Dick Blick announced it is acquiring Primary Art Supply, an art materials icon located in Savannah, GA. Primary Art was opened in 1996 by two Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) students, Amy Spurlock and Robyn Reeder. Blick‘s new Savannah superstore is near the SCAD library at318 E. Broughton St. Amy and Robyn will join Blick and will work in sales and marketing roles. Read about in an article from the Savannah Morning News: Savannah Blick-Primary Art Dallas-based account manager Bud Mundt has left Sanford. Sanford‘s West coast sales representative, Pete Ridge, has been promoted to National Account Manager and will continue to have responsibility for the MacPherson’s account. Congratulations to Pete, who will…
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Important Announcement From Canson
“Dear Valued Customer, On July 2, 2012, Canson North America will be changing our computer system from J.D. Edwards to SAP. The move to SAP is a Groupe Hamelin initiative designed to provide Canson and its customers with the most comprehensive business technology solution. This technology base will establish a state of the art solution to carry the growth and advancement of the entire group into the future. Our team in South Hadley has been working towards the implementation for nearly one year in order to make the transition as seamless as possible. As we head into the implementation I want to clearly outline the process and provide you with an overview…
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New Pacon® Comic & Fashion Design Sketch Books-Let Your Imagination Shine!
The medium of comics has never been more popular, thanks to blockbuster film adaptations of legendary comic book heroes and the staying power of graphic novels on bestseller lists. Pacon’s Comic Sketch book is built for graphic noveling and beginning comic book creation. It offers loads of features – heavyweight drawing paper, stencils to create comic book panels and word balloons, a storage pocket and tips, expressions and classic comic book symbols. All the tools young comic book artists need to enjoy hours of fun creating their own world of imaginary characters. Fashion-focused TV reality shows have created a new generation of aspiring fashion designers. Pacon’s Fashion Sketch Book is tailor made for these young fashionistas. Custom features include heavyweight drawing paper, dozens of stencils…
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Important Information on Cadmium Paints from ColArt
“To our valued ColArt customers, As a leading manufacturer of top fine art brands we have had to make choices concerning the production of some of our products which contain raw materials that are not environmentally friendly. With a vision to being more environmentally responsible, we have decided to reduce our production of colors which contain these specific raw materials; heavy metal pigments. There are obvious benefits of Cadmium Colors to fine artist and for that reason we are being very selective on where these reductions will be taken, i.e. not across every brand and every range we manufacture. Therefore, we will continue to make Cadmium Colors for the most important fine art ranges in our portfolio on a daily basis. By…
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Industry News
We learned this morning that Letraset has been acquired by the ColArt Group. Please see the attached announcement. Details will follow as we learn more, but for now it is business as usual. As ColArt has advised in their announcement to the trade, “simply continue to order your Letraset products from MacPherson’s just as before.”