About The Art Supply Co.
Good art works.
The Art Supply Co. offers art consultancy services for a wide range of projects. But that doesn’t mean sticking any old print in a frame and popping it on the wall. We believe that Good Art makes every environment feel better. It adds a splash of color, an organic element, and a human touch wherever it goes. As a company made of artists, curators, and art collectors, we’re driven to find the most fitting artwork for your space or project.
Community matters.
While we can always source artwork nationally or internationally if needed, we think the best and most relevant art is often created by real people that live and work in your community. By supporting their efforts, the benefits are three-fold: 1) you get high-quality, original artwork for your project, 2) your visitors get a unique and authentic brand experience, and 3) you put money directly back into your community.
Get to know us!
The Art Supply Co. is the art consulting arm at Casey Droege Cultural Productions. We’ve always focused on building arts economy, and within our TASC work we make it our priority to continue to do this by creating opportunities for artists, arts workers, arts organizations, and everyone involved in the arts ecosystem. By shifting our art consultancy services under this new brand, we’ve saved you from trying to pronounce Casey’s last name and given ourselves the opportunity to streamline our services. We are officially certified as a woman- and disability-owned entity but, unofficially, TASC is also a queer-, gender nonconforming-, artist-, cancer sun and virgo rising-, cat lover-, and parent-owned business. Casey built CDCP from her own cultural production practice in her hometown of Pittsburgh, and has pushed it from a scrappy artist-run startup to a full-blown business with employees who love art as much as she does. Check out the full team below.
Staff portrait illustrations by Eriko Hattori
Casey Droege
Founder and Director
Casey Droege (She / They) is a cultural producer and art consultant who drank the art koolaid early on. She enjoys inducting people into the artworld cult by helping to transform their worlds with incredible art experiences. It might be art on the wall or a dinner and lecture night or even a bus tour of artists in your city. It’s hard to understand until you’ve experienced it, but these publications have tried writing about it: the New York Times, ARTnews, Temporary Art Review, ARTSY, and most Pittsburgh publications. They’ve had hiccups for over 25 years, so keep an ear out for them in meetings.
Hannah Turpin
Managing Director
Hannah Turpin (She / They) is a curator who knows Good Art. As the Assistant Director of The Art Supply Co., they co-pilot the ship with Droege, navigating the process of selecting Good Art for clients and managing TASC’s crew. Prior to joining the team in 2021, Turpin earned their MA in Art History from New York University’s Institute of Fine Arts and worked at museums like Leslie Lohman Museum and Carnegie Museum of Art. Turpin has curated such shows as Heavenly Realms: works by Eriko Hattori (SPRING/BREAK Art Show, Los Angeles, 2023), Elle Pérez (Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, 2021), Counterpressures (Carnegie Museum of Art, 2020), and The Self Realized: queering the art of self-portraiture (Brew House Association, 2019). Turpin is originally from Minnesota and is a big fan of its state fair, which is the second-largest in the country.
Candace Jane Opper
Finance + Operations Director
Opper (She / Her) is a writer, an artist, and a numbers person. Her first book, "Certain and Impossible Events," was selected by Cheryl Strayed for the Kore Press Memoir Award and featured in NPR’s 2021 Books We Love. She has worked with a variety of organizations that strive to promote arts and culture as a means of connecting people across communities. In addition to her work with CDCP, she runs Fringe Benefits Bookkeeping, a small firm providing bookkeeping and organizational services to small businesses and nonprofits in the Pittsburgh region. In her free time, she enjoys embarking on tedious craft projects and making zines with her seven-year-old kiddo.
Eriko Hattori
Design + Communications Lead
Eriko Hattori (They / Them) is in charge of the front-facing aspects of The Art Supply Co. Their job is to make sure our ship is looking good so you feel good coming along for our art ride. An artist and designer, Hattori makes work that draws from their experiences as a queer Japanese American and has exhibited their work in solo and group shows across the country in cities including Los Angeles, CA; New York, NY; Kingston, NY; New Orleans, LA; Pittsburgh, PA; Philadelphia, PA; Austin, TX; and more. They have done marketing and design work for numerous arts and social justice organizations. A homebody at heart, if Hattori isn’t with their boisterous cat Milo, they can be found at their printmaking studio in Troy Hill or out in the sun (if Pittsburgh allows.) Their favorite sound is the jingle for the Ikebukuro station on the JR Yamanote Line in Japan.
Dave Zak
Lead Art Handler and Cultural Producer
A former educator with Pittsburgh Public Schools, Zak (He / Him) is a Pittsburgh native working in the non-profit arts. From volunteer, to attendant, art handler, board member, curator, and project manager - no job was beyond reach. Loving a collaboration, Dave currently works as CDCP and TASC's Lead Art Handler and Cultural Producer, spearheading our art installation services and working with partner organizations to bring thought-provoking exhibitions to Pittsburgh. He holds a BA in English from Penn State University and loves a good time.
Rhoda Yun
Operations and Project Assistant
Rhoda Yun (She / Her) supports all CDCP and TASC activities through logistical management and internal organization. Working alongside Leadership and Project Managers, Yun streamlines our systems through field research and implementation of new protocols to ensure we operate at high levels of efficiency, accuracy, and clarity. She holds a B.S. from Boston University in Journalism, where she made a focused transition to reporting on the local arts and music scene. Outside of work, Rhoda can be found indulging her inner grandmother by crocheting garments. She also identifies as a podcast enthusiast and chihuahua mom.
Hannah Colen
Marketing Manager
Hannah Colen (she/her) is a Korean-American photographer and creative whose work observes the modern world through the "female gaze." Outside of portraiture, she's passionate about shooting from a trauma-informed paradigm and uplifting marginalized voices in the projects she contributes to. She has worked with a variety of clients, including ESPN Andscape, Smithsonian museums, and the White House Historical Association. Colen holds a B.S. from Indiana University of Pennsylvania in Marketing and Studio Arts. In her free time, she's making the most out of her National Parks pass or eating something cheesy.
Ignacio Lopez
Project Assistant
Lopez (He / Him) was born and raised in Pittsburgh where he graduated from the University of Pittsburgh with a degree in Studio Arts and Creative Writing. In 2021 he formed a small screen print studio called Alchemic Print. His works can be found online at www.alchemicprint.com and in various member shows through Pittsburgh.
Kaylani Brown
Project Assistant
Kaylani Brown (They / Them) is dotting I’s and crossing T’s for CDCP and TASC. They provide backup by organizing, reading the fine print, and bravely making phone calls. In 2021, they graduated from MICA with a BFA in General Fine Arts and Sequential Art. Kaylani is a New Yorker, a Capricorn, and an accessory-lover in that order. An avid notetaker, they always have a pen and paper in hand.
Tara Fay Coleman
Journal Contributor
Coleman (she / her) is a mother, conceptual artist, curator, writer, and arts worker from Buffalo, NY. She currently lives and works in Pittsburgh, PA. Fay’s work consists of a multidisciplinary praxis that is an exploration of identity, motherhood, Black womanhood, and taking up space. Through her practice, she mines her own lived experiences for subject matter, with a goal to intertwine her life with her work. Fay has curated exhibitions for various institutions, which include Phosphor Project Space and Brew House Association in Pittsburgh, PA; Denison Art Space at Denison University in Granville, OH; and Swivel Gallery in Brooklyn, NY. Fay’s work has been exhibited at Carnegie Museum of Art, SPACE Gallery, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Carnegie Mellon University, the University of Pittsburgh, and the August Wilson Center for African American Culture, and here Gallery.
