Serving LA Artists since 1944
The Full Story
About
Founded in 1944, Carter Sexton Artist Materials has been providing supplies for artists in the greater North Hollywood area and solidifying our spot as the Valley's premier art supply store.
It was, and still is, a family owned business.
Mission
We want to help you find the perfect art supplies to create your next body of work. In order to enhance the level of customer service that we offer to our clients, we always have artists working here. Our staff is like one big family; friendly and full of tips and advice. No matter what you’re looking for we’ll always do our best to find it for you. We’d love to meet you soon and get you on your way to creating beautiful masterpieces!
Our Founder
Carter Sexton, a great entrepreneur and North Hollywood resident, started his business by selling drafting furniture to near by film studios. When the shipping company refused to deliver to his home address he walked down the street and acquired the commercial space at 5308 Laurel Canyon.
Once Carter secured himself the storefront he faced a dilemma: what to do with all this extra space?! He had a choice of supplying stationary or art supplies, and for reasons unknown the art supplies won. Thus, on the whim, the history was launched. Since our founding, Carter Sexton has served many famous working artists, most notably Andrew Loomis and Pruett Carter, whose work was featured here for decades until 2009.
Accessibility
Our entrance is street-level, with street parking, and all but one room in the store is single level with a one short ramp leading to the third room.
East side front door is manual and swings inward, but generally easy to open. Our main register is 15ft in front of the entrance so we can help if needed.
Aisles are narrow but wheelchair-accessible. We do not have public parking or public restrooms.
We have bright overhead lighting and play music throughout the store.
We have handheld shopping baskets and seating upon request. Guide dogs always welcome. Our staff are currently all English speakers.
We’re working on adding more accessibility features for our site, please contact us directly if you find something that needs to be addressed.