Thursday is a big night for Capitol Hill art. April’s Blitz Capitol Hill arts walk takes its regular second Thursday turn, for one. For two, Capitol Hill’s new art supply store Blick Art Materials is scheduled to open its doors for the first time. Blick claims to have the “largest selection of quality art materials,” and a quick peek into the store’s windows reveals rows of art supply that make full usage of their generous portion of real estate that EveryDay Music used to call home. Later in the month, here will be a week-long Grand Opening celebration going on from April 22 to May 2, featuring a ribbon cutting ceremony, DJ music sets, and a host of vendor demonstrations. The full schedule of events is below.
Starting April 8, Blick store hours will be:
Mon-Sat: 9am – 8pm, Sun 11am-7pm
Blick Art Materials Grand Opening Events:4/22 Grand Opening Day12pm: Ribbon cutting ceremony12pm-3pm: Emerald City Soul Club DJ Set4/23 Vendor Demos10am-1pm: Sennelier Pastel demo1pm-4pm: Golden demo3pm-6pm: Emerald City Soul Club DJ set4pm-7pm: Chroma interactive demo4/24 Vendor Demos10am-1pm: Golden demo1-4pm: Chroma interactive demo3pm-6pm: Emerald City Soul Club DJ set4pm-7pm: Speedball and Graphic Papers printmaking demo4/25 Kids Demo Day12pm-4pm: Mini canvas painting, origami, paper flowers, face painting4/30 Vendor Demos9am-12pm: Strathmore card demo12pm-3pm: PEBEO porcelain painting demo5/1 Vendor Demos11am-3pm: Holbein and Ampersand“Playing with Paints on Panels” demo3pm-7pm: Amaco pottery demo5/2 Painting Demo2pm-4pm: Live painting with author and landscape artist, Mitch Albala
Hopefully, the fact that this rather large storefront was leased so quickly is a sign of better days to come.
I love Blick! I always order my supplies from them. Very excited that they will be opening a store in my neighborhood!