Excellent selection of Writer essentials. Got to have fuel if you want to burn.

I love this store. It honestly helped me through this pandemic when other bigger art stores shut down. I highly recommend it!

Best place to get inspired

The owner of the shop is really nice and helpful.He will answer all your questions.Also give you some ideas for projects.

Great place, great stuff, great owner

Really awesome place to buy painting and drawing supplies the owner is super nice and very knowledgeable

In an effort to support local business in my new community I decided to walk the 10 blocks to this store rather than the easily accessible Michaels near my place. I checked the business hours, Sundays 12-5 and was on my way. Upon arrival the door was locked with no one inside, the same business hours posted on the door as online. So I called twice, leaving a message with my name, number and a request for a call back in order to make my purchase another time. A week went by, no call back. I found myself in the area with my roommate so I decided to stop in again. I believe Jared is the name of the owner and who we came in the door to. I asked if he was the owner “depends on who wants to know” he sharply replied. I asked him if he had gotten my call last weekend, he said yes. Long pause....Asked why he didn’t feel inclined to call back or make an effort to reach out in any way. He said if I would have waited longer outside I could have gotten my supplies because he was “just in the back.” How long was I supposed to wait outside for??? We exchanged a few more argumentative words that aren’t worth typing before my roommate and I eventually left, looking each other dumbfounded. It wasn’t the fact I had to go back a second time but the gross attitude and lack of rationale and respect the owner displayed that I can’t handle. A shame because it looks like a nice shop with a great selection, but that isn’t the way to run a business.

Truly family owned and operated. This art store is a great spot for both budding artists and experienced ones.

The vibe was like whatever, no specials & no deals. Go to the Avenue !

The owner here is super friendly and knowledgable about everything art. They host exhibitions periodically so they always have art features on the walls here. Such and interesting new take on an art supply store!

Cool stuff cool ppl

The Store owner Jason is a real cool dude and he always has a good selection of supplies and art pieces to check out.

Went to a cool art show here. Fun spot with art supplies.

Came in on Monday June 13 2016. Great shop, small, lots of art, and paints. The guy who was at the shop (owner?) Was extremely helpful, really nice, and knew his stuff. Will be going back in the future! Rather go here than a corporate arts store any day of the week!

Needed a certain type of pen for a project right away and the man working showed me 5-6 pens and let me try them on the paper Id brought. I purchased two but I was a little disappointed because one of them worked in the store but promptly ran out of ink after about 5 minutes of continuous drawing when I got home. I was using some very thick paper (which necessitated the trip to find a specialty pen in the first place) and I was unsure if the pen was out of ink because of the paper, or because they encourage people to try them out in the store and I happened to pick an exceptionally low one (kind of a double edged sword.)Anyhow, it was convenient and the employee was nice, but there didnt seem to be that many supplies compared to other small art stores Ive seen, leaving the window shopping to a minimum. Oh well! Will definitely go back to purchase another of the style of pen that did work. *thumbs up*

Great and frequent art shows!Excellent quality and variety of art supplies! Id MUCH rather shop here than Blicks for my art supplies. Theres always great art on the walls, and the shows are a lot of fun. I go to many of the openings because theyre really neat and the themes are so original. They have good music spinning, and you can meet the artists and buy the art. I bought two pieces of art from local artists at the last show-- its nice to be able to afford art at an art show for a change. These are local artists so Im very happy to support them.

Love ducking in here and seeing whats new. Always something fresh on the walls, owner makes a point of supporting local artists both in his shop and on the streets as well. Great addition to the neighborhood.

Kinda pricey..as an artist ive shown support in all kinds of ways to This shop and the owner. He will only include u in a show if youre already a well-known artist..really lame.waste of time supporting this place

Stopped in on Sunday. Guy and girl never looked up from whatever they were doing.

I get all my art supplies from this spot. The owner is super knowledgeable about street, Graff and contemporary art in general.

Great little shop, definitely unique to San Diego and well worth the trip in. Good selection of quality spraypaint and markers. smart selection of other basic art supplies that any artist can use.They host monthly artshows and from what I have seen the quality of the artwork and the turnouts are among the best in San Diego. Great range in styles of art and seems to be open to emerging talent as well as more established artists.I had them frame some artwork/prints for me and the prices were very reasonable and the quality of the job was top notch.Overall a great hybrid art shop, solid service, knowledgeable and a laid back atmosphere.

Thank you for supporting Creativity every day .. Changing The world with creativity one person at a time ... Yes one person can make a difference ...

Top end stuff

Great paint store for all your graffiti needs

They had what I needed bam end of story.

Art and supplies. Great shop

Excellent pens of the gel variety

Closed during business hours stay away

Graffiti porn.