Art Central

Art Central provides excellent service and abundant quality art materials. They also offer many interesting art classes and have an art gallery with monthly shows featuring local artists.

They are community of artists. Serving artists! Excellent classes and excellent products. Very very helpful. I love to just hang out there.

Thank you Art, central for always taking care of us

This is the second time we visited this art store. It is one of my husbands favorite art stores and was the main reason we booked my hubby's birthday weekender here. My hubby stocked up on all his painting supplies: brushes and tips. The kids even picked up some art supplies with their saved money. Paint pens and art kits. The staff even gave my daughter a little extra gift just to make her feel special.

Last time we were here Eric specifically went in just to finally get his hands on a pounce, which they hand a bunch in stock. Great place to also go for drafting supplies.

I enjoy painting when we visit the area and I always come to Art Central for supplies. They have a great selection of all types of materials for I think every level. Their products are certainly above Michael's!

The staff is friendly and knowledgeable and it's a great place to browse. The staff is not pushy but helpful.

I also appreciate their gallery room that showcases local artists.

If you're an artist or crafter it's a great place to go!

Let me start off by saying that I'm not an artist! I love pens though. Yes, that's right, ink pens. Especially fine point. I enjoy and look forward to shop office supplies and PENS. Something about clean and crisp penmanship just relaxes me.

As you know between SLO and AG, the office supplies store here are limited (at least to my knowledge). I was looking for a specific Japanese fine point (0.4mm blue)of gel ink pen for an assignment that I had. I could of ordered it online but the owner of Art Central offered to order it for me. I thought that was such a kind gesture. Above and beyond service if you ask me.

The pens arrived in two days, and I was a happy camper.

Art central has a lot of personality, as evident through the employees and the decorations. I love the little gallery that they have to the side of the store, it's always fun to see the local artists' work. There is a wide variety of items and shopping local is always a plus!

My husband and I visited San Luis Obispo on a whim on Saturday afternoon. We didn't plan on going to Art Central, but I am so glad we did!

They have a great selection of art supplies, however, this review is mainly about their watercolor supplies. They had so many different paint tubes, pan sets, brushes, and other watercolor paraphernalia. I especially loved their selection of watercolor paper! Hot, cold, and rough in so many different formats and weights. I felt like a kid in a candy shop!

Also, the customer service was out of this world. The owner and sales associate were so kind, helpful, and knowledgeable. I recommend this store 100% and I will visit again the next time I'm in SLO!

Came in from OOS with my Cal Poly student to pick up her supplies for class. Appreciate the staff having the kit ready to go, especially during move in weekend. Love supporting local stores that accommodate your needs while adherence to Covid protocols. I'm sure she will be a repeat customer!

My husband and I recently visited Art Central to shop for easels and lettering books. We are both in our mid sixties. We were in shop for ten minutes and were not approached once for assistance. We were totally ignored. But when college students came in were greeted
I did find a book (on my own) and my husband was looking at the easels and liked one. We however walked out because not one sales person ever made eye contact with us. I noticed them offering help to others. I hope this was an isolated incident, but more than likely won't return. It left a bad impression on us. I will tell my art teacher and fellow students
Nancy P. Arroyo Grande

I'm from out of town, about 5 hours away, so I don't go to Art Central often. When I do I always get great service and have all questions answered. I have compared the prices of their oil paints to online prices and have found them to be at least as low as online prices when taking advantage of their $25.00 annual membership, which quickly pays for itself. The same low prices with their brushes and painting mediums. I wish there was an art store like this, with prices like this near me where I live in SoCal.