Namta Member Independent Sales Representatives
Last updated 5/22/2025

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A. Franklin & Associates, LLC
Magnolia  TX  USA
www.franklinrep.com

A. Franklin & Associates, LLC is an independent sales agency servicing manufacturers and retailers in the art and craft industry. Territory coverage includes Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and Texas.
A.R.B. Sales Group, Inc.
Fernandina Beach  FL  USA

FL-GA-SC-NC-TN-AL
Representing: Crescent Cardboard, Ingram Publishers, Golden-QoR-Williamsburg Paints, Grafix Films, Graphic Products/Black Ink, Silver Brush and Yasutomo.

Rep services include inventory control, consumer work, educational training, and marketing assistance.

Advantage Sales & Marketing Group, Inc.
Santa Clarita  CA  USA

Advantage Sales and Marketing Group, Inc. is a second generation sales and marketing organization providing service to the art and craft industries. We cover the West Coast, National Key accounts and provide service to:
•    Brick and Mortar stores
•    Distributors
•    Chain Stores
•    E-Commerce
For more information, please contact Kim@advantagesalesmktg.com or call our sales office at 661-430-0950.

Artistic Paper Representatives
Colorado Springs  CO  USA

Providing representation through out the Southwest, Mountain West and MINK states.

Carlson Welsh Associates
Upland  CA  USA

www.cwadistribution.com
Representing the best Manufacturers, Distributors, and Importers.

Carpenter-Wild Assoc. Inc.
Benbrook  TX  USA

Representing: Aitoh, Ampersand Art, Art Bin, Creative Art Materials, Handy Art, Masterpiece, Holbein, Pacific Arc, Random House, Silver Brush and Yasutomo.
Territories: TX, OK, LA, AR.
Collins Group, The
Colorado Springs  CO  USA

www.thecollinsrepgroup.com
Creative Sales Consulting LLC
(formerly Randy Putnam & Assoc., Inc.)
Euless  TX  USA

www.creativesales.biz
Representing: Professional Sales Teams specializing in Sales Management, and representation of Art, Craft and Home Decor Manufacturers with mass retail accounts.
DLT 2
Snohomish  WA  USA

Manufacturer Representation In the Pacific Northwest.  Territories covered: Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Alaska and Montana.

Donnelly Marketing

Representing: Speedball, General Pencil, Graphic Products, Grafix, DecoArt, Rocky Nook and Marvy Uchida.

Eastman Group, The
Murrieta  CA  USA

The Eastman Group is an established and successful sales team focused on growing our manufacturers' presence and sales in the art & craft markets.  We have built extremely strong relationships with the distributors, dealers, and chain stores in our territory, and we offer the greatest level of service to both our manufacturers and customers.   We cover California, Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Idaho, Washington, Hawaii, Alaska, and Montana.

FLS
Seattle, WA

We are an Amazon manufacture rep firm with a proven track record of helping high-performing brands overcome complex challenges. We provide the expertise and strategic guidance you need to thrive in today’s competitive online marketplaces like Amazon, Walmart, and more.
josh@flstudios.website

Freudenthal Sales Group, Ltd.
Crystal Lake  IL  USA

Representing: Aitoh Origami Paper, Caran D' Ache of Switzerland, Masterpiece Artist Canvas, MCS Industries, Iwata Airbrush, Uchida of America, Lineco archival framing storage and bookbinding products, Silver Brush, Gagne Light Boxes.
FullCircle26, Inc.
Round Lake  IL  USA

FullCircle26, Inc. is a full service factory representative organization. Current partners include Armadillo Art & Craft, Boogie Boards (Kent Displays), Dixon Ticonderoga Company and OPCOMLINK USA. Our focus is on quality representation with customers in the Education, Art & Craft, Commercial and Hardware channels.
GreMar Associates
Flanders, NJ

Representing: Black Ink, Deco Art, Savage, Speedball Art Products, Stillman & Birn, Studio Design, Zebra Pen, and Ultra Optix.
gbrand60@aol.com
Golden Global Sales
Downingtown  PA  USA

www.goldenglobalsales.com
We represent quality manufactures and sell  globally around the world.
Grimstad Comerford Del Valle Group, Inc.
Glen Ellyn  IL  USA

www.gcgnet.com
Alumicolor, Ampersand Art, ArtBin, Artograph, Crescent Cardboard, Faber Castell, Grafix, Global Art, Golden Artist Colors, Graphic Products, Guerilla Painter, Iwata-Medea, Moore Push-Pin, Princeton Brush,  R&F Handmade Paint, Sakura, Speedball, Star Products, Tara Materials.
International HobbyCraft Co., Inc.
Northbrook  IL  USA

www.hobby-exporter.com
Worldwide export sales for various art material and architectural material manufacturers.
Ivan Cohen & Company, Inc.
Mountain, NJ

ivan@ivancohenco.com

Jerry Wolkis
Elwood, NY

Representing: Rupaco Paper Corp., Bee Paper Corp., MCS Industries Inc., Yasutomo & Co., Sigo Mfg. Corp. (artist portfolios), Union Rubber Corp., Royal/ Langnickel Brushes, Sargent Art Corp. and Gen. Pencil Corp.  jerwol27@hotmail.com

