We have a HUGE announcement to make! Lots of factors have come together to make this the perfect time for a short move. This location at 107 LaPrade Street has been fantastic, and we are grateful to all of our customers who have supported us over the past 8 years in this building. Gail and Greg are no longer spring chickens, and the enormous size of this building is getting harder to recover from after a twelve hour day, and we would like to spend more time with our grand children. What is the point of having them if you can't play with them?! Our new location, at 200 HWY 197 (the old D.N.R. / Forestry Service building) will be smaller and easier for Gail to manage. We are downsizing, and going back toward our original concept of carrying art supplies, selling original artwork and pottery, and teaching art and pottery. Our core products of art supplies will be the main feature, and we will carry the Melissa & Doug art supplies (which is how we got involved with them in the first place). Due to the size of the new facility we will not be able to carry all of the toys we currently provide, but will keep a select few and our account will remain open so that we can order whatever you need from Melissa & Doug. We will still provide birding products and outdoor decor at the new location. Our art classes will expand, and our art gallery will be beautiful due to the hardwood floors and warm oak wall boards. Comics are our only question mark, we are still working on exactly how we will handle the comic business. We hope you will continue to support us during this transition into the next phase of our life. If something good has come out of the Corona Virus pandemic for us, it has been the reminder of what is really important to us and the nudge to make moves to bring more harmony to our lives.
Move is planned to be complete by August 1st, so we've already started clearance sales and packing here at LaPrade Street, we will be open normal hours until all moved.
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Move is planned to be complete by August 1st, so we've already started clearance sales and packing here at LaPrade Street, we will be open normal hours until all moved.
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OCM COMICS HAS GREAT NEWS!! Ash-ling Booksellers in Toccoa Georgia has purchased the Comic Book Shop! This was a major sticking point for us at The Art-Full Barn because we have a huge comic community and following here in Clarkesville (and to be honest, we are going to miss seeing them on a constant basis!). Toccoa is just a few minutes away from us and Jessica is extremely excited about moving the comics to her store where she is going all out to make our customers welcome. Starting now and until the comics are moved there is a HUGE comic book sale going on at both places. See the flyer, HERE
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COVID 19, Store Hours, and other info...
We will be open regular hours, 10:00 - 5:30, Monday thru Saturday, HOWEVER!, there is hand sanitizer at the door for you to use before you enter, preferably wearing a mask. We are cleaning and disinfecting constantly and our customer traffic is traditionally very low. If anyone needs anything but doesn't want to come in, just call us at 706-754-1247 and we'll take your order and credit card info over the phone and bring your purchases out to the car when you get here.
Pottery classes are currently ongoing with social distancing practices being employed. Each student has their own wheel and they are at least 6 feet apart.
Other ongoing art classes will start up later in June.
Kida camps have been delayed. To find out more about them simply click HERE.
We are very aware and concerned about the COVID19 situation and completely understand everyones cautions, so please let us know if there is anything else we can do to make you feel more comfortable getting the supplies you need from us. Call us and we WILL bring them out to your car. (yes, even in the rain!) If you would like to support our store but don't want to leave your home you can simply purchase a gift certificate HERE and use it once you are able to leave home!
As always, we appreciate the wonderful people who support us every day.
Pottery classes are currently ongoing with social distancing practices being employed. Each student has their own wheel and they are at least 6 feet apart.
Other ongoing art classes will start up later in June.
Kida camps have been delayed. To find out more about them simply click HERE.
We are very aware and concerned about the COVID19 situation and completely understand everyones cautions, so please let us know if there is anything else we can do to make you feel more comfortable getting the supplies you need from us. Call us and we WILL bring them out to your car. (yes, even in the rain!) If you would like to support our store but don't want to leave your home you can simply purchase a gift certificate HERE and use it once you are able to leave home!
As always, we appreciate the wonderful people who support us every day.
Our Story.....
