Soho Art Materials

love this store! the customer service is usually excellent, every item’s price is hand written on it… so there’s no confusion with labels on shelving like other stores. they have almost all products ive ever needed, with the exception of a few rare occasions. AND they carry quality printmaking inks, unlike other art stores. their frames are excellent quality and fair price too

I love this art store! All of the employees are so knowledgeable. The best art store in NYC!

Artists are not really known for pre planing or rationing, especially when it comes to supplies. There are unfortunately not many art supplies stores in the areas where we tend to be able to afford. So the opening of SOHO was a great treat. Not to mention it’s across the street from one of the new coffee roasting gems Café Vita. So Although a little off the beaten path and a longer walk when it’s Brick out… it’s great to have a place this large.
The store is split between canvas and stretchers, frames and papers and then paints, charcoals, brushes and supplies. There isn’t anything new they are offering but most likely they have what you need. Art supplies also maintain their price-​point unless you have the option of trekking out to an A.C. Moore or Michael’s… but I do not.
So welcome to Bushwick SOHO, I am glad you are here!

I like going to art supplies stores to get inspiration on the next possible project, so I was pretty excited to find this place this past week.
I agree with many of the previous reviewers for this place and this is definitely a place to go to if you need sketchbooks, so many options.
They have the popular Moleskin series, but also carry Rhodia, Quattro and many others. All very reasonably priced. They also have sketch pens, brushes, paints, stencils, and stock paper.
They also have sales and discounts on supplies also, so check back often.
The artist in me loves this place!

Is and has always been a serious painter’s place. The staff are largely experienced and trained painters– I’ve acquired as much technical education from them over many years as I ever did in school, and they will grasp your technique and make recommendations. There’s nothing cheap, juvenile or «commercial» in the inventory. Most paint and tools are artisanal. Prices are fair. Go, learn.

The Best art store in New York. One of the few really professional places left.

I visit art shops for a particular reason. I shop at Blick Art Materials in NoHo (for general art supplies), New York Paper Art Central (for their paper and bookbinding department), and SoHo Art Materials (journals and painting supplies).
SoHo Art Materials is my go-​to art store for their wide selection of sketch and drawing journals. I am a painter, but I no longer paint on linen or canvas. I cannot speak much of their selection here (read the previous glowing reviewers on this area). I paint almost exclusively on large fine paper.
For those who are particular or simply love having new journals for all sorts of media, this may be a great place to visit, which is my reason for my glowing review.
The selection of journals and pads spans outside of your usual Strathmore, Moleskine, and the average generic hardbound sketchbook bound with economic paper. (All of which you can still find at SoHo Art.) However, the store carries lesser known brands (such as Pentalic, Hand*Book Journals) that may be as good (or better) than the Moleskine. Depends on what you uses the journals for and how well they handle your preference of media, of course.
I have stopped visiting Pearl Paint since my art school days and it’s also due to the mannerism by some of staff. The quality went down hill. Plus, their selection (if you want to say journals, fine art paper, painter’s supplies) isn’t on par to New York Paper Art Central and SoHo Art Materials.

Why aren’t more people reviewing this place? This is the BEST place for painters. I say painters because your not going to find craft supplies for grandma here. This is the real deal man. High quality brushes and only the best paints. This place is really just for those serious about painting. I don’t remember seeing any winton or any other student grade stuff here. That being said, you will find nice custom canvasses and mediums along with the regular high end art fare. The staff are really smart people and all seem to be serious painters themselves. The store is clean and organized and the people are smart and friendly.
Check it out, not far from Dick Blick, Utrecht or Pearl so you can compare and see what I mean.

This is where the painters go. Not the fakers or the wannabes. Look at their staff– all serious artists who know their shit. They’ve been with SoHo for years. It shows in their knowledge and in their customer service. I’ve never been treated like a jerk as I have with so many other chain art supply stores– Blick, Utrecht, Pearl. Those places are corporate giants who don’t give a damn about real artists. These folks are real artists and actually give a shit about your interests and helping you. Are the prices crazy like at NY Central– no! Are there douche bag staff– no! They have possibly the best linen selection in the city, and it’s very user friendly to go downstairs and check out them out for yourself. Their brush selection is almost amongst the best in the city with heavy stocks of both Isabey and Escoda (two of the very best). They have a wide very of high quality oil paint, they even carry some local small batch boutique brands (which says so much about their attention to quality) I’ll be back soon. If you’re a serious artist who wants to shop were the serious artists shop, SoHo is for you.

For a small store, they have a HUGE selection of pads and sketchbooks especially eco and recycled options (better than Pearl). Very nice staff. The store isn’t too cramped. It’s nice to browse around in.

I’ve been going there since they opened, to several of their locations, and they remain helpful, knowledgeable, complete and surprisingly competitively priced.
Walter is the artist’s best friend and can offer good advice on just about any medium or technique I’ve seen fit to ask him about :)
The thing that most sets them apart is the unique selection of canvases and the custom ones that they’ll make for you if you don’t see exactly what you want.
Go check out this painter’s paradise! You’ll go back.

Really friendly, patient, and kind employees. I like their selection of items, and their prices are great.

While it’s small and doesn’t have a huge selection compared to its competitors, the prices are pretty reasonable (I got a super cool wooden travel sketch supply box for about $ 12) and the staff is very helpful and friendly. It reminds me a bit of the art supply store at my college in Atlanta — it carries those sorts of products at those sorts of prices, so it’s probably a good option for students. It’s kind of hidden away, though — I wouldn’t have known it existed unless they had their Groupon promotion — but I’m glad they did. It’s a nice little gem of an art store that artists will find refreshing.

Their custom panel and canvas selection are not to be beat. They often have a sale on something-​or-​other, and have great prices on their house supplies (re: turpentine/​mediums)
As others have said, great customer service too!
edit: they are now on Wooster street, I don’t think the Unilocal review has a photo of that location yet…

This is what an art supply store should be. They focus on what real artists need, and I have found them to be quite helpful. Once, when I was looking for a specific oil color that I couldn’t find in any tubes, the salesperson actually mixed two colors for me to show me how they would achieve the color I was seeking. You won’t get this at most art supply stores. Plus, they have a wide range of art supplies.

I finally found studio space in NYC and fortunately Soho Art Materials is close by. For such a small boutique store, they have all my basics ranging from yards of unprimed canvas, pre-​fab panel surfaces of various depths and dimensions, paper, brushes, and of course tubes and tubes of paint. Ahhh… rub me down with a tube of Old Holland and a bucket of Golden gesso.
Of course, I’ve been to Friedmans, Pearl, Dickus Blickus, and Utrecht, but I prefer the small mom ‘n’ pop feel of SoHo Art.
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