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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The Heart of the Art in Lincoln
03/01/2021 Meet Peggy Gomez, owner of Gomez Art Supply in Lincoln, Nebraska. by Tina Manzer She has a BFA from the University of Nebraska…
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NAMTA Expands Education for Members
03/01/2021 Demos, happy hours and educational seminars used to be limited to Art Materials World show week. Now, through your Namta membership, you can…
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Sam’s GOLDEN years
03/01/2021 After a long career as a paintmaker, inventor and chemist, Sam Golden retired, but soon grew restless. He began making paint “for a…
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home street home
10/14/2020 San Francisco Artist Brian Singer isn’t under any illusion that his art project directly helps the city’s homeless population. “I don’t know how…
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Cut Yourself Some Slack
10/14/2020 Ease the pressure on everyone by being a good leader As the pandemic drags on, small business owners must operate in what has…
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The Plans were Perfect but the Timing was Off
10/13/2020 Two Art Store Startup Stories by Tina Manzer 1 What Dana Vingris calls “spitballing,” others would call “strategic life-planning.” Her big ideas become…
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Still Standing
10/13/2020 A month or so ago, or about five years ago in COVID time, I was listening to a discussion on CNBC among stock…
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NAMTA Members Connect with New Virtual Opportunities
06/30/2020 By the time the doors of their stores started to open again, art materials retailers had implemented sound solutions to keep their employees…
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Do: Retail Best Practices for a Pandemic and Beyond
06/29/2020 Milk social media for all its worth Find out what platforms your customers follow and keep posting. Devise a posting schedule and stick…
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