Congratulations to David Flax, Mike Pendleton and the tireless staff at Sam Flax in Orlando, FL on the opening of their amazing new store just down the street from their old location. Visiting this store will be a must at next year’s NAMTA show in Orlando!
Golden Artist Colors has been named 2011 Top Small Company Workplace! On May 23, 2011, Inc. Magazine and Winning Workplaces recognized Golden Artist Colors as one of the winners of the 2011 Top Small Company Workplaces competition – an annual recognition that highlights the nation’s 50 best small and mid-sized company work environments – in Inc.’s June issue.
Canson News: Roy Cavicchi, Sales Manager at Canson North America has left to pursue other interests. For the immediate future, Jim Allery will assume Roy’s responsibilities. In other Canson news, Donna Gorham has been promoted and is taking on overall responsibility for Customer Service, Purchasing and Forecasting. Also, Luis Pedro has become Operations Manager, responsible for all converting and distribution activities.
At Talens, Michiel van Rossem, has announced his retirement effective September 1st, 2011. Michiel has led Royal Talens in Holland as CEO for the last 10 years and decided to spend more time on other activities.
Leading Japanese stationery firm Kokuyo is set to acquire a majority stake in Indian art material & stationery manufacturer Camlin.
Here’s a cool History Channel video on the making of graphite pencils featuring General Pencil’s 100 year old factory in Jersey City, NJ. The tour is conducted by our General Pencil favorites, Katie Vanoncini and David Seeber.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZHp1fGdAWE
The Miri Likes Art Foundation was established in 2010 to honor the life of Miriam Benezra who worked at Dick Blick in Evanston, IL and was unfortunately killed in a car accident. The Foundation has been formed by her family and friends to raise funds to help creative people in her memory. Miri will always be remembered for being a young, high-spirited individual with a contagiously vibrant personality. Each year the store staff creates a fundraiser for local charities in her name and this years recipient is The People’s Music School. Here’s information about this year’s event:
When: Sunday, June 5th, 2011 | Doors open at 2PM
Where: 222 W. Hubbard, Chicago, IL 60654
Admission: FREE !!!
For more information Click Here.
Street Art keeps gaining acceptance and visibility. Recently Jeff Shoham’s Jerry’s Store and the Arts Council in Hartford, CT co-sponsored a public event called Street Painting in celebration of United Art Week.
