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I give up trying to make predictions or trying to figure out how the current economic turmoil may affect my business. I give up because I'm usually wrong! It's not really my fault, more like yours actually! So you owe me one (hint: the color is red).
No let's be fair, it's really the other way around: I owe YOU. Big time. As many in the retail industry know very well, February is one of the slowest months of the year and, with the bleak economic outlook, the snow storms, no more Bush jokes, budget cuts and all that, I was ready for the worst. But the worst didn't happen, quite the opposite in fact: I was quite surprised - and very relieved believe me - when I did last February's numbers to see that they were actually better than February 08, better for that matter than any Februaries since we opened in 2001. So I owe you a very big and sincere
The strangest thing about last month is that you didn't even take much advantage of our inventory sale. We still have almost as many matboards and moldings as before the beginning of the sale and of course we have just as little storage space as before too. So we absolutely NEED to reduce our inventory. I'm terribly sorry to be so insistent but please, please come and help us reduce our stock:
All stock matboards are still 40% off
and all stock moldings are also 40% off
This offer is valid until we can move confortably in our storage area again. And of course it is not valid with any other discounts, promotional offers, or coupons from Michael's.
Our "green sale" is still going on too:
20% off your first order of earth-friendly moldings or Eco-Care readymade frames.
So "Come on down", to paraphrase Bob the Obnoxious Furniture Guy. By the way, have you noticed that he's been rather quiet lately.
Cutting down on advertising, Bob?
There ARE some good sides to this economic crisis after all.
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The Elusie Gallery
invites you to discover
A ten year retrospective of paintings and drawings by
Colee Asia Morin
March 21st - April 18, 2009
Colee Asia Morin is a teacher and an artist. She has been showing her art for the last ten years, but this is her first solo exhibition in an art gallery. As she says in her artist statement: her life goal is to create an arts integrated curriculum for schools, and feels that, in light of the Obama administration, the horizon has never looked brighter.
Join us this Saturday March 21st between 5 and 8pm
for the Artist Reception.
The Elusie Fine Art Gallery is located in
Easthampton's Historic Town Hall
at 43 Main Street, Easthampton.
For more info about the artist and to check the gallery hours, please visit our website
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The Eastmont Art Fund could not resist being part of this summer's most exciting Public Art Event in the region: the Easthampton Bear Fest.
Proceeds