ColoriumLaboratorium

Here is a brief article about our recent trip to Golden paint headquarters in upstate New york.

Golden Artist Colors is a family oriented, employee owned paint manufacturer located in upstate New York.  Their products include hundreds of acrylic color, medium, molding paste and digital print ground. On Thursday, May 5, Kasia Gruda, Thomas Bosket and I enjoyed a behind the scenes visit to Golden Paint headquarters in New Berlin, NY. It sits on top of a scenic hill overlooking lush forests and rolling fields.

We got a warm welcome from CEO, Mark and Barbara Golden. We were introduced to their lovely staff and company history. We got a tour of their in house art gallery and custom made storage room where several pieces of their extensive art collection are on display.

Barbara Golden showing the art collection

Down the hall from the art gallery is a room filled with hand painted labels for the Golden acrylic paint bottles. To provide customers with a true representation of color, Sam Golden (founder) started painting the labels with actual swatches of paint. Mark and Barbara continue this tradition and now it is the Golden trademark.

Julia Vallera looking at hand-painted swatches

All the paint, samples and mediums are manufactured on site. We got to see the materials specialist cutting up fresh samples to send to clients. We  got to take some home too!

The tour was followed by a introduction to all the Golden products, how they are used and what makes them unique.

Michael Townsend, Technical Support

Kasia, Tom and I got to play with all the acrylics for the rest of the afternoon! We made paintings, asked questions and learned more than we could ever imagine. Some of our favorite materials from the day were the digital printing inks, interference paint, molding paste and slow drying acrylic.

Julia & Tom testing paints

Mark and Barbara Golden’s generosity and kindness is inspiring and unforgettable. Golden Paint is easy to use, fun to play with and can be  customized to fit your needs! I am a Golden fan for life!

Julia in fromt of the original barn door where it all started

On October 8, 2010 we joined Publicolor in a community restoration project in Harlem, NY. The event took place in HighBridge park on Amsterdam Ave. and 191 street. Local high school students, publicolor staff and volunteers came together to paint a 300 foot long gard rail along the park. Together we transformed the gardrail from dull gray into tequila lime. Publicolor is a non-profit organization that “uses color, collaboration, design and the painting process to re-engage students into their education, schools and communities; to ultimately transform them into productive members of our workforce.”

We had so much fun and will definitely be participating in future events with Publicolor. You should too!

It is time to Color our Capitol !

On Oct. 30 Color Wheelz is going to Washington DC

to march in the Rally to Restore Sanity.

Do you have something to say, but can’t make it to Washington?
If so, send your comments to us and we will put in on
color wheelz for the Rally.
Email: info@coloriumlaboratorium.com

If you are going to the rally on October 30 please find us and
put your message on the van in person!
We will update our location on Twitter

We got an Editors Choice award at Maker Faire!

We are in the process of uploading all the art work and audio recording from Maker Faire 2010. For those that did not see us at Maker Faire, we spent Saturday September 25 and Sunday September 26 covering Color Wheelz in art, inside and out. Each piece of art has an audio recording from the artist. Please check out the images and recordings below. Check back over the next couple of weeks as more get uploaded. See pictures from the event HERE

*special thanks to Amy Carrigan, Patt Cooke, Alex Castro, Kaavya Jayapratap, Susan Horwich, Hiroki Kobayashi and Design Your Wall