Jim Geary & Associates, Inc.
Eagan  MN  USA

Representing: Alvin, Tara, Graphic Products, Golden, Yasutomo, Savoir Faire, Jacquard, Savage
MCL Group, LLC
Santa Ana, CA

Independent Rep group servicing AK, WA, OR, ID MT, CO, NM, AZ, CA, HI, BC & AB  
Mimi Roberst Inc. (Art Group America)
Oak Park IL - mimirobertsinc@me.com
O'Brien Sales
Jim O'Brien  jim.art.gmail.com

Independent Representative with many years of experience as a sales manager in the Art and Craft Supply, Commercial Office Supply, School Supply, College Bookstore and Gift industries.

  • High volume interaction with retailers, chains, mass market and wholesalers nationwide on a regular basis
  • Successful management and growth of multi-million dollar territories
  • Available to represent suppliers on West Coast and beyond 
Representing: Alpha 6 Corporation, Artventure, Belagio Enterprises, Brain Tree Games, Jay Jaffe Associates, Rosa, Viva-Décor, Wise Elk, With It, UMark, Zem Brush, Zorbitz

 

Peter S. Overpeck
Westminster  CA  USA

Representing the finest art material manufacturers from around the world to accounts in California, Arizona, and southern Nevada.

RAM Sales Group
Scotch Plains, NJ

Representing: Tara Materials, Holbein, Studio Designs, Search Press Publishing, General Pencil, Crescent Cardboard, Creative Art Materials, Grafix and FM Brush. Territory covered: Mid Atlantic States.

SAMPRO
Pound Ridge  NY  USA

www.sampro.com

SALES & MARKETING PROFESSIONALS
Established in 1970, SAMPRO blends the experience of two of the industry's top sales people, along with the youth of a 3rd generation as we celebrate our 50th anniversary! Our organization includes a well-developed inside team with customer service, database, events and marketing departments to deliver valuable service to our customers and suppliers. Utilizing salesforce.com to manage sales as well as our best-in-industry customer relational database, we have the ability to strategize and communicate in real time.

Our outside team blends direct calls on large dealers along with joint sales calls with distributor reps on brick & mortar customers.  We effectively lead our buying group, chain, distributor and e-commerce customers to build build brands and sales with the support of analytic tools.  We are as comfortable and capable in one-on-one presentations as creating and delivering Keynote presentations to large groups.

We are diligent at planning customer appointments for all of the trade shows (including CreativeWorld, NAMTA, and NSS), distributor shows, as well as dealer shows (Artisan, Art of the Carolinas) and retail events .  We enjoy interacting with professionals, students and teachers at artist conventions (Plein Air-PACE, Foundation Art Teachers-FATE, Watercolor Society-FWS) and top collegiate events (SCAD Teacher Appreciation Night, RISD Freshmen Orientation).

Our marketing capabilities provide suppliers with trade channel programs and policy.  We develop POP displays for suppliers based upon our vision of the changing retail landscape. Utilizing our multiple supplier perspective, we have keen insight to build back-end programs that deliver incremental sales and profits.

Representing: Ampersand Art, Chroma, Gorilla Glue, Itoya, Iwata-Medea, Krink, One Shot (Aset Kustom), Ook Industrial, Pentel, Princeton Brush, Queen City Paper, Sakura, and Slice.
St-James Solutions Inc
Greenfield Park, QC

St-James Solutions has been assisting our customers in the arts & crafts industry for over a decade. We take a highly adaptable and collaborative approach to product development, sales and merchandising with proven performance growth and superior customer service. Based in Canada with customers and suppliers in Canada and internationally.
Unified Sales Group LLC
Naples, FL

Unified Sales Group LLC is a premiere National Sales Group Organization with offices in Cleveland, Naples, Dallas, Bentonville, and Nashville. We represent a wide variety of consumer product goods manufacturers and importers across several mass retailers.

 

Worley Sales Associates
Greer  SC  USA

www.worleysalesassociates.com
Worley Sales Associates specializes in Fine Art, Education and Creative Materials sales & marketing. We service retail, specialty and distribution partners in the Southeast US and beyond.
Coverage area includes: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and National Education Distributors.