United Art & Education Superstore to Open April 25

A superstore for education and art materials is expected to open Monday, April 25 in the Strongsville Towne Centre shopping plaza.

United Art & Education will operate its first Cleveland-area store in the 15,000 square feet left vacant when Rite Aid built a freestanding facility. 

The new store, 15153 Pearl Rd., will be the largest of its kind in northeast Ohio, according to a company news release, featuring classroom supplies for teachers, paints and other items for artists and educational games for children.

"It's great for teachers, parents, artists," said Justin Hunt, store manager.

United Art & Education offers items for parents, including learning games, educational support aids and art supplies. For teachers, it has bulletin board sets, classroom decorations, stickers, certificates, books and learning games.

It also has brushes, canvases, drawing supplies, clay, oils, watercolors and acrylics for fine artists, and materials for ceramics, paper crafts, fiber arts and other crafts for hobbyists.

"This is the first one in the Cleveland area," Hunt said.

The company, based in Fort Wayne, IN., has four stores in Indiana and in Hilliard, Sharonville, Cincinnati and Centerville, OH. It has been in business since 1960.