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    Maria Gottfried posted an update in the group Group logo of The WallThe Wall 1 year, 6 months ago

    Yesterday, September 19th, Colart NA hosted the Board and several GLT members at the Piscataway office.

    There was also a Liquitex Brand Engagement session in our office’s break room where Jimmy Leslie led a session on creating a wave painting using the newest Liquitex Bio-Based Heavy Acrylic.

    Here is a short video overviewing the day: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/hnfuci9ramowb7hk5bqpn/Colart-NA-Board-and-GLT-Visit-Sept-2024.mp4?rlkey=q0vl0toi8d17kenmykbt5n9tv&st=22jr68qj&dl=0

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      Jane Beeston replied 1 year, 6 months ago

      fabulous Maria! thank you for capturing the event so that we can all feel part of it. Jimmy’s session looked great fun!…

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      Steve Chamberlain replied 1 year, 6 months ago

      Thank you, Maria – this is captures things beautifully.

      It was a great few days Jane, and the day in Piscataway with the Board was a fantastic cumulation.

      Funny side story…..I didn’t realise until my wife Sarh pointed it out to me when I got home that evening, but the shirt I was wearing for the day had wave designs all over it (inspired by The Great Wave off Kanagawa by Hokusai)…Jimmy must have been sending me subliminal messages!!??…

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      Jimmy Leslie replied 1 year, 6 months ago

      Great job on this @maria-gottfriedcolart-com !…

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    Steve Chamberlain posted an update in the group Group logo of The WallThe Wall 1 year, 6 months ago

    And Manufacturers Village is also home to the Liquitex Residency as many of you already know. The latest artist in residence is the wonderful Jakada Khalfani, who spoke with passion about using more sustainable materials in his work, including here Liquitex recycled canvas and Bio-Based Heavy Acrylic. Follow Jakada on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/chefkhalfani/

     

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      Sara Brennan replied 1 year, 6 months ago

      Thanks team USA it was a fantastic to be part of the visit, getting to see our products in many different stores and then feel the excitement from the artists themselves who use them (and LOVE them) at the Liquitex Residency was a highlight. Topping it off with a visit the Piscataway office and the DC and feeling the Colart values being lived by all we met was a great way to end the trip. …

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      Steve Chamberlain replied 1 year, 6 months ago

      It’s great to have you back onboard Sara! I know you will be both a great support and also a driver for the progress we need to continue to make….…

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    Steve Chamberlain posted an update in the group Group logo of The WallThe Wall 1 year, 6 months ago

    We also had the opportunity with the Board to visit the wonderful Manufacturers Village in East Orange. An old factory that is now home to over 60 artist studios. Some of the artists we visited included the wonderful Christine Romanell (one of her works hangs in our Piscataway office) and Tom Nussbaum.

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    Steve Chamberlain posted an update in the group Group logo of The WallThe Wall 1 year, 6 months ago

    We’ve also have the privilege of hosting the Colart Board for a Board Meeting today in Piscataway, as well as several GLT members. Yesterday, as well as a presentation on the North American market, our people, customers, consumers and brand building activations we visited several stores. It was great to see all our successes in the Michaels’ ‘Art Test’ store in Mount Olive, NJ…currently rolling out from 50 to an additional 250 stores – and chain wide soon too!  We also met the Blick CEO again at the Blick store in Paramus NJ. Our owner, Jenny, was really impressed with the strong progress made on our instore branding and merchandising at Blick especially – she remembered what it looked like last time she visited stores and said the difference was like night and day!

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    Steve Chamberlain posted an update in the group Group logo of The WallThe Wall 1 year, 6 months ago

    It’s been a busy week in North America. We started with Romain, Gail and I visiting Blick stores and meeting with their CEO. It was great to see Liquitex Bio-Based Heavy Acrylic in a store finally…. We also had the opportunity to visit their small Utrecht paint plant in Brooklyn, with quite an interesting view of old factories and warehouses (probably soon to be multi-million dollar apartments) with a view over to the Statue of Liberty in the distance!

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