By Al R. Young
Email is the preferred point of contact for us because it is the communication channel most constantly monitored by all of us.  We also prefer email because the channel is open 24 hours a day seven days a week and, frankly, is much more reliably monitored than telephone messages.  Neither emails nor telephone messages are jobbed-out to a 3rd party, but are received directly by the Studios.

Messages sent via social media flow into the stream of digital communications received at the Studios; nevertheless, while these communications may be monitored, they are not subject to the same rigor as communications received via our commercial site or voice messages left on the Studios' land-line telephone system... Read more »

Tags: 2021, Operations announcements

By Al R. Young
only high-end custom frames
We have framed our own artworks for more than 30 years, and during that time we have provided a variety of framing services to patrons upon request.  For many reasons—including constant changes in the availability of moulding styles—we cannot offer off-the-shelf framing options or response times typically associated with such a service.  Of necessity, all of our framing projects are aproached, priced, and billed as constuling projects... Read more »

Tags: Into The West, Spring Rain, North Country, The Grey Havens, Journey's End, Looking Back, Enchanted Stillness, Bedtime Story, In The High Valley, The Daydream, Before The Ball, Old Shannon, Pavane, Sweet Brier, Legend, Mountain Home, And I...

By Al R. Young
To initiate a request for permission to reproduce images of artworks created by the Artists of Al Young Studios, please read Guidelines for Requests to Copy or Publish Artworks Created by the Artists of Al Young Studios.

To initiate a request for permission to reproduce historical documents and photographs from The BenHaven Archives, as well as all other visual and verbal material published by the Artists and Writers of Al Young Studios, please email to us the following information... Read more »

Tags: 2017, BenHaven Archives, News, Operations announcements

By Al R. Young
The BenHaven Archives does not offer access to its papers and artifacts (except through digital copies), nor is it possible to visit or tour the Archives. The Archives is neither staffed nor housed to provide such services.

In connection with My Father's Captivity, Al Young Studios published digital copies of most of the original materials, upon which the book is based, in 2009.  This was done as a public service, with the objective of providing free online access to families and descendants of prisoners of war, as well as access for students, writers, researchers, and other interested parties... Read more »

Tags: 2017, BenHaven Archives, News, Operations announcements

By Al R. Young
A site update on 2016 May 5, featured the following enhancements:The Temple Fine Art Collection  has been added to the site’s art gallery.  This is possible in consequence of a license from the copyright holder; nevertheless, nothing has changed concerning the availability of prints through Al Young Studios.

Several changes have been made to the site’s user interface.  Some of the major changes include:The background image for the home page now features Below The Mountain by Tanner Young... Read more »

Tags: 2016, News, Operations announcements

By Al R. Young
Before requesting a rush order from Al Young Studios, please be aware of the following:Expedited shipping is already built into our shopping cart.  Consequently, expediting the shipping of a product does not require a request to rush an order.

With rare exception, all Studios' inventory is printed on demand; therefore, rushing an order means printing the product more quickly than usual.  And inasmuch as Al Young Studios out-sources all printing services, rushing an order involves not only arranging for a third party to produce the item more quickly, but printing it without delaying other orders whose delivery is already scheduled... Read more »

Tags: 2015, News, Operations announcements, Orders and shipping

By Al R. Young
A site update on November 8, 2014, featured the following enhancements:The following Operations announcements have been added to the Newsroom:Guidelines for commissioning Al Young Studios to create illustrationsStorybook Home Life added to the Newsroom as home page for articles of interest to readers of The Storybook Home Journal and The Storybook Home Journal Blog.

A list of the Christmas issues of The Storybook Home Journal presents links to the 14 Christmas issues published by Al Young Studios since Christmas 2000... Read more »

Tags: 2014, News, Operations announcements

By Al R. Young If you are interested in obtaining a license to copy or publish an existing artwork
produced by the Artists of Al Young Studios, please see
Guidelines for requests to copy or publish artworks created by the Artists of Al Young Studios

If you are interested in commissioning Al Young Studios to create illustrations, please be aware of the following:1.   We work on a commission basis.  Only very rarely might we consider working on the basis of a royalty—very rarely... Read more »

Tags: 2014, Illustration, Operations announcements

By Al R. Young
A bi-monthly site update on October 23, 2014, features the following enhancements:Major changes to the format and content of the FAQ page, including correlation of the page with operational and other content in the Newsroom, numbered headings and QA couplets for ready reference, addition of a Services section, review and updating of all content.

The following Operations announcements have been added to the Newsroom since the previous site update:Contacting Al Young Studios
Receiving a shipment from Al Young Studios
Guidelines for requests to copy or publish artworks created by the Artists of Al Young StudiosPolicy changes and greater detail concerning framing services available from Al Young Studios... Read more »

Tags: 2014, Operations announcements

By Al R. Young
We strongly advise that upon receipt of shipment:The contents of the shipment be carefully unpacked as soon as possible.

Items in the shipment be inspected to ensure that no damage occurred during shipment.

Any suspected damage to shipment contents be reported immediately to the Studios by email or by telephone.  Email may prove preferable because information required in addressing such problems will eventually need to be communicated by email anyway, emails to support@support... Read more »

Tags: 2014, News, Operations announcements, Orders and shipping

By Al R. Young
To initiate a request for permission to reproduce images of artworks created by the Artists of Al Young Studios, please email to us the following information.  Answering these questions at the outset of your inquiry expedites our review of the application.1.   Identify each artwork, in which you are interested, by title and serial number.  Click here to browse the Studios' illustration portfolios.

2.   Description of intended use to be made of the image(s), such as the nature of the publication, presentation of the image in the publication, and media in which the publication will be distributed... Read more »

Tags: 2014, Illustration, News, Operations announcements

By Al R. Young
A major site update on September 10, 2014, provides the following enhancements for the convenience of visitors and patrons:Newsroom added to the site as the Studios' single, online news and feature source - Involved porting more than 1000 articles from our blogs.
Limited Editions Collection added to the site.
Presentation of each collection of oil paintings has been simplified.  For example, see the Women of the Bible Fine Art Collection.
Page created for The Papers of Seymore Wainscott... Read more »

Tags: 2014, News, Operations announcements

By Al R. Young
We have added a Newsroom to our flagship Internet site (www.alyoung.com).
The Newsroom presents the blog posts and blog-page contents that have appeared on our blog suite since we initiated them in January 2010.  Categories associated with each Newsroom article offer the same functionality and view of content that have been available on the Studios' blogs.  And because of the way the Newsroom presents article summaries, we sincerely hope visitors will find that the Newsroom actually makes it easier to peruse the hundreds of articles accumulated during the last four and a half years... Read more »

Tags: 2014, News, Operations announcements