Allegheny Art Co

I prefer to shop at local businesses when possible and Allegheny Art Co is one of my favorites in Jenkintown. They have a better selection of the «quality» art supplies I’m looking for than your AC Moore-​type place, and the prices are almost always better as well. It’s a smaller store so they’re not always going to have everything you’re looking for, but more often than not they do. It’s not comparable with Blick or the like in terms of variety and volume, but if you need to pick up a few things and don’t feel like schlepping it into Center City (and, like me, find the idea of buying art supplies online anathema) there’s no place better than this.

Hidden gem in Jenkintown. I’m a loyal customer and I believe every penny I spend is worth it. Staff is kind an helpful and makes mefeel confident in choosing items that will benefit me and my art making. The framers are great – knowledgable and delicate with works. I can’t get enough of Allegheny!

Stuffed inside this kinda-​small place is a pretty good selection of pens, pencils, sketchbooks, notepads, model figures, pastels, paints, greeting cards, and a lot of other stuff relating to art. There’s a bunch of blank notepads scattered throughout the display for customers to test products on. I could probably lose a few good hours just testing their pens.
The staff here are nice and they will sympathize with you if you tell them that you lost your favorite pen (that you bought at Allegheny) while visiting your grandparents in San Diego.
Overall, the vibe is pretty relaxed here. I haven’t had an unpleasant experience.

I really like this store. My girlfriend is an artist, and she tells me that having shopped around a bit, the prices here are pretty competitive. She buys more stuff here than I do, but I’ve bought a number of small items here as well.
There’s an incredible amount packed into this tiny storefront… and yet it’s well-​organized and the store doesn’t feel particularly cramped. It’s convenient too… right in the walkable business district of Jenkintown, and I’m usually able to get an affordable parking spot nearby on West avenue. I’ve never had to wait in line at the register, and the people working here are really nice.
I just feel really good about this store and I gladly give it my full recommendation.
I like supporting businesses in this area because I think Jenkintown is so cute and I really want to favor the small town type of development over the suburban shopping plazas and strip malls.

Love this place! Never had anything framed, but regular for kids gifts, cards, etc. Wonderful selection of art supplies. Staff is warm and place is dog friendly.

Recently had three items framed here. The probability of my losing and/​or damaging my undergraduate and nursing degrees was increasing exponentially with every day I let them sit around unattended.
Allegheny did a superb job of framing my diplomas and a Nikki McClure print. The print had become wrinkled and the shop was able to frame it in such a way that you’d never know it was rolled up somewhere deep in my closet for a year.
I learned that framing ain’t cheap, but it’s well worth it to have it done right considering the amount of money I paid for those diplomas. I didn’t have trouble finding something that appealed to my minimalist aesthetic, but you could easily go big, bold, and gold if you wish your frame to have a bit more attitude.
As always, the service is superb and the staff, all artists in their own right, are knowledgeable about all the products they carry.

This store made Philly Magazine’s best of Philly 2011 for best DIY (or not) store. The pricing is competitive and reasonable, and the art materials are discounted 20% of the retail price. I would choose this art store over the large chain stores because they have most, if not all, of the materials the big stores have, the staff is friendly, know what they are talking about, and willing and able to track down an item you need that is not in stock. They do custom framing in the store as well — I have only ever seen quality craftsmanship from them. I almost forgot to mention the amazing selection of greeting cards and the kids crafts! I always enjoy my trip to Allegheny Art.

This is a very small art supply store but they make up for it in great service and high quality selection. I’m always happy to do business here, every time I have gone in for something specific they have it and the staff can show you where it is. Its refreshing to go into a store where the staff knows where/​what is in the store.

I no longer attend Arcadia but being an aspiring face painter and looking for good quality brushes at a reasonable price I am definitely considering stopping by Allegheny while I am still in the suburbs to check out their selection.

I freaking love this place. Nirvana for those who love paper. More arts than crafts, but they do have a corner of children’s crafty stuff, so that’s a bonus. Supplies for the serious artist and many kitchy-​awesome gift items for the enthusiast. I could get lost in there and not want to be found.

ok, so I work here. but before I started here four weeks ago I was a customer. I was also a patron of other art supply shops such as pearl and I can honestly say allegheny outshines pearl by a mile (not that it’s terribly difficult).
the prices are discounted before they even hit the shelves, which means you don’t need student ID to get 20 percent off, the staff is awesome, knowledgeable and honest and they will special order just about anything. they also do custom framing.
the only thing to mention is you should have a quater on you when you get there, because it’s metered parking.
other than that it’s a great place for paint, book art supplies, journals, moleskines, cards, screen printing supplies and more.
I actually love going to work.