raw materials

We’ve expanded our store hours. Our new hours are:
Monday-Friday 10am – 7pm; Saturday 11am – 5pm

As one of the sponsors of the Downtown Art Walk, we will be open until 9:30pm every second Thursday of the month to accommodate downtown art walkers. We’ve started implementing some of our sale pricing in advance of this Thursday’s Art Walk – Strathmore pads are 20% off! Also, you asked for it and now we have it – books and magazines are in! We have Artforum, Modern Painters, Art in America, Wallpaper, and more.

We are still setting up shelves and awaiting delivery of more inventory from our distributors, but we’ve had lots of new stuff come in the past few weeks. The store is filling up nicely as we gear up for our Big Grand Opening in November, but more on that later. If you haven’t been in lately, stop by, check out our progress, and give us your feedback (or just say hello).

Raw Materials is participating in a global artist trading card swap – express yourself in a small format and promote yourself in a big way! Create your own holiday or winter-themed trading card and in exchange, you will receive an original piece of art from another artist somewhere around the world. We have trading cards, entry forms and information at the store. Read more about artist trading cards and The Great Holiday Swap on the Strathmore website.

The Downtown Artist Project is having a fundraiser on September 12 from 6-10pm at 1247 E. 6th St, Los Angeles, CA 90021. The proceeds will help fund the Art Squared exhibitions, the Downtown Artist Guide, and other projects. In addition to a silent auction of works donated by local artists, the will be a raffle of prizes and gift certificates donated by local restaurants, retailers and other merchants.

For the raffle, Raw Materials is donating some coupons for 20% off all regularly-priced items.

For the Downtown Art Walk this Thursday, August 14, we’re having a special preview sale! We’ve worked with our distributors to get some early shipments of canvas, paper, and other raw materials we thought would be good to grab while you’re out cruising the galleries.

We will be open from 5pm to 9pm.

We won’t be able to accept credit cards or checks at this time, so it’s a cash-only sale.