Herman Mhire “The Art and Science of Shells”
Herman Mhire began photographing seashells in 2012 as “meditations upon the forms, colors and patterns of marine mollusk exoskeletons found in oceans around the world.” Mhire selected his subjects from more than 7,000 species and 100,000 specimens collected by Dr. Emilio Garcia, a world renowned malacologist – an expert in the study of mollusks. Dr.…
Read MoreKes Woodward exhibit in Anchorage Alaska
Kesler Woodward, the widely recognized Alaska artist from Fairbanks, will be featured in a solo exhibition at the blue.hollomon gallery. Woodward is best known for his paintings of birch trees and the northern landscape. This new body of work provides his birch tree “portraits” and his personal view of the Alaska landscape in a range…
Read MoreWe’ve just broken our record for how big a frame we can make – 60 1/8″ x 241 7/8″
“Just wanted to say thanks again for the great job on those last two large frames. Top notch product and team that you guys have. They both were installed today and the clients were very pleased!” Steve Gamler StudioMule www.studiomule.com We would like to return the compliment to Steve and say, “Bravo!” The amount of…
Read MoreSharp, Clear Pictures: Edward Steichen’s World War I and Condé Nast Years at The Art Institute of Chicago
Focusing on rarely seen Steichen photographs drawn from the Art Institute’s collection, this exhibition includes a unique album of over 80 World War I aerial photographs assembled and annotated by Steichen himself as well as a group of iconic glamour portraits and fashion photographs done for Condé Nast, featuring such early Hollywood royalty as Mary…
Read MoreJanet Gorzegno “Old Souls” at Bowery Gallery in New York City
Painter Janet Gorzegno’s new works in gouache on paper that invent for contemplation glimpses of the human—her recurring motif is the human head, which appears as a symbol of human consciousness. Gorzegno’s intimately sized paintings discover their form from within; they concentrate the eye on serene faces that appear wrapped in stillness as if attending…
Read MoreWeird, Wild, & Wonderful
Weird, Wild, & Wonderful, The Second Triennial New York Botanical Garden Exhibition, opened in the Garden’s Ross Gallery on April 19. Curated by the American Society of Botanical Artists, the traveling exhibition features contemporary artworks of botanical oddities and curiosities, and includes artists from the US, Australia, Canada, India, Japan, and the UK. The forty-six…
Read MoreBlake Leigh “Waiting for You” Katherine Nash Gallery
Blake Leigh is our first BFA framing award winner. Providing professional framing advice to art students has been a long term goal of ours. In order to better understand how to accomplish this Metroframe has established a BFA framing award at the University of Minnesota. Our goal is to help students understand the basics of…
Read MoreThe Saint John’s Bible at the New Mexico History Museum
Beginning in 1996, the community of Saint John’s Abbey and University in Collegeville, Minnesota, began planning and working on The Saint John’s Bible, the first handwritten, illuminated Bible to be commissioned by a Benedictine monastery in five hundred years. The New Mexico History Museum is currently hosting an exhibition of original pages of The Saint John’s…
Read MoreMicah Cash “Unclaimed Space” at the William Benton Museum of Art
“I wanted to send you a few installation images from the MFA Thesis exhibition. The photos look great in the frames, and I’ve received plenty of compliments on the frames themselves. Thank you for continuing the make such a wonderful product.” Micah is more knowledgeable about framing than most MFA students. We first met Micah…
Read MoreJamie Kinroy 1st MFA framing award winner
Providing professional framing advice to art students has been a long term goal of ours. For artists to be successful as they enter their professional life it is necessary to understand how to present their work professionally. After meeting with the director of graduate and undergraduate studies at the University of Minnesota, Metroframe has established…
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