Namta Member Independent Sales Representatives
Updated March 10, 2022

* If you need contact information for an Independent Sales Representative

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 [email protected] 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.

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.

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.
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.
HCP Group
Raleigh  NC  USA

Serving the industry in the Southeast for over 46 years, the HCP Group has strong and long-standing business relationships with all the key accounts. We stress a high level of service and communication with our distributor/dealer base. 

Mark Hitchcock, Larry Cash and Bill Pearcy have a combined total of over 125 years of service in representing some of the finest manufacturers in this industry.

Hurley 45 Enterprises - Robert Hurley
Grand Prairie  TX  USA
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.

Jack Anderson & Associates
South Glastonbury CT USA

Jack Anderson Associates represents manufacturers in the art, craft, college and frame markets across the Northeast.
Jim Geary & Associates, Inc.
Eagan  MN  USA

Representing: Alvin, Tara, Graphic Products, Golden, Yasutomo, Savoir Faire, Jacquard, Savage
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 
Mimi Roberts Inc. (Art Group America)
Robbinsville  NJ  USA

My company acts as the communications coordinator for the Art Group America retail group.
 

Mooney Sales & Marketing
Maple Valley  WA  USA

Our team, consisting of Doug Mooney, Dawn McKay and Jeff Liefeld, cover Alaska, Arizona, Alberta Canada, BC Canada, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, and Washington.
Lines represented: ArtBin, Daylight Co., Faber-Castell, Ingram Books Co., Jacquard, Greg Daniels, HK Holbein, Masterpiece Canvas, Pentel Arts, Saunders-Midwest, Speedball

Peter S. Overpeck
Westminster  CA  USA

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

Prime Line Partners
Syosset  NY  USA

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.

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.
United Sales Network LLC

Sales and marketing company based in Illinois representing manufacturers in the Great Lakes States. For over 40 years, we’ve focused on art and crafts representing companies that complement one another to maximize relationships and build cohesive programs. We provide sales, analysis, and comprehensive customer service.

Companies represented include: DecoArt, Royal Brush and Uchida Corp of America.

WATERMAN MARKETING co.
Highland Village  TX   USA


Representing the finest  manufacturers.
Our region includes South Central United States - TX , OK,  KS, LA, AR, MS.
Celebrating 20+ years producing positive results!

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.