It was a tough month all around for some huge lights in our small industry. Bette Mosias a leading art and craft supply industry pace setter and a true San Franciscan passes away on October 7th. Long time owner of the iconic Mendel’s Far out Fabrics on Haight Street in the heart of the city’s Haight Ashbury. The business, established by her father, has been a center of the creative spirit in “The Haight” and Bette was a driving force in this since 1979. Read more about Bette Mosias Well respected art Material technical expert Mark Gottsegen passed away recently. He was 65 years old. Mark was the founder and director…
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October 2013 Sanford/Prismacolor News
Prismacolor Back-to-School Merchandising Contest Winners announced! Over the back-to-school selling period Prismacolor ran a merchandising contest designed to drive incremental off-shelf sales of key Prismacolor items while fostering creativity and generating excitement amongst retailers across the country. Congratulations to the winners! 1st Place – Jerrys Artarama – Deerfield Beach, FL 2nd Place – Dick Blick – Berkeley, CA 3rd Place – Art Supplies Ink – Aptos, CA Prismacolor goes to New York Fashion Week! Prismacolor recently announced a very exciting partnership with NY-based fashion label, Ruffian! Hear how Prismacolor helps designers Brian and Claude take their designs from sketches in a sketchbook to runway ready! httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qO4Ve3ikTS0 Prismacolor NEW 44 Premier Art Marker Color Charts now available! Prismacolor Premier Brush-Fine DoubleEnded Markers Colors Prismacolor Premier…
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SAVE the DATE! for Daylight (Savings)!
Although temperatures are still hitting 90 degrees in parts of the nation, it’s getting darker earlier. Soon enough Daylight Savings ends in most states (Sunday, November 3rd @ 2:00 am) and we’ll be reminiscing about the warm, sunny days of summer. So what to do with that extra hour? How about a stroll through the lighting department? Take a look at the floor models. Are they out dated? Are you stocking the best selling SKUs? Is this department a destination? In conjunction with Daylight Savings, Daylight Co. is introducing “ The Best of the Best “ Drop Ship Assortment which features top-selling lamps and display models at an unbeatable price.…
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Product Spotlight: Global’s ArtGraf
Premium Artist Drawing Materials by Viarco Since -1907 Viarco is a family owned business located near Porto in northern Portugal. They have developed unique and proprietary blends of graphite, carbon and binders to produce some of the highest quality sketching materials available to artists today. AS SEEN AT NAMTA! Based on the success of individual ArtGraf products, a contemporary, and functional, P.O.P display (GL500AST / GL500DSP ) was developed to house all the Viarco products in a convenient 14.5” footprint. Featured in the Holiday Buyer’s Guide (pg. 53) at 62.5 % off. Contents within the assortment : Item # Description Qty. MSRP GL500102 ARTGRAF WS GRAPHITE STK 2/CD 12 $8.95 GL50048/2 ARTGRAF SOFT CARBN PENCIL 2/CD 8 $4.95 GL503335 ARTGRAF WS CARBON DISK 8 $10.95 GL500226 NEW…
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Estria Battle After Event Download
On the weekend of October 12th, the Estria Battle (Prism Urban Art Festival – a large-scale urban art and cultural event), was held in Oakland, CA. There were several art and educational events leading up to the festival – including a youth conference where mural painting techniques were taught to high school groups, an urban art print show at 1AM Gallery in San Francisco, and a slide show night where several artists and organizations each presented slides while they gave a personal narrative about their cause/artwork. The festival/graffiti battle itself was a huge success, attracting several thousand people throughout the day, and featured 16 international graffiti artists battling it out on giant canvas…
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Derwent Charcoal: The Oldest Tool in the Box
Derwent Charcoal pencils & Compressed charcoal + Charcoal set Charcoal is one of the oldest drawing tools; a natural classic made from carbonised wood. Whatever your drawing style Derwent has a charcoal product to suit you. Charcoal Set for Mixed Media This charcoal collection has been specially selected to include a comprehensive range of charcoal media: 1 dark Charcoal pencil for intense lines, 2 Tinted Charcoal pencils in Glowing Embers and White for some natural colour and highlights, 3 compressed Charcoal blocks for larger drawings, 2 strips of Natural Vine Charcoal for organic mark making, 1 Natural Chunky Willow Charcoal to make broad expressive strokes and 1 paper stump for effective blending. Item number WN2300675 retails for $19.99. Charcoal Pencils The…
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Golden News October 2013
Now Available…GOLDEN High Flow Acrylics Demo in a Box! Golden has heard a number of success stories about stores offering High Flow demonstrations as a way to get customers excited about the possibilities of this versatile, super low viscosity acrylic paint. If you need a little help getting an easy, but effective demonstration set up, Golden has a new tool to assist you in that process. Introducing the High Flow Demo in a Box Kit (095-0)! This kit comes complete with: o Select 4 oz. High Flow Acrylic Colors o A 4 oz. Fluid Acrylic to illustrate the viscosity difference o Branded demonstration cards o An empty dauber-style refillable marker o Step-by-step guide on how to conduct the High Flow demonstration (includes…