Cass Art

Londoners or London visitors in need of creative inspiration or a simple ego boost may head to Cass Art. This independent art-supply store, launched in 1984, is proudly pro-active and fiercely local. Cass provides the starving or merely broke London artist with frequent sales, generous student discounts, and freebies like canvas bags and pencils. Even more of a pleasure are Cass's employees. They're indeed artists themselves, but most skip the dyed eyebrows and sour attitude. Instead, Cass's employees are encouraging and knowledgeable, and they always let you use their bathroom (though you didn't hear that from us). Cass has four London locations, namely, Soho, Charing Cross, Kensington, and the flagship in Islington.

Cass Art [Official site]

-- Megan Zanke

[Photo: Ayres no graces]