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Industry News

natashaNatasha Nicholson-Bjerre, MacPherson’s VP of HR, is leaving the company for educational pursuits. Natasha started an MBA program last year and will be taking a year off to focus on completion of her degree. In the 11 years she has been here Natasha’s contributions to MacPherson’s have been many, and she will be missed greatly by all of us. As a member of the Senior Leadership Team she has been a key contributor to the strategic leadership of the company and made HR a critical factor in our recent success. We wish Natasha much success with her education and in the future. We are actively recruiting for a Director of Human Resources to assume this important leadership role, and Natasha will remain with us during this transition period.

Nancy & Ruth

Nancy Hensel, Blick’s VP of Merchandising will be retiring on May 26th. Well respected within the art supply community, Nancy Joined the company in 2002 and assumed her current role in 2008.  Philip Vernau will be stepping up to take on Nancy’s responsibilities at the end of May.

Jay Mittel
Jay Mittel

With sadness we report the passing of Jay Mittel founder and proprietor of Mittel’s Art & Frame Center in Santa Monica, CA. He was 91 and is survived by three daughters, Jody Throckmorton and Camillle Hicks of Thousand Oaks and Julie Marés of Eagle, Idaho; two sons, Chris Mittel of Calabasas and John Mittel of Simi Valley; 15 grandchildren, 24 great-grandchildren, a great-great-grandson; and nieces and nephews.

Peter Rossing, owner of Portland Oregon art supply store Muse Art has announced that he will be shutting down his business for good after conducting a Going Out of Business sale that will begin on March 1st. More details http://www.museartanddesign.com/

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Painted Rocks as a bridge builder between a polarized swing state population is showing up as a growing trend on Facebook. Check out this article from a Cleveland News site

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tsFG9QLtUw&feature=youtu.be

Dennis van Schie the CEO at ColArt was invited to speak to journalists at the BBC about the future of the company and how he is transforming ColArt to meet the growing demands of the creative industry.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0v-XcsmTgOU&feature=youtu.be

Accent Arts in Palo Alto, CA is relocating across the street to its longtime storage facility and will also be changing its name to Accent Arts in the Alley to commemorate its new location in the one-way alley.  Check out the story here

Since its creation in 2005, Etsy.com says it has grown to more than 27 million buyers in almost every country. The website, which sells vintage and handmade items, is now moving into the craft supply industry with its latest creation, Etsy Studio. Etsy CEO Chad Dickerson explains on CBS This Morning httpv://youtu.be/rdBpPIqbjzI

According to the office supply news blog OPI, Frankfurt Paperworld’s visitor and exhibitor numbers were down for the second year. The official numbers revealed that 33,558 visitors came to the event, a 9% drop from 2016. Exhibitor numbers fell by 5% to 1,525, with 58 different countries represented, down from 59 last year.  For readers not able to attend this year’s show here is ColArt’s video from the show that gives a sense of the event and the scale of ColArt’s stand (booth) httpv://youtu.be/-rCOQlJDv9U

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