Jack Richeson & Company recognized that there is a market for a lower-priced easel line than their Premier BEST Easel line.

Richeson's popularly priced Academy line of easels and artist's furniture, now has more of what the cost-conscious student or hobbyist is looking for, offering excellent, durable equipment at a very attractive price. Made of foreign, less expensive wood than BEST's American Oak, and manufactured through automated production by highly skilled craftsmen, they are strong, carefully constructed, well-finished, yet affordably priced.