Dick Blick Art Materials has always been a leader in informing artists, teachers, and consumers about potential hazards in the arts. For artists who want to use the same techniques and materials as the great masters, handling of hazardous materials is a necessity. We seek to identify risks, to help our customers find materials that are safe and appropriate. When they must use hazardous materials, we want our customers to be informed, so that they will handle those materials properly.

The Art and Creative Materials Institute (ACMI) is a non-profit trade association of art and craft materials manufacturers. Since 1940, ACMI has conducted a certification program in which product formulas are analyzed by a renowned toxicologist and certified by ACMI as non-toxic or properly labeled. ACMI certification also ensures compliance to state and federal labeling regulations.