Art Media Celebrates 35 Years
Congratulations to Kathy Christian, David Mosher & Gail Vines of Art Media, as they celebrate their 35th year as a locally owned business serving the greater Portland, OR metropolitan area. All three, who graduated from the University of Oregon in 1974, founded Art Media and continue to work in the business day to day. Art Media has been a member of NAMTA for over 25 years.
Lionel Flax, former educator and CEO of Kate’s Paperie in NYC has relocated to Atlanta and is now managing the Sam Flax-Atlanta store. Lionel co-owns both the Atlanta and Orlando, FL stores along with his father, Leonard Flax and uncle David Flax. We wish him much success in this exciting new endeavor.
Our heartfelt condolences to the family and friends of Tara Materials’ co-founder Wally Klarman, age 78, who died July 25, 2009 at the Glenmoor Healthcare Center in St. Augustine, FL from complications of Parkinson’s Disease. After his discharge from the army in Georgia in the late 1950’s, he worked as a salesman in various positions. Wally then went on to started an arts material manufacturing firm which he called “Beaux Arts”. This became “Tara Materials” in 1966. Wally built Tara’s first automated coating machine from scratch. He served on the NAMTA’s board of directors and chaired the 1980 convention/trade show. In 2004, Wally was honored with NAMTA’s Lifetime Achievement Award.
Winners have been announced in the GOLDEN Digital Mixed Media Contest! Check out all the amazing talent that came out of the art stores around North America. The DMM products were put through their paces and we all discovered new ways to use these versatile materials. Take a look at the great work done by the winning entries at:
Golden’s Mix More Media Contest
BEST VISUAL STORY OF HOW TO USE DMM PRODUCTS
The use of visuals to show the process of using the Digital Mixed Media products so that it improves the success of the artist trying out these products for the first time.
FIRST PLACE: The Paint Spot in Edmonton, Alberta.
SECOND PLACE: True Blue Art Supply in Asheville, North Carolina.
THIRD PLACE: Studio Supply in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
MOST UNIQUE USE OF DMM PRODUCTS
Use of the Digital Mixed Media products that takes it into another unexpected direction.
FIRST PLACE: Arizona Art Supply in Tempe, Arizona
SECOND PLACE: The Paint Spot in Edmonton, Alberta
THIRD PLACE: Guiry’s in Denver, Colorado
MOST COMPELLING AESTHETIC PIECE USING DMM PRODUCTS
The most artistically engaging use of the Digital Mixed Media products.
FIRST PLACE: Art Systems of Florida in Winter Park, Florida
SECOND PLACE: Alabama Art Supply in Birmingham, Alabama
THIRD PLACE: Binders Art Supplies and Frames in Charlotte, North Carolina
MOST CREATIVE MIXED MEDIA USE OF DMM PRODUCTS USING OTHER MATERIALS IN THE STORE
Using the wealth of materials within an art store in conjunction with the Digital Mixed Media products.
FIRST PLACE: Forstall Art Center in Birmingham, Alabama
SECOND PLACE: Jerry’s Artarama in Raleigh, North Carolina
THIRD PLACE: Artisans of Santa Fe in Santa Fe, New Mexico
Here’s a cool story that we found at ABCnews.com, called “Google Street View Offers Views of the World”
About a year and a half ago, Bill Guffey, a graphic artist for the local Cumberland County News, said he was struck by the urge to paint. So he stopped by a local hobby store, picked up a set of paints and canvases and got to work. “From that point on, I was just addicted,” he said. “What I did was I started painting from Google Street View,” he said. “I was looking at it and found that I could travel the world from rural Kentucky.” What followed was a series of tableaus from European cities and every U.S. state (except for Hawaii) that now cover the walls of his home, illustrating the adventures of a presumably well-traveled artist. Yet the self-taught oil painter said he has never physically been to 99 percent of the places he has captured on canvas. Launched in May 2007, Google Street View layers panoramic images of public streets (and some national parks) captured by Google over its maps (after blurring faces and license plates). Although it initially prompted some privacy concerns, the tool now covers nearly a dozen countries around the world in North America, Europe and Asia. And it’s still expanding. Read the entire store here: Painting from Google Street View
Here’s something fun. We follow Rachel Minor on Facebook. She’s the manager at Rileystreet’s beautiful San Rafael, CA store. The other day I was visiting and they were excited about the installation of their street sign after two years in business at this location. Today Rachel posted a photo on her Facebook of this smart new addition. Now that’s technology we can use! Check it out.
