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    Request for Support From Mark Golden for a Very Important Art Materials Initiative

    An independent resource of art materials education will be created at the University of Delaware, Department of Art Conservation with your help! Dear Art Material Colleagues: Since the passing of Mark Gottsegen and the closing of the Art Materials Information and Education Network better known as AMIEN, I have received many calls and letters from both artists and members of our industry asking how this effort might be reintroduced. We had a small group that included Robert Gamblin, as well as Mark’s attorney and accountant, working on trying to recover AMIEN, but unfortunately, we were unable to restore the site. In pursuing this effort we also reached out to several…

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    Golden News – December 2015

    Winter B-T-S Promotional Period Reminder All Golden Artist Colors brands and associated products can be advertised up to 40% off every day beginning on 01/01/16 and concluding on 02/12/16. Please contact the GOLDEN Sales Department directly with any questions. Visit GOLDEN at Creativeworld 2016 January 30 – February 2, 2016 For close to 15 years, GOLDEN has been exhibiting at Creativeworld, the leading international trade fair for paper, office supplies, stationary and art supplies.  Golden looks forward to having this time to visit with friends and trading partners every year. Please plan visit them in their new booth location, Hall 4.1 Stand C12, where they will be featuring all three of their brands: GOLDEN…

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    Industry News

    Our much respected Lisa Slauson has decided to leave MacPherson’s and her last day with the company will be December 31st, 2015. As the Senior Manager for our exclusive brands (Kinsho, Montana, STABILO, Mabef easels, RGM and Lefranc & Bourgeois). Lisa has made many contributions MacPherson’s success. We wish her all the very best! We are also excited to announce that Ana McCormick will be transitioning from her Assistant Category Manager role and will be taking over responsibility for exclusive brands going forward. Congrats to Ana on her new role! After 17 productive years with Newell-Rubbermaid, Shelley Minnis, Sr. Consumer Specialist at Sanford will be retiring at the end of the year.  Shelley influenced more…

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    MacPherson’s News – Transitions 

    I am sorry to report that Rich Rusnack is no longer with MacPherson’s. His accomplishments and insights are greatly appreciated and I wish him well in his next endeavor. In August of 2014 I announced the news that our board of directors and I had begun to create a succession plan that would provide for a strong managerial foundation at MacPherson’s long beyond Stu Beattie’s and my retirements. Back then I shared that while I was in no hurry to slow down it would be prudent to establish a succession roadmap for a gradual transition to a new leadership structure. That announcement was followed in March by the news I had appointed Rich Rusnack as President to lead the areas of Finance, Information Technology and Operations.…