Local Art & Craft Stores

Hobby Craft of Madison (West side)
6632 Odana Road, Madison
(608) 833-4944

Hobby Horse (East Side)
1769 Thierer Road, Madison (by Pier 1 and East Towne Mall)
(608) 241-3491
Mainly train, car and airplane modeling supplies

Hobby Lobby (South Towne)
2347 W. Broadway
Monona, WI 53713
(608) 222-7466
Hours: Mon -Sat, 9 am - 8 pm; CLOSED Sunday

Lynn's Craft Shop (West side)
5912 Odana Road, Madison (in a strip mall, north side of road)
(608) 274-1442
Mainly cross-stitch supplies, but they also have some painting supplies. A great place for framing-relatively inexpensive, and the staff is very helpful.

Masco Art Supplies (Downtown)
604 University Avenue, Madison
(608) 255-8801
Open Monday-Saturday. Small store, but they have the basic pens, pencils, paint and paper.

Master Graphics (South)
810 W. Badger Road (just before the Beltline, off of Park Street), Madison
(608) 256-4884 or 1-800-873-7238
They are only open during normal business hours-no weekends.

Michaels Arts & Crafts
East Prairie Commons (East side)
4271 Lien Rd
Madison WI 53704-3606
(608) 244-5754
or
Greenway Station (West side)
1700 Demming Way, Ste 120
Middleton WI 53562-4735
(608) 824-8959

Midvale Hobby Shop (West side)
6648 Mineral Point Road, Madison (same shopping center as Hooters)
(608) 827-7976
Mainly train models and dollhouses, but cheap plain white foamcore, and some misc. art supplies.

Office Depot
4016 E. Washington Ave., Madison (East)
(608) 245-8892
OR
676 Whitney Way, Madison (West by Copp's)
(608) 277-9644
Limited architectural supplies, but they can have the 120 color sets of Prismacolor pencils and Prismacolor marker sets for a very reasonable price.

OfficeMax (East and west sides)
2420 East Springs Drive, Madison
(608) 244-7224
OR
7321 West Towne Way, Madison (across from West Towne Mall, south of Kohl's)
(608) 833-4111
Hours: Mon - Fri, 8 am - 9 pm; Sat, 9 am - 8 pm; Sun, 10 am - 6 pm
The west side store also has a CopyMax. Not a huge selection in OfficeMax, but everyone in awhile they'll carry, for example, the 48 set of Prismacolor pencils at a greatly reduced price. Also have a good price on basic drafting supplies such as T-squares and triangles.

Photoart House
207 Cottage Grove Road (just off of Atwood Avenue in a strip mall)
(608) 221-2626
Limited art supplies, but staff is experienced and very helpful with any camera questions. You can also rent cameras from here.

University Book Store (Campus)
State Street Mall, 711 State Street, Madison (across from Memorial Library)
(608) 257-3784
OR
702 N. Midvale Boulevard (in the Hilldale Shopping Center)
(608) 238-8455
Hours: Mon -Thur, 9:00 am - 7:00 pm; Fri-Sat: 9:00 am - 5:30 pm; Sun, 12:00 pm - 5:00 pm
The Hilldale store has only limited supplies compared the State Street Store.

Wisconsin Craft Market (West side)
148 Westgate Mall, Madison (corner of Whitney Way and Odana)
(608) 271-6002
OR
2139 Zeier Road, Madison (East side)
(608) 244-7900
Hours: Mon-Fri, 9:30 am - 9 pm; Saturday, 9:30 am - 5:30 pm; Sunday, 11 am - 5 pm
They've got a fairly large selection of glue guns, wire, dried flowers and other crafty items.