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Here’s a tip of the tapeworks hat to Elmer’s Kids In Need Foundation‘s grant for teachers and classroom projects. Elmer’s Products, the maker of the glue and other adhesive products used in arts and crafts has announced their Teacher Grant Program to provide free school supplies to economically disadvantaged school kids. Grants in amounts up [...]
Continue Reading →We don’t normally promote the competition, but occasionally we’ll make an exception. Monday is the deadline to apply for the Rose Brand Scholarship for technical theatre students. Rose Brand, based in Secaucus, NJ is a supplier of theatrical supplies, drapes, costumes and expendables. The scholarship award provides $5000 to the winning student and a $2500 [...]
Continue Reading →The New 2012 College Theatre Directory from the publishers Dramatics Magazine is a “must read” if you are a high school student considering pursing an education in dramatic arts. The latest edition of this directory lists every drama program in the country and provides lots of detail about costs, level of competitiveness and program strengths. [...]
Continue Reading →Job opportunities in the arts have suffered from the same economic downturn as the rest of the economy. If you are looking for a job in an arts related field, you’ll find the points in this article really useful.
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We don’t normally spend much time writing about competitors products that we don’t offer, but we’re certainly willing to give acknowledgement and attention to a great idea, even if it comes from a competitor. We’ve supported an arts education scholarship for several years and we applaud just about any effort to provide resources for high [...]
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We’ve proudly followed the Northwood High School students who helped up put together our new version of TheTapeworks.com. Their smiling faces appear all through the web site, one of them took the site photographs and the arts faculty were there at every turn to help us put this site together. As I shared with you [...]
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Kansas Governor Sam Brownback, in defiance of the Kansas legislature, has eliminated The Kansas Arts Commission, using a line item veto. We have long been a supporter of public funding of the arts, since it has been proved time and time again that fostering a strong arts community makes good business sense. The arts creates [...]
Continue Reading →In the face of relentless raw material price increases used for almost all of the products we sell, I have been forced to follow commodity markets, something I never expected to have to do. We’ve even built a new web site that tracks the cost of tape raw materials futures in real time. We’ve watched [...]
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When the going price for a case of gaffers tape breaks the $300.00 mark, it is time to look for some tape saving strategies. Gaffers tape is our most important product, but we came from a sales and distribution background and we know the pain of handling the cost of expendables. Here are a few [...]
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When bringing out our newly revamped version of Thetapeworks.com web site, we were pleased to introduce you to the Arts Department students at Northwood High School who helped us put this site together. As the end of the school year nears, Nortwoods Arts students and alumni are really making a news in the awards arena. [...]
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