, Fla., created the sculpture featured on this month's cover. Working with papier mache, as well as wood, metal, fabric and other materials, Packard and de la Vega create dreamlike figures using a palette inspired by Mexican and American culture. Photo by Steve Meltzer.

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