WHITE PLAINS, N.Y.–The newest work from nearly 100 artists and designers will be available for sale and license at The Licensing Gallery @ NYIGF, a new business-to-business forum debuting at the winter 2010 edition of the New York International Gift Fair.
Some 25 exhibitors, comprised of individual artists, designers, licensing agents, design studios and trend companies, will debut a broad assortment of art and design for license and sale to manufacturers and product developers.  With styles ranging from graphic, retro, abstract and architectural, to botanical, painterly and whimsical, the art is ideal for most product categories, including bedding, home furnishings, tabletop, floor coverings, apparel, giftware, stationery and more.
“This is the ideal time and place for NYIGF exhibitors, as well as non-exhibiting manufacturers and other product developers to procure the latest artwork from a select group of talented artists and designers.” said Dorothy Belshaw, NYIGF director and GLM senior vice president.  “From the painterly florals of Andrea Brooks Studio to the whimsical juvenile prints from Cinnamon Joe Studio, these designers offer a breadth of art styles with limitless applications for gift, home and lifestyle products.”
To date, confirmed participants are: Andrea Brooks Studio, Artists of Kolea Licensing Group, Cinnamon Joe Studio LLC, Creative Connection Inc., Inspire by Design Ltd, Johansen Newman, OPR, Pink Light Design, Studio Voltaire, T. Scot, and Wild Apple Licensing.