{"id":186,"date":"2009-05-12T19:18:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-12T23:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rexart.com\/art-supplies-blog\/?p=186"},"modified":"2009-06-27T02:13:38","modified_gmt":"2009-06-27T06:13:38","slug":"rex-art-namta-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rexart.com\/art-supplies-blog\/rex-art-namta-2009\/","title":{"rendered":"Rex Art @ NAMTA 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"

Katrina and I just returned back from this year’s National Art Materials Trade Show, which was held in Louisville, KY. The NAMTA show is the biggest show in the industry and all the major companies are there to show off their wares exclusively to businesses in the art materials trade. This show is always a great to attend because we get to meet with all our favorite suppliers face to face, and get to see all the new and not so new fabulous products that they produce up close and personal.<\/p>\n

We had never been to Louisville before, and we really enjoyed the city. We stayed at a very cool hotel downtown called the 21c Museum Hotel.<\/a> The hotel is surrounded by art everywhere you go. When we heard about it we had to stay there! There was art in each room, in the hallways, by the elevators, and they also had a full museum downstairs which featured several artists. It was really a fabulous place to stay, and I highly recommend it if you ever are in Louisville. A hotel like the 21c would be much more expensive if it were located in a city like New York, San Francisco, or Miami. Here are a couple of shots of the hotel, and also their cool interactive feature by the elevator.<\/p>\n

\"21c
21c Gallery Space<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"21c
21c Gallery Space<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"21c
21c Gallery Space<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"21c
21c Gallery Space<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Pan
Pan Bronze in the Proof on Main Bar @ the 21c<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"21c
21c Elevator Interactive Art<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"21c
21c Hotel Room<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n
Of course, the main reason we attend NAMTA each year are the art supplies. At Rex Art we always like to make sure we are offering some of the latest and greatest materials in our industry to you, our customers. This year’s show offered some great exciting new products that you will be seeing shortly on our digital shelves, but in the meantime here is a little preview of some things to come…<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\"Daler
Daler Rowney Simply Products<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
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\"Langton<\/a>
Langton Watercolor Spiral Book<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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\"F&W
F&W is Back in Big Bottles!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
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\"A
A Holiday Preview - Georgian Wood Box Sets!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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\"Caran
Caran d'Ache Limited Edition Set<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
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\"Caran
Caran d'Ache Hat Set<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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\"New
New Cretacolor Set!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
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\"New
New Sennelier Professional Acrylic Paints!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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\"New
New Faber Castell Watercolor Set<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
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\"Holiday
Holiday Preview - Grumbacher Paint Sets<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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\"Shiva<\/a>
Shiva Professional Oils from Richeson get a facelift!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
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\"Cool
Cool Bookmaking Kits!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
\"Jason<\/a>
Jason and Brooke show off the new Case Envy Book!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Kat
Kat models with the cool Louisville horses! Bye for now!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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