Art Supplies in the USA - Resources for Artists

Online and mail order suppliers 

USA based art suppliers

Art Supplies from Dick Blick Art Materials

Online catalogue available plus details about shipping arrangements and costs

Italian Art Store

Italian Art Store - Online Catalog of Professonal Fine Art Supplies. Save 40% to 70% everyday.

New York Central Art Supply: an assortment of the finest artists and decorative papers in the US

New York Central Art Supply stocks fine art and decorative papers from all over the world in sheets and rolls, and at times in pads and blocks. Renown brands like Arches, Rives, Somerset, Wyndstone, Cockerell, Bertini, Fabriano, Arpa and others are just a few of the excellent qualities represented.

Catalogue available
Orders by snail mail, fax and e-mail. No online e-shop ordering available

Pearl Paint

Pearl Paint for Art Supply, Art Supplies, Art Supply Store, Discount Art Supplies, and Art and Craft Supply

Jerrys Artarama

Discount Art Supplies up to 70% off. Supplies for painting, drawing, sculpture, presentation, printmaking as well as picture frames and mats.

Jerry opened his own first art materials and supplies store in 1967, and introduced the thousands of budding and established artists throughout Long Island to the wonder of discount pricing.

Dakota Art Pastels - Welcome!

MAILING ADDRESS:
Dakota Art Pastels
P.O. Box 2258
Mt. Vernon, WA.98273-9998

PHYSICAL ADDRESS:
17873 SR 536
Mt. Vernon, WA.98273
Monday - Friday, 9-5, Pacific Time
TELEPHONE:1-888-345-0067
FAX:1-888-345-0063
e-Mail:info@dakotapastels.com

Primo Mart - Artist canvas: Fabric, photo backdrops, cotton duck canvas, primed canvas floor cloth

Providing stretch canvas fabric, primed artist canvas, photo backdrops, prestretched canvas floor cloth, cheap muslin fabric, cotton duck canvas, artist canvas rolls and other artist supplies.

Art Supplies from Daniel Smith Art Materials

Thousands of art supplies, paints, brushes, canvas, paper and other art materials

Paper.com - your online source for quality paper products

your online source for quality papers for stationery, school, environmentally friendly, art , Office, scrapbooking, printers, crafts, and more

Art supplies from independent retail stores and local/small chains 

New Mexico: Artisan | Art Supply Store

Artisan have three stores in New Mexico.

SANTA FE: 2601 Cerrillos Road, Santa Fe, NM 87505 (Tel: 505.954.4179)

ALBUQUERQUE: 3017 Monte Vista NE, Albuquerque, NM 87106 (Tel: 505.256.4540)
I visited this store on my trip to New Mexico in July 2006. It has a very good range of art supplies and very helpful and knowledgeable staff.

TAOS: 1046 Paseo del Pueblo Sur, Taos, NM 87571 (Tel: 575.751.0802)

San Clemente Art Supply & Framing (California)

1531 N. El Camino Real San Clemente Ca. 92672
Tel: (949)369-6603
Mon.-Fri.10am-6pm Weds.10am-7pm
Sat. 10am-6pm Sun.Closed
I visited this store in July 2006. It's an excellent store with very helpful staff. Read my review in Travels with a Sketchbook in.......: Service with a smile - San Clemente Art Supply

St Louis, MO: Art Mart - Art Supplies and framing

St. Louis' Biggest Selection of Art Supplies, Framing, and Paper. 25,000 square feet and more than 40,000 different items in stock - including more than 5,000 types of paper. Its history and growth is fascinating and links to local art organisations are very useful for those living in the local community.

Read the testamonials here. Anna says:
"When in St. Louis, MO, a visit to the Art Mart is a must! [ http://www.artmartstl.com/ ]. A large store, packed with everything from useful to fun.

These days, I mostly order online due to the prices being so much cheaper, but if I lived close to a large store like the Art Mart, I would probably shop there since I really prefer to see new materials , especially paper, before trying them out."

Rochester Art Supply

Rochester Art Supply
150 West Main Street, Rochester, New York 14614 USA
Soft pastels, oil paints, watercolor paints, canvas, stretcher strips, oil colors
Plus supplier of Henri Roche soft pastels

New York Central Art Supply

62 Third Avenue @11th Street, New York New York NY 10003
serving artists for over 100 years

Orange Couty art supplies - Sterling Art, Irvine, California

Sterling Art is a 24,000 square foot artist's materials and gift-shopper's paradise located near the airport in Irvine, California - and has been happily serving Orange County and the World since 1960.

Sterling Art carries the most extraordinary collection of exquisite pens, extraordinary papers, thousands of brushes, dozens of brands of paint, every possible type of easel and canvas, paper pads in every size, every weight, every texture, frames and framing, hundreds upon hundreds of markers and pencils and crayons.

Italian Art Store

Italian Art Store - Online Catalog of Professonal Fine Art Supplies. Save 40% to 70% everyday.

