The well respected industry personality Arthur Long passed away on July 5, 2017 in Dallas, TX. He was 59 years old and battled heart disease for a short period. His last position was Vice President of Fine Art Channel at Dixon Ticonderoga. He received the President’s Club Award for Outstanding Sales Accomplishment from ColArt Americas, Inc. in 2002, and was Salesperson of the Year for Canson, Inc. in 2013. Arthur is survived by his spouse, Jocelyn, his brother, Charles, and his sisters, Linda and Laura. Donations are welcome in his honor to the Wounded Warriors Project(https://www.woundedwarriorproject.org).
The Orlando Sentinel has written a piece about Fila/Dixon Ticonderoga, owner of Canson and Daler Rowney telling more of the story behind CEO Tim Gomez’s recent departure from the company. Click for the details Here
Arch Supplies in San Francisco has been featured in the Cool Cities San Francisco Guide
The award-winning animated feature Loving Vincent, Solving the Mystery of the Artist Death will see its North American premier this fall beginning with New York City on Friday, September 22nd, then Los Angeles on Friday, September 29th and expanding to top regional markets throughout October and November. Every one of the 65,000 frames of the film is an oil-painting hand-painted with Royal Talen’s Van Gogh Oils by 125 professional oil-painters who travelled from all across the world to the Loving Vincent studios in Poland and Greece to be a part of the production. Royal Talens North America has been working closely with the film’s distributor Good Deed Entertainment to create retailer partnerships opportunities for stores who stock the Van Gogh Oils range. Interested retailers should contact Kyle Richardson(k.richardson@royaltalens.com)
Colart has been shortlisted as finalists in the Sustainability Team of the Year category at the Ethical Corporation’s 8th Annual Responsible Business Awards. Ethical Corporation’s mission is to help businesses around the globe do the right thing by their customers and the world. Colart is in the finals because the company’s entire team has embedded sustainability top down and bottom up with their ambassador network. The winners will be revealed and celebrated at an Awards ceremony on 16th of October in London.
At Art Things in Annapolis, MD Laurie Nolan and her family have operated a community treasure for more than five decades. Recently Laurie has decided to retire from retail. She is working to identify a new owner who will lead Art Things into the lives of even more generations! If you can think of anyone who might be a good fit to purchase and operate this business, please have them contact their broker Bob Phillips (bobphillips@tworld.com).
The Manitoba Arts Council has appointed ), Janeen Junson owner of the Artist Emporium in Winnipeg as one of its newest Council members.
With sadness we report the passing of Manny Franquinha founder of Crest Garden and Hardware in Brooklyn who passed away on July 9th at the age of 89.