Blick Art Materials and Utrecht Art Supplies "Advance the Arts"!

During the month of October, Blick Art Materials and Utrecht Art Supplies supported the Arts Action Fund’s membership drive by enabling easy, free enrollment at its 72 store locations and online at DickBlick.com and Utrecht.com. The Arts Action Fund is a non-profit organization that is leading the movement to ensure healthy arts funding and arts education in America. Customers who signed up received a free member-only decal plus other benefits, including the ability to vote on legislative policy platforms, access to breaking news and alerts via the E-Advocacy center, quarterly updates through Arts Action eNews, and exclusive access to the members-only Arts Action Fund PAC (Political Action Committee). As a result of the membership drive, Blick and Utrecht generated more than 10,000 new members for the Arts Action Fund. To learn more about the Arts Action Fund and to join the movement, please visit ArtsActionFund.org.

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Namta's First Creativation Alliance for the Arts & Crafts

This year at Creativation by Namta 2023 in Columbus, OH , Namta created an alliance with a local organization called Directions for Youth and Families (DFYF). Directions improves lives of individuals, families, and communities through counseling, education and support. What better way to do this than through the creative channel. Because of the generosity of several of Namta members, during Creativation by Namta in Columbus, OH a mural which expressed Directions mission was created by participants from the program. This mural will be displayed in Directions new facility. This was just the first endeavor for Namta to leave its' mark on the community where we came together to celebrate creativity. The collaborative project between Directions and Namta was the first of an on-going initiative for Namta to develop community partnerships in all future Creativation by Namta host cities.

Namta Sponsored Mid-Carolina Region of the Scholastic Art Awards

Back in February Namta was honored to be a part of the Mid-Carolina Region Scholastic Art Awards. These young artists received this honor for their talent in the creative industry. Namta applauded these Gold Key winners and through our sponsorship their works were featured on billboards throughout the Charlotte area. See the winners !