Arizona Art Supply

Arizona Art Supply has served art professionals, arIn Arizona: (602) 264-9514

Shops at 4 locations in Arizona and online supplies
Toll Free: (877) 264-9514
sales@arizonaartsupply.com
For questions about online products and quantity discounts, email sales department:
service@arizonaartsupply.com
Arizona Art Supply has served art professionals, art educators, and art enthusiasts since 1950 with brand name art supplies at discount prices.

Wet Paint! (Minnesota - retail store and online)

Established 1976 Paint Artists' Materials & Framing
Since 1976, Wet Paint has been a single-store, independently owned art supply store in St. Paul, Minnesota, serving the Twin Cities community and the world beyond. Located on St. Paul's vibrant Grand Avenue, Wet Paint is a favorite of professionals, students, beginners, and young people. The staff at Wet Paint is extremely knowledgeable and can assist in the selection of materials for any creative project. (Recommended by Roslyn M. Stendahl)

They stock over 30,000 different products spanning the entire range of art supplies, including paints, brushes, pads, drawing materials, canvas, and mounting supplies. They also offer many unique, hard-to-find art materials, including products that aren't typically found in your traditional art supply store. Wet Paint also provides bookmaking supplies, a wide selection of journals and photo/scrapbooks, a vast array of writing instruments and pen refills, and a nice assortment of stationery

Paper stocks include over 3,000 different kinds of paper from a variety of mills and papermakers, and decorative sheets as well as standard artist's paper.

Dakota Art Stores

BELLINGHAM: 360) 676-8918
1411 Cornwall Avenue
Bellingham, WA 98225
MON-SAT: 9am to 6pm; SUN: 12pm to 5pm
Closed Sunday during the summer

MOUNT VERNON: (360) 416-6556
17873 SR 536
Mount Vernon, WA 98273
MON-FRI: 9am to 5pm SAT: 9am to 1pm

SEATTLE: (206) 523-4830
6110 Roosevelt Way NE
Seattle, WA 98115
MON-SAT: 9am to 6pm SUN: 12pm to 5pm

Making A Mark - all blog posts about art suppliers 

Making a Mark: art supplies

Katherine Tyrrell writing on her blog and providing information about resources for artists and sources of art supplies. All these blog posts contain a comment on an art material and/or art suppliers

Making a Mark: Resources for artists - art materials and art suppliers

The thread which relates to the creation of this lens - contains recommendations from readers

Making a Mark: The art of economising - on art materials

What does spending less mean for artists?
This post contains a checklist of my ideas - do feel free to comment at the end about how you can improve on what I've suggested and/or what your ideas are for making your resources go further....it's already attracted a lot of comments

Large and/or nationwide chains of art stores 

USA based chains

Dick Blick Art Materials, Retail Stores

Dick Blick has over 30 art supply stores around the United States. Visit our website for detailed information on store hours and locations.

Blick Art Materials / San Diego, CA

I visited this store in San Diego in July 2006 - see my review in the Travels with a sketchbook module.

Find a Utrecht Art Supplies retail store near you

35 retail art supply stores across the United States; provides a broad selection of the finest quality artist paints, canvas, artist brushes, paper, drawing materials & more.

PearlPaint.com - Store Finder

Store Finder, Store Hours, Location
(Store pricing varies from internet pricing)

Jerrys Retail Stores

There are 15 well stocked Jerry's picture framing and art supply stores across the US, offering incredible discount prices to local markets. Retail stores are for walk-in trade only and do not accept mail orders. Prices are generally 10% higher in the retail stores than they are via mail order catalog or on the website, but a yearly discount card may be purchased at most locations to achieve catalog prices.

Travels with a Sketchbook in.......the USA 

Blog posts referencing art shops

Travels with a Sketchbook in.......: Service with a smile - San Clemente Art Supply

The place where my Pastel Workshop was held really deserves a special mention in this blog as it was outstanding.

The workshop was held in a large room to the rear and side of the San Clemente Art Supply and Framing building at 1531 N. El Camino Real, San Clemente Ca 92672.

Patti Herdell, who set up and runs the store, is one of the most helpful and hospitable people I've ever come across in an art supply store - and this is reflected in the range of services and supplies they offer and how one is treated as a customer. As the website says "We provide service with a smile" - and they do too!

Travels with a Sketchbook in.......: Dick Blick in San Diego

I visited my very first Dick Blick store in San Diego on Friday 14th July (to get supplies for the pastel workshop) and then again on Monday 17th July!

I have to say that I have a very positive impression of art stores in the USA. In my opinion, they are hugely better than some of the well known and very large ones I use in London - at least from my perspective for the type of things I buy. I oohed and aahed my way round both stores.

The Dick Blick store (like the store in San Clemente) has a great range of paper of all different types plus illustration and museum boards. The two stores I visited also had well stocked shelves - ie if they stock it they make sure they keep on top of reordering.

Travels with a Sketchbook in.......: Saturday 16th September: A visit to an art store and Walden Pond

The Charette art store is great and has a very comprehensive range of fine art and graphic art products. This was the first time I'd been in art store in America on my own and I took full advantage of the opportunity for a very leisurely mooch round. I now know what lots of things are that people refer to and which we can't get at home in the UK like Gator board (and I want some!) I am still knocked for six every time I go into an American art supply store as they are just so much better than the ones at home.