We have received sad news from Bryan Cain at Atthowe Fine Art Services:
"It is with great sadness that I inform you of the passing of Scott Atthowe, the founder of Atthowe Fine Art Services in Oakland, California. As many of you who count him as a colleague and friend know, he was one of the early pioneers of specialized art-handling and shipping in the 1970s. He built an incredible full-service business and was an important part of the San Francisco/Bay Area arts community. This alone is a wonderful achievement but he would leave us one other labor of love: Before retirement, he realized his dream to sell his company to its employees. With unwavering dedication to his values and a tenacious will to stay the course, he left his employees a wonderful, thriving business organized as a California Worker Owned Cooperative. His legacy of leadership and excellence has touched a great many people. I am endlessly grateful for his friendship and mentorship and I’m confident that I speak for all of us at Atthowe Fine Art Services when I say we are honored to carry his legacy into the future."
Scott was one of the founding fathers of PACCIN in 1990 and was a key member of our organization through the years including being a major supporter when we became an independent nonprofit ten years ago. He will be dearly missed.
Mark Wamaling
Chair
PACCIN
Last edited by Mark Wamaling; 11-02-2024 at 03:26 AM.
PACCIN is working on a tribute page on our website for Scott and we would like to invite you to submit your comments/thoughts about him. Also, if you have any photos you would like to share, please feel free to include them.
You can send with your submission to info.paccin@gmail.com, the subject should be "Tribute to Scott". Deadline is November 30th.
Those of you interested in viewing the upcoming memorial service for Scott on March 23rd at noon (PST), can access it on their YouTube site. Go here for details.
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