Jack Wayman the well respected Northern California Sales Representative has passed away at his home near Houston, TX. He was 79 years old. In the early 1970’s Jack moved his family from Texas to the Bay Area where he continued his career in the art industry for Western Art Supply, Grumbacher then Strathmore. Jack’s infectious personality and industry knowledge made him indispensable to his loyal following of customers large and small. In short, his customers loved him. He is survived by his sister Cynthia; wife Nancy; daughter Jennifer Reeve, her husband Tom and daughter Savannah; son John and his wife, Konnie; stepson Rick Tindal, his wife Carrie, their children Hayden and Allie and grandson Jonah. Read his obituary Here
At this years Namta convention in Salt Lake City, Richard Goodban, formerly with ColArt, was inducted into the Art Supply Hall of Fame. Bob Gamblin was given the lifetime achievement award. In related news, Jim McDermott became the president of our trade association and Mike Roche of Riley Street in Santa Rosa, CA was elected to the board of directors. Tony Mines of Art Creations was re-elected for another 2 year term on the board.
Inky treasures artist/author Johanna Basford has given birth to Mia a bouncing baby girl on Sunday March 12th in Aberdeen Scotland.
According to the online art news blog ArtNet News, the unlikely winner of the Trump presidency? Art supply stores! ArtNet reports that “of the estimated 3.3 to 4.6 million protesters who took to the streets around the country on the Women’s March on January 21, many carried handmade signs denouncing the new administration and its policies. But just how much have sales for poster board and other related art supplies gone up since Trump took office? According to NPD Group, 2.7 million poster and foam boards were sold in the US in the week leading up to the post-Inauguration march. That’s 33 percent more poster board that was sold during the same time period in 2016! For foam board, sales were up 42 percent. Altogether, a total of $4.1 million in poster and foam board sales were logged in that week alone. For the entire month of January, more than 6.5 million poster boards were sold. Poster-hungry protests continued on International Women’s Day on March 8.” For a local slant on the same story for the San Francisco Bay Area check out this Link
Congratulations to all the Art Materials World Salt Lake City Show Awards winners announced by NAMTA
