About Us

Art Craft, inc.

1619 Clemson Drive

Colorado Springs, CO 80909-2673

Phone:  719-573-7977

FAX:  719-573-7977

(Note:  Let it ring four times & then the fax will pick-up)

R. Keith Rice, Webmaster

Editor and Publisher of the

"NewsBoysNews Edition" Newslettter

I started my selling career at the early age of nine, selling newspapers and magazines, door to door. Therefore, the name of my newsletter, the NewsBoy'sNews Edition.

I have spent my entire life selling plumbing supplies, electrical supplies, sugar, tires, appliances and printing.  It has been a good life!

My wife Barbara (of 52 years) and I own and operate this web site.  We are both in our early 70’s and have lots of vigor and vitality.

We have raised three children: a minister, a secretary, and a human relation’s director.  We also have five grandchildren.  We are indeed proud of them all.

We are a Christian family and are very devoted to our church. 

Barbara and I both work together operating the food pantry at our church, which keeps us both busier than we would like to be.  We supply food to those in need, regardless of religion or ethnic background.  During the last couple of years, we have had many in our church that have been out of work, due to layoffs.  Our church has helped these people in other ways, besides the food.  We feed from three to five families per week.  You can sere that it takes a lot of food and even more work!  We do have a "loving church family" which provides most of the food.

We spent our early years (41 of them) owning and operating a printing business.  That business is still in existance. 

That knowledge has given us the experience of working with people, making them happy customers, and we wanted to continue doing that.  You cannot stay in business for that long and not know the needs and desires of your customers.

These past years of experience have given us the foundation and knowledge to enable us to serve you, the customer, with honest, dignity and integrity. 

We developed this internet business for several reasons. 

Number One; we had a dire need to add to our income. 

Number Two; we thought we needed something more to keep us busy and out of trouble.  You can only do so much sightseeing, fishing, hiking and the like. 

Number three; we wanted to continue helping people.  To continue helping people, we need more of item number one.

Part of the proceeds of this site will go back into the community to support various charities.  We will give you a list, should you be interested.

Our business philosophy is to have every customer - a satisfied customer.  We know too well, that to keep them coming back, you have to give excellent service.  Your product “must be” worth the money.

This is the third year that Art Craft, inc. has been in business on the internet.  We started out small and have steadily expanded our business.  We represent several different manufacturers, whose lines gives us a very broad selection to pick from. 

If we do not have in stock exactly what you are looking for, I am sure we have it available.

For example, we have access to flag poles for your yard or business of every description – up to 80 feet tall, in every finish that is available.  We can supply you with flag poles from $80.00 to $13,500.00.  We can get you a 12’ x 20’ flag if you need it.  We even have access to flags of every nation and we sell several of these monthly.  We can help you on any of these items!