{"id":95602,"date":"2026-01-10T06:20:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T06:20:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/95602\/"},"modified":"2026-01-10T06:20:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T06:20:16","slug":"artist-craftsman-supply-files-for-chapter-11-bankruptcy-but-williamsburg-store-will-remain-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/95602\/","title":{"rendered":"Artist &#038; Craftsman Supply Files For Chapter 11 Bankruptcy, But Williamsburg Store Will Remain Open"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The art supply chain <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DSvV-SID5-Z\/?igsh=MTVtenFpM2l4M2h1NQ%3D%3D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Artist &amp; Craftsman Supply<\/a> filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy late last year, but has no plans to close stores just yet.<\/p>\n<p>In an Instagram post, the chain shared that \u201c[l]ike many retailers, A&amp;C has faced ongoing financial pressures in 2025 amid a challenging retail environment, including higher real estate leasing costs and softness in consumer spending.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChapter 11 is a proven process that will help us continue doing what we do best, providing quality art supplies to our valued customers, while we position the company for long-term success,\u201d the message continued.<\/p>\n<p>The chain encouraged customers to support their local stores. Artist &amp; Craftsman has locations across the country, including a location in Williamsburg (761 Metropolitan Ave.). <\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s likely welcome news for local creatives, as the street\u2019s other creative hub, <a href=\"https:\/\/greenpointers.com\/2025\/09\/11\/permits-filed-to-demolish-the-crest-hardware-building\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Crest Hardware<\/a>, sadly shut down for good in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tRelated\n<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The art supply chain Artist &amp; Craftsman Supply filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy late last year, but has&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":95603,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[44593,44594,98,100,99,44595,1418,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-95602","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-art-store","tag-artist-and-craftsman-supply","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-crest-hardware","tag-featured-article","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95602","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=95602"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95602\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/95603"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95602"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}