Greg and Gail Kimsey opened the Art-Full Barn in 1998 inside an actual old red barn that was built in the early 1920's. It began as a place for artists to sell their creations in a funky and fun atmosphere. It has evolved into much more that that. As people came in to look at the awesome art on furniture, canvas, and functional items, they would ask if we could teach them how to paint it. So we began teaching art classes in both decorative and fine art techniques. Our students were having trouble finding the art supplies for the classes. We contacted suppliers and began carrying the supplies for our students. Eventually people heard we had art supplies and asked it we could get specific supplies. Our art supply stock grew by leaps and bounds and eventually we realized we had one of the best art supply stores in all of North East Georgia. Our focus shifted from selling art to selling art supplies and art classes. As other art classes became available in the area in other venues we allotted more of our classroom space to art supply sales and farmed out our classes to other teachers and moved new types of product into the class space. We eventually outgrew the barn and moved into the much larger space inside Old Clarkesville Mill. Gail opened an 80,000 square foot Antique store; Old Clarkesville Mill Art & Antiques Mall. With the extremely expanded space, we brought in new products such as Melissa and Doug toys, scale model kits, and birding supplies. To expand on the old comics in the antique mall, we next created a new venture, calling it OCM Comics, and brought in new as well as vintage Comic Books. The antiques eventually outgrew its space and needed to move into the Art-Full Barn space; so to make room for it we opened a second location at 107 LaPrade Street on March 1, 2013 and moved all non antique merchandise there. The art supplies, comic books, toys, bird supplies, art and pottery are all at the LaPrade Street location, and we eventually sold the Antique Mall business. Tonya Kimsey Fowler moved home from Colorado and became a partner in the business, opening her own special branch; Mud Fairy Pottery. She produces and teaches pottery and her bubbly personality is a great addition to the store. Her husband, JasonFowler, is a graphic artist and world class fine artist himself. Jason brings a new level of expertise to our enterprise. The LaPrade location is the best we have had, and we LOVE this space. Several other ventures have sprouted from our original concept and the Art-Full Barn has become a hub for people who create. People come in almost daily and are astonished at the diversity of product and can't believe such a "Cool store can exist in such a small town!" Well, it does! Come see us for all of your Art Supply and Pottery needs, Comic Book needs, toys, puzzles, and any number of hobby related items. We'll see you soon!
Greg and Gail Kimsey opened the Art-Full Barn in 1998 inside an actual old red barn that was built in the early 1920's. It began as a place for artists to sell their creations in a funky and fun atmosphere. It has evolved into much more that that. As people came in to look at the awesome art on furniture, canvas, and functional items, they would ask if we could teach them how to paint it. So we began teaching art classes in both decorative and fine art techniques. Our students were having trouble finding the art supplies for the classes. We contacted suppliers and began carrying the supplies for our students. Eventually people heard we had art supplies and asked it we could get specific supplies. Our art supply stock grew by leaps and bounds and eventually we realized we had one of the best art supply stores in all of North East Georgia. Our focus shifted from selling art to selling art supplies and art classes. As other art classes became available in the area in other venues we allotted more of our classroom space to art supply sales and farmed out our classes to other teachers and moved new types of product into the class space. We eventually outgrew the barn and moved into the much larger space inside Old Clarkesville Mill. Gail opened an 80,000 square foot Antique store; Old Clarkesville Mill Art & Antiques Mall. With the extremely expanded space, we brought in new products such as Melissa and Doug toys, scale model kits, and birding supplies. To expand on the old comics in the antique mall, we next created a new venture, calling it OCM Comics, and brought in new as well as vintage Comic Books. The antiques eventually outgrew its space and needed to move into the Art-Full Barn space; so to make room for it we opened a second location at 107 LaPrade Street on March 1, 2013 and moved all non antique merchandise there. The art supplies, comic books, toys, bird supplies, art and pottery are all at the LaPrade Street location, and we eventually sold the Antique Mall business. Tonya Kimsey Fowler moved home from Colorado and became a partner in the business, opening her own special branch; Mud Fairy Pottery. She produces and teaches pottery and her bubbly personality is a great addition to the store. Her husband, JasonFowler, is a graphic artist and world class fine artist himself. Jason brings a new level of expertise to our enterprise. The LaPrade location is the best we have had, and we LOVE this space. Several other ventures have sprouted from our original concept and the Art-Full Barn has become a hub for people who create. People come in almost daily and are astonished at the diversity of product and can't believe such a "Cool store can exist in such a small town!" Well, it does! Come see us for all of your Art Supply and Pottery needs, Comic Book needs, toys, puzzles, and any number of hobby related items. We'll see you soon!
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The Art-Full Barn and OCM Comics
107 LaPrade Street, Clarkesville, Ga. 30523 Phone: 706-754-1247 Hours: Tuesday thru Saturday: 10am - 5:30 Closed Sunday and Monday, Christmas Day and Thanksgiving ...and the occasional snow day... (HOWEVER...we have been open on Monday a LOT lately! Call 706-754-1247 to see if we are open on Monday) |
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Directions: From the Clarkesville Square, take Hwy 115 toward Cleveland. We are the third building on the right just after the Masonic Lodge.
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