2021
09/14/2021 by Tina Manzer Birds of a Feather Both fine artists and crafters appreciate a store’s deep selection of glues & adhesives. Products that…
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Art and Crafts and Change
09/14/2021 by Tina Manzer It’s going to happen. As this issue of Art Materials Retailer was being printed, the boards of AFCI and NAMTA…
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Clearing The (FRESH) Air
09/14/2021 by Tina Manzer Artists who record what they see outside often post on Instagram using #pleinair, #urbansketch and #urbansketching. But are those categories…
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Long Time Gone
09/14/2021 In 1968, a book was published that would have a profound effect on the course of world events. It was called, The Population…
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Artful Behavior
06/25/2021 100 Days is Not Forever – But it’s a lot by Tina Manzer Measuring accomplishments within a 100-day timeframe is a…
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Face Time
06/25/2021 The loss of in-person instruction in U.S. schools impacted students in every subject, including art. Some wonder if catching up in STEM will…
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Coast to Coast
06/25/2021 This is a story about two art-materials stores in two very different communities on opposite sides of the country. Because creating art is…
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On and On
06/24/2021 It’s beginning to feel as if the pandemic will never end. It will just continue to morph from one set of unusual protocols…
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Riders on the Storm
03/01/2021 If you live in the northern half of the United States, or grew up there, you understand what the phrase “digging out” means….
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