Yee Haw! You’re Invited!
Don’t forget that NAMTA is nearly upon us! If you are coming make plans to attend the annual beer blast. This year the theme is MacPherson’s Bluegrass Beer Blast. Everyone is invited.
Where: The Marriott Downtown Louisville, Ballroom on the 2nd Floor
When: Friday Night May 8th from 5:00 to 7:00pm
What: Free beer and wine, music and fun!
Palace Art & Office Supply has been named ‘Business of the Year’ by Capitola-Soquel Chamber of Commerce. What began as a simple stationery store has morphed into a family-friendly art store as well as an office furniture store. Today Palace, celebrating it’s 60th anniversary, is the largest art and office products supplier on the Central Coast. Congratulations to owners Frank, Roy and Gary Trowbridge as well as their amazing team. Read the whole article in the Santa Cruz Sentinel
Preston Art Center recently moved its Louisville, KY store to a great new location at 3048 Bardstown Road. The space had an ample backroom that is being converted to two classrooms with university studio quality lighting. At NAMTA in Louisville next month, Preston’s two locations would be great destinations for art supply retailers to tour. Kathy and Don say, “Come on down!”!
Our very own Lisa Slauson, E’Brands Maven at MacPherson’s, has created a cool new blog featuring all things STABILO called “Love at First Write!”. It promises to deliver the inside scoop and the latest news, events and products from STABILO. Check it out here: Stabilo, Love at First Write! Comment on an entry or two if you like, and don’t forget to join as a follower! (See the Followers section on the left.) Lisa will be updating the blog regularly and there will be STABILO prize give-aways from time to time, so it pays to keep up on it! Thanks for your STABILO support!
Congratulations to Sam and Gilda Winklemeyer of Santa Barbara Art & Craft Essentials on being voted the best Art Supplier in Santa Barbara, CA by the readers of the Santa Barbara News Press in their 2009 poll. In these challenging times Sam and his team have proven that taking care of your customers really pays off!
Scott Hammer of Hammer Associates has submitted a candidate for Art Dog of the month. His name is “Jack” Hammer. He is a 45 lb. Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier that is fully trained. With his internship at Hammer Associates drawing to completion, this 3rd generation Art Materials Manufacturers Rep is looking forward to working in his own territory. It looks like this guy might just have the makings of a Pack Leader!
Dave Thompson of the retailer group, iAMart has announced the group’s newest member, Oil & Water Art Supply, Inc owned by Richard Nelson.
We regret to announce that our esteemed Seattle based sales representative, Doug Mooney will be leaving MacPherson’s effective May 6th, 2009. As both a professional and very effective sales rep, we will miss having him at MacPherson’s. The good news is that we will still be working with Doug in his new position. Doug has purchased John Colbert’s independent rep agency and will be representing various manufacturers including Faber Castell, Sakura and ArtBin. We look forward to working with Doug in the future. Please join us in wishing Doug the best of luck in his new venture!
We are sorry to report that Conell Carey is no longer with MacPherson’s. While at MacPherson’s, Conell made many contributions toward our success in managing key accounts. We will miss him and wish him luck in his future endeavors.