Fine Arts Weekend is Westminster, CA’s Art Supply Warehouse’s signature annual customer appreciation event held at the end of October. As the photo shows, Apple and their iPhone launches have nothing on ASW. Hundreds of deal, promo and goodie bag hungry creative folks lined up in the middle of the night to be first in line. Congratulations to Mark Ball and team for a truly amazing “show us how it’s done” event! Tom Konieczko, the well respected purchasing manager at Artist & Craftsman in Portland Maine has moved on to pursue other opportunities. Pacon Corporation, parent company of Strathmore recently announced that it has completed the acquisition of the assets of Roselle Paper…
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Golden News October 2014
GOLDEN Launches Its Newly Designed Website! The new Golden Paints Website site is designed to offer more dynamic content with the visual artist in mind, giving artists a more visual, user-friendly, interactive experience when visiting the site for product information, applications and inspiration. In addition, the quad lingual product section of the site gives artists from all over the world more access to information than ever before. Retailers and Distributors will find the new site easier to navigate as well, helping them to respond to their customers’ needs more quickly and thoroughly. Enhancements arise, no matter the time of day or night! The site will continue its evolution introducing new content and visual enhancements, so please check back often! MacPherson Holiday Buyer’s Guide Available Be sure…
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Introducing Strathmore 400 Series Heavyweight Drawing
Strathmore Artist Papers is committed to developing innovative new products that meet artists’ needs, and they are excited to introduce Strathmore 400 Series Heavyweight Drawing Pads. With 5 new pad sizes available, artists now have more flexibility of formats to create their work. Strathmore 400 Series Drawing paper has been one of Strathmore’s most popular papers since 1940. The 400 Series Heavyweight Drawing pad line will begin shipping November 17, 2014 from MacPherson’s. Strathmore 400 Series Heavyweight Drawing features include: Cream colored paper. Medium surface. Stand up to repeated erasing and reworking. Durable wire binding. “Actual Size” sheets. Acid free. Made in the U.S.A. 400 Series Heavyweight Drawing pads are featured on an introductory promotion in MacPherson’s Winter Back-to-School Buyer’s Guide through 2/7/15.…
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News from Faber-Castell, USA
ALERT!…IT’S TIME TO UPGRADE YOUR PITT ARTIST PEN TOWER OR PITT ARTIST PEN WOOD DISPLAY. At NAMTA this year Faber-Castell introduced 8 new colors of the popular PITT Artist Pen and also discontinued 6 colors. There are now a total of 60 colors of the original PITT Artist Brush Pen. With this said, it’s time to upgrade your existing fixtures with the new colors. If you have a PITT Tower Display (FC167666), the Upgrade Conversion Kit (FC118100R) contains 10 each of the new colors, 5 each of the new wallet sets and new shelf strips for the tower fixture. For those of you that have the PITT Artist Brush Pen & Artist Pen Wood Counter Top Display (FC167465), the Upgrade Conversion Kit (FC267159R) contains 10 each…