Artist Resource List

Sources for Art Supplies, Frames, Shipping Boxes, Storage Bags,
Printed Marketing Materials, and Giclée Printmakers

If you live in or near Tucson, Arizona, you can get art supplies and framing locally. Check the yellow pages. Two places in Tucson that are good places to shop for art supplies:
     Arizona Art Supply, 4343 N. Oracle Road (behind Furr's Cafeteria on the Southwest corner of Oracle and Wetmore), 388-5555
     Sarnoff Art and Writing, 2524 N. Campbell Avenue (east side of the street, between Grant and Glenn), 795-1229

Below are companies I have ordered from online and been satisfied with. No guarantee that your experience will be equally wonderful, but at least you will know that one person has been happy with their service and product(s).

ART SUPPLIES AND MATERIALS

Art Xpress P.O. Box 21662, Columbia, South Carolina 29221, USA Phone: 800-535-5908 (toll free) or outside the US: 803-252-1803 FAX: 888-278-3977 E-mail: artx@artxpress.com	You can order a variety of art products online, by phone or by mail, and most orders are shipped within 24 hours of their receiving your order.
Cheap Joe's 374 Industrial Park Dr, Boone, NC 28607 Order Phone: 800-227-2788 (US & Canada) Order Phone: 828-262-0793 (All Other Areas) FAX: 800-257-0874 E-mail: info@cheapjoes.com	Online ordering, international shipping and often they offer "Free Shipping" on Cheap Joe's "own stuff" products. In addition to art supplies, they also have a workshop listings section on their site and in their catalog.
Daniel Smith 4150 First Avenue South, Seattle, WA 98134 Order Phone: 800-426-6740 FAX: 800-238-4065 E-mail: webmaster@danielsmith.com	Online ordering.Their tube watercolors are superb.Very helpful and knowledgeable salespeople if you decide to call instead. Their site also features a customer art gallery, art tips and other goodies.
Dick Blick Art Materials P.O. Box 1267, Galesburg, IL 61402-1267 Order Phone: 800-447-8192 International: 309-343-6181 FAX: 800-621-8293 Customer Service: 800-723-2787 Product Info: 800-933-2542 E-mail info@dickblick.com	Online ordering, plus physical store locations throughout the US. Free shipping is sometimes offered, so check their website. You'll find lots of things here for school art programs (if you're an art teacher), as well as studio furniture and equipment. They have some of the best prices for art supplies online.
	Kolinsky sable and siberian squirrel brushes as well as Japanese synthetic brushes. Secure online ordering. This is a USA distributor for Russian-made brushes at reasonable prices.
MisterArt.com 1800 Peachtree St. NW Suite 250 Atlanta, GA 30309 Customer Service: 800-423-7382 (This is not an order line). FAX: 404-554-4006	Online ordering only, with shipping direct from their warehouse. They will not backorder items; items not in stock are deleted from your order (and you are not charged for them, obviously). Good selection of products.
ArtBoards Art Boards 612 Degraw Street Brooklyn, N.Y. 11217 Phone: 718 - 237-2592 Toll free: 800 - 546-7985 Fax : 718 - 237-0142 Email: artboard@earthlink.net	A complete offering of wood archival boards and stretchers for painting. These come sanded and ready for your chosen primer for oil or acrylic paints, and are available in a variety of sizes and shapes. You can order online or not, or by mail, phone or fax. You can also do a search from their site for a retailer near you. 100% Guaranteed Satisfaction or full refund on All Orders.

PRINTING SERVICES

	Advertise your next art show with full color postcards and flyers - Create a brochure to hand out to potential galleries or collectors. PSPrint can do it all, including mailings, so you have more time to focus on creating your art.
Canvas on Demand 2310 Presidential Dr. Suite 101 Durham NC 27703	Canvas On Demand transforms your pictures, digital photo enlargements, traditional photo enlargements, family portraits, senior portraits and pet portraits into beautiful giclee style canvas prints. A photo on canvas makes for a unique gift for any occasion.

FRAMES and FRAMING MATERIALS

American Frame Corporation Arrowhead Park 400 Tomahawk Dr, Maumee, OH 43537-1695 Order Phone: 800-537-0944 FAX: 800-893-3898 Customer Service: 888-628-3840	Metal and wood frames cut to order and standard sizes, plus plexi-glass and mats. Order online 24 hrs a day. International shipping.
Graphik Dimensions online store for custom and ready-made frames, mats and more. Graphik Dimensions Ltd. 2103 Brentwood St., High Point, NC 27263 Customer Service Phone: 800-332-8884 Order Phone: 800-221-0262 Fax: 336-887-3773 E-mail: customerservice@graphikdimensions.com	Wholesale prices on wood and metal frames in ready-made and custom sizes. They also offer mats in standard and custom made sizes, plus lots of other framing materials. Check for "free shipping" and online "specials".
www.framefit.com FRAME FIT CO. Dept. ANE P.O. BOX 12727, Philadelphia, Pa. 19134 Order Phone: 800-523-3693 FAX: 800-344-7010 E-mail: framefit@netaxs.com	Aluminum, wood, composite and traditional wood frames and framing accessories. Custom and ready-made sizes. Online, phone, Fax and mail orders accepted.
www.framesbymail.com 11440 Schenk Dr. Maryland Heights MO 63043 Phone: 314-344-3400 (Local to St. Louis, MO) Toll Free: 1-800-332-2467 Fax: 1-800-891-8801	This company carries all kinds of frame mouldings including some of my favorites from Designer Moulding, some of which don't even look like metal.

GICLÉE PRINTS

If you want to "print your own" giclée reproductions or limited editions, an Epson printer will produce fine, long-lasting prints. Look for the models that use pigment (archival) inks (not dye inks) for lightfastness, and use archival papers (I particularly like the Epson Watercolor paper or the Epson Velvet Fine Art paper).

1123 Gaskins Road, Suite 500 Richmond, VA 23233 Phone: 804-754-8271 FAX: 804-754-8322 Email: Info@StaplesArt.com

This is an artist-family run business, and they are quality oriented giclée printmakers. I have my large format gicée prints made here, and have been extremely happy with their quality. Because they are artists themselves, they bring a level of attention to your job not often found in this field. Call, write, or email them and ask for their samples and information package. I think you will be very impressed with what they can do, and, their prints have an expected life of up to 150 years* with no noticeable fading! *depending on substrate used (paper, canvas, etc.)

SHIPPING BOXES & MAILING TUBES

The StrongBox Airfloat P.O. Box 229, Tupelo MS 38802 Voice: 1.800.445.2580 Fax: 1.800.562.4323 E-mail: airfloat@tsixroads.com

Heavy corrugated cartons, with egg-crate foam and optional plastic reinforcement cushion your art in transit. Available in a variety of sizes to fit nearly any artwork. Won't last forever, but one of mine has survived eight shipping trips and counting!

WEB HOSTING

I like this company for webhosting your art site. They are using "green power" to run their servers (A+ for that) are very reliable and have excellent customer service. Costs for hosting are very competitive.

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