Meet the family behind one of Toronto s most iconic art supply stores
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It s a stark mid-January Monday afternoon and Chinatown is slow by its standards; time and rime have lent the streets a placidity interrupted only by the muffled dancehall bass of an idling Uber and Falun Dafa speaker reverb.
Some of those shuffling up Spadina on the 11th may have known that Toronto was days away from entering its second COVID-19-related state of emergency, but no one was walking like it.
PNC Bank Helps GRPS Stay Creative With Art Supply Donation
PNC Bank turned a disappointment into a great give-back moment when they made a large donation of art supplies to Grand Rapids Public Schools.
WOODTV reports that PNC Bank was the sponsor of ArtPrize Education Days last year when ArtPrize 2020 was scheduled to happen, but because of the coronavirus pandemic ArtPrize never happened. Which meant PNC Bank now had a huge amount of art supplies and no one to take advantage of them. Originally PNC Bank had enough supplies for 18,000 kids who would participate during ArtPrize Education Days. Supplies such as markers, construction paper, paint, glue sticks, and other kids friendly supplies. So PNC Bank partnered with Meijer to get “cinch sacks” according to WOODTV and was able to donate supplies for 7,000 students within Grand Rapids Public Schools.
Svitlana Lysiak Prouty opens watercolor show
Local artist Svitlana Lysiak Prouty, who is known for her exquisite silk paintings and vibrant watercolors, is showing a new watercolor series of Helena buildings at Queen City Framing & Art Supplies during February.
Local artist Svitlana Lysiak Prouty is showing a new watercolor series of Helena buildings at Queen City Framing & Art Supplies during February. Photo provided
In her artist statement, she wrote: âI always love to carry a little sketchbook on my trips,â said Prouty. âOver the years I collected a lot of drawings with streets and buildings from many European cities. I used many of those sketches in my watercolor paintings. When I came to Helena, I was very impressed with the wonderful and varied architecture: Gothic, Victorian, Classical, Neo-Gothic, a lot of eclecticism. I was fascinated and spent hours and hours walking and discovering the beauty of Helena. Helena became my home and I hope to cre
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LaRose Industries, the owners of the Cra-Z-Art brand a globally revered name in the classic toy, arts and crafts, and puzzles space has acquired the Arts, Crafts, Stationery (AST) business from Mattel.
The deal includes the popular RoseArt and Rose Moon brands as well as the rights to produce and sell all associated products including iconic brands such as Fun Dough and Fuzzy Posters.
An important milestone for the US-based LaRose company, the acquisition reunites the RoseArt brands with the Rosen family. RoseArt was founded in 1923 by Isidor Rosen and eventually led by Lawrence Rosen, the third generation of the family.
LaRose Industries, LLC, d/b/a Cra-Z-Art, Acquires Arts, Crafts, Stationery Business From Mattel
Purchase marks triumphant return of popular RoseArt brands to the Rosen Family.
RANDOLPH, N.J., Jan. 28, 2021 /PRNewswire/ LaRose Industries, LLC, d/b/a Cra-Z-Art, a prime manufacturer and global leader in classic toy, arts and crafts kits, puzzles, and school supplies, happily announced today the acquisition of the Arts, Crafts, Stationery (AST) business from Mattel. This includes the popular RoseArt and Rose Moon brands and the rights to produce and sell all associated products including premium USA Gold and USA Titanium pencils, and Scribble Stuff that will anchor the new writing instrument division. Other items include iconic brands such as Fun Dough and Fuzzy Posters. The agreement also includes the Rose Moon factory in Lewisburg, Tennessee, America s largest pencil factory. The production facility will help LaRose s goal of significantly increasing production of goods made in the