Thank you to everyone who attended our 8th Anniversary Celebration! We’d love to share some highlights from the event:
Everyone was so excited to grab one of our coveted anniversary gift bags, there was a huge line outside before we opened the doors!
Gift bags ran out in the first 30 minutes – looks like they were worth the wait!
Playstations and Demos
❤ Watercolor with Woody and Pastel with Jim
Woody Benton setting up his watercolor demo. 
Jim Tyler giving a pastel demo.
Our guests were enthralled by both Woody Benton and Jim Tyler during their respective demonstrations.
❤ Gel Plate Printing with Shirley
Our lovely Shirley helped us make prints with Speedball Gel Plates! Everyone loved trying it out.
❤ Pilot Parallel Pens with Mary Lou
Here, we have sweet Mary Lou teaching calligraphy with our Pilot Parallel Pens.
She and our guests did an amazing job!
❤ Abstract Acrylic Paints with Andrew
Everyone worked all morning on our anniversary banner with Andrew and his Abstract Acrylic paints. You all made it look fantastic!
❤ Collage and Greeting Cards with Mia
In the morning, Mia demonstrated various ways to make collages and greeting cards.
Loads of fun!
❤ Liquitex Acrylic Pouring with Mia
In the afternoon, Mia switched gears and began a demonstration with our Liquitex Acrylic Pouring Medium.
Everyone loved it!
❤ Porcelain Glass Markers on Tile with Greg
Greg did a fantastic job showing everyone how to paint on tile with Porcelain Glass Markers.
Check out those gorgeous finished tiles!
❤ Posca Markers on Banner
Later in the afternoon, we brought out our Posca paint markers and a new banner for our guests to play with.
Look at how nice it turned out!
❤ Pentel Pens and More with Steve
Everyone had a blast while doodling with Steve using Pentel gel pens!
The Raffle
We also wanted to give a shoutout to our lucky raffle winners. Congratulations Rick, Blaize, Dylan and Mary!
Thanks to you, our 8th anniversary was our greatest celebration yet! Everyone had a BLAST at our Playstations and demonstrations and our raffles and gift bags were a hit!
Without your continuous support, an event like this would have never been possible. We want to thank you all again for coming and supporting our business! Happy Birthday Art Central!
See you all next year. ❤
Etty – Congratulations on your success and bringing so much art materials and information to your area. You have done a fantastic job!! Best wishes for a great year ahead!!
Marie Burdick and Al Liebman
Congratulations on a successful celebration.