Ed Ogorzaly, the President of Blick’s Retail, is relinquishing his position after serving the past 18 years in various leadership roles to become an advisor to the Board of Directors and CEO Bob Buchsbaum. Ed led the acquisition and integration of five businesses, including the most dominant competitors, the Art Store and Utrecht, positioning Blick as the number one direct art supplier in the nation. Wishing you all the best, Ed as you pursue your next senior leadership challenge.
At Aaron Brothers, Alvaro Novoa has been promoted to Category Manager, Art Supplies reporting to Amy Djerff. Novoa moves over from Aaron Brothers parent company Michaels which he joined in 2011 as a Private Brand Manager responsible for product development, sourcing, and building product assortments through vendor partnerships. Reporting to Alvaro will be Karen Fox.
Manny’s Art Supplies in New Paltz, NY was selected BEST ART & CRAFT STORE in the Hudson Valley by the readers of the local Hudson Valley Magazine
ColArt announced recently that it has signed a distribution agreement with Munksjö Arches SAS, to become a distributor of Munksjö’s Fine Art Paper, with the famous brand Arches®, starting January 1st 2015. Munksjö Oyj is a world-leading specialty paper company, with head office in Sweden. It has been reported that ColArt will share the distribution of Arches in the USA with Canson until the end of 2016 at which time ColArt will become the sole global distributor for Munksjö’s Fine Art Paper.
Sam Flax‘s 10,082-square-foot Midtown headquarters is closing its doors after 95 years in business. Eastern European immigrant Sam Flax opened the first eponymous shop in New York City before his clan opened stores elsewhere in the country. In 2003, his sons sold the two New York stores to Mark Honigsfeld. Six years later, the Sam Flax at 3 West 20th Street between Fifth Avenue and Avenue of the Americas shuttered. Sam Flax in New York is not affiliated with the Orlando and Atlanta stores of the same name.
A jubilant Angelina Jolie Takes Her Army Of Kids Shopping For Art Supplies at Lee’s Art Shop in NYC.
Reuel’s of Salt Lake City has announced that it will be closing down both retail and wholesale operations. Widow of the founder Dorothy Ware is quoted as saying, “It will be sold over the course of December and the stores will close on Dec. 24,” though the company’s wholesale operation may remain open for another month.” Read the whole story here.
With sadness we report the passing Jerry Zoota, the owner of Artist Palette a local framing and art supplies store in Novato, CA on November 17th after a long battle with illness.
A new mural called, “A New Purpose” by artist PUSH, was finished September 2014 in the Little Tokyo area of Downtown Los Angeles. The work was crafted using Montana Gold spray paint to bring graffiti art, which is exploding in the Arts District, into the adjacent neighborhood of Little Tokyo. PUSH’s vision brings a contemporary, abstract vision to the streets of Los Angeles.
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