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Reuben Murray & Mark Cass
Winner of the 2024 Cass Art Prize with Reuben's prize-winning work 'Ada'
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Putting Art at the heart of 2025
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To our Creative Community,
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I hope you all enjoyed the festive season and are excited to get creating in 2025!
A Year of Celebrations
Last year, we celebrated some very significant milestones: the 40th anniversary of Cass Art and what would have been the 100th birthday of my late father, a staunch supporter of the arts, Wilfred Cass CBE.
Together with our partners, we launched a special anniversary range, hosted inspiring conversations on the ‘Cass Couch,’ and introduced The Cass Art Prize, which will return in 2025.
A Challenging Year Lies Ahead
For over 125 years, my family has supported the arts through many challenges, always striving to make art accessible and affordable without compromising on quality. However, as a medium-sized business, we rely on your support to compete against ever increasing costs and non-art led competitors such as Amazon.
Our Commitment to You
This year, we will:
• Support Artists: though scholarships, our free Art Spaces, partnerships with Sky Arts and charities like The National Saturday Club.
• Provide Affordable Excellence: We are dedicated to offering the best materials at the best prices, especially when many are feeling the pinch. That is why we will always honour our Best Price Guarantee.
• Continue to believe in the importance of Stores: Whilst we continue to expand our online offering, providing convenient access to a wider selection of products, we remain committed to investing in new stores nationwide. These stores are more than just places to shop – they are spaces where you can receive expert advice from our in-store artists and experience products first-hand.
We Need Your Support
I am deeply grateful for your support over the years – Cass Art wouldn’t be what it is today without you. As we enter our 41st year, I encourage you to support businesses with Art at their heart – those that do more than sell products but contribute meaningfully to the creative ecosystem.
With your continued support, I look forward to bringing our manifesto – Let’s Fill This Town with Artists – to life every day.
Wishing you a creative year ahead!
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MARK CASS
CEO & Founder, Cass Art
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