National Association of
Artists and Crafters
Mission Statement
The Mission of this organization is to proctect authentic artists and crafters from and support others who:

  - promoters who fail to uphold the terms of their contracts, as they pertain to who may show products and what types of products may be shown; to the current use of blackballing artists and crafters who have spoken out on the status of the industry.

  - protection from other artists and crafters, commercial businesses domestic and from foreign infrigment upon copyrighted materials and creative elements.

  - establish working relationships with promoters who fulfill the terms of their contracts and work to establish guidelines for themselves and other promoters protecting the rights of artists and crafters.

  - establish relationships and policies to keep buy-sell "artists and crafters", retail and commercial businesses from participating in specified "fine art and fine craft" shows, where only self produced items may be shown. Boycott those promoters who fail to support the buy-sell policies of NAAC.

  - establish a working relationship with media that represent the arts and crafts world to aid NAAC in achieving its goals.
This page was last updated on: November 6, 2005