Last month John Ary of "I Love Topeka" took Art out on the town to enjoy several art events in Topeka. We would like to invite you to take Art to work with you, or out for a drink after work, or wherever—then, take a photo of you and Art together. Post it on our Facebook page, or E-mail it to us and we’ll post it for you. Next, just stop by Framewoods of Topeka with the art you want framed, and we’ll frame it for FREE!*
Design Studio Hours: Monday – Friday, 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. and Saturday, 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Need a gift that is quick and will allow your loved one to have the fun of framing their memories? "Art Bucks" Gift cards may be purchased online or at the store in denominations of $25, $50, $75, or $100. Framewoods of Topeka Gift Certificate Cards make the perfect gift for any occasion! Gift certificates are good as cash for anything in the store — custom framing, gifts and even artwork at SouthWind Gallery! Framewoods.com
Bert Tyrell picked up her newest acquisition today. She purchased a print of "Birth of a Nation" Wind Cave National Park by Barbara Summers Edwards available from SouthWind Gallery's last show "2009 Paint the Parks." Enamored with the original piece she came in weekly to "visit" the painting. "I love it so much I could just lick it, absorb it, take it into my soul!" Bert told me during one of those visits. That statement instantly endeared her to me and I began anticipating her next "visit." What a way to describe the appreciation of art and the perfect reason to buy it! It is always a pleasure to see the excitement from a person's soul directed at a singular piece of art. She came to Framewoods immediately after we called and told her it was ready to be picked up and she was shaking with excitement as we unwrapped the piece for her approval. Then Clay and I drove over to help Bert hang her piece in the perfect spot!
Bert is an accomplished artist herself and Clay and I was offered a sneak peek at her studio space and one of Bert's newest pieces, which is absolutely wonderful! You too can have the opportunity to see her newest piece, along with over 30 area artist's work in our Ensley Gardens Plein Aire Exhibit on September 12, 2010 from 1:30 to 3:30 at the Garden House on Shawnee Lake. The sale of the artwork will benefit the Ensley Gardens endowment, allowing the continued care of one of Topeka's greatest Treasures. Design Studio Hours: Monday – Friday, 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. and Saturday, 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Need a gift that is quick and will allow your loved one to have the fun of framing their memories? "Art Bucks" Gift cards may be purchased online or at the store in denominations of $25, $50, $75, or $100. Framewoods of Topeka Gift Certificate Cards make the perfect gift for any occasion! Gift certificates are good as cash for anything in the store — custom framing, gifts and even artwork at SouthWind Gallery! Framewoods.com
You might have seen our last promotion for framing, "Take Art on Vacation" where our customers were asked to take our friend Art on vacation with them. It was such a success that we decided to take it a step further. Today I have been designing an interactive Art in a paper doll style, let's call him Art 2.0. We are going to invite you to take Art to work with you, or out for a drink after work, or wherever—then, take a photo of you and Art together.
But that is not all! We have upgraded Art so that you can be a little more creative. We now have him in 4 NEW interchangeable outfits; of course we have the “Original” Art (Art 2.0), the "Stuffy Suit" (Art 2.1), the "Dogs Playing Poker" casual Friday's shirt (Art 2.2), the "Afterhours" I Heart Framewoods T-Shirt - yes shamless promotion on our part (Art 2.3) and the plain white T-shirt with room for your logo (Art 2.4) along with a selection of stylish pants.
We will ask you to post it on our Facebook page (facebook.com/SouthWindGallery), or E-mail it to us (info@framewoods.com) and we’ll post it for you. Next, just stop by Framewoods of Topeka with the art you want framed, and we’ll frame it for FREE!*
As Gary always says, "Our job is like getting paid to eat ice cream!" and today is one of those days with Art and me! Give us just a few more days to get all the details together and we will release Art 2.0 out into the world so that you too can have some fun with Art at work!
Design Studio Hours: Monday – Friday, 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. and Saturday, 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Need a gift that is quick and will allow your loved one to have the fun of framing their memories? "Art Bucks" Gift cards may be purchased online or at the store in denominations of $25, $50, $75, or $100. Framewoods of Topeka Gift Certificate Cards make the perfect gift for any occasion! Gift certificates are good as cash for anything in the store — custom framing, gifts and even artwork at SouthWind Gallery! Framewoods.com
Have you discovered John Ary's website called "I Love Topeka"? SouthWind Gallery and Framewoods staff has enjoyed John's whitty and informative videos about Topeka for the past few months. John's positive approach to getting the word out about our home town is engaging and entertaining. Going to his website, you will find, he touches subjects from the work of non-profit organizations such as the Cat Association of Topeka and the Gage Bark Park to the Capital City Crushers (a women's roller derby team), and even positive picketing! He says "The key to enjoying this town is simple: open your eyes." We we have to agree.
Life long Topekan, John has dedicated a website that feature video shorts about all the great things to be found in our fair city. He says, "Topeka is diverse with a ton of great cultural events, a thriving art scene, and young people who are constantly looking towards the future. My goal with this project is to help Topekans see the wonderful opportunities that are already here and experience the unique people, local events and great places this city has to offer."
He graciously accepts suggestions from fans for his video subjects and we sent him an email asking him to consider participating in our "Take Art on Vacation" project. He enthusiastically took on the challenge and brought his own spin to highlight the various cultural art opportunities there are in Topeka and did a great job introducing our new spokesman Art. We had a lot of fun working with John and we are very pleased with his Art Adventures and Art loved getting out of the gallery for a while and to fufill Art's mission to incourage exploring the arts. (Like John said, that's a lot of art!)
We would like to invite you to take Art with you to any local cultural event or on vacation, take a pic or a video, and Framewoods will give you a free custom 8x10 frame. Go to http://www.framewoods.com for more information. (Hurry, the deadline for submission to Take Art on Vacation is August 15th!)
Design Studio Hours: Monday – Friday, 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. and Saturday, 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Need a gift that is quick and will allow your loved one to have the fun of framing their memories? "Art Bucks" Gift cards may be purchased online or at the store in denominations of $25, $50, $75, or $100. Framewoods of Topeka Gift Certificate Cards make the perfect gift for any occasion! Gift certificates are good as cash for anything in the store — custom framing, gifts and even artwork at SouthWind Gallery! Framewoods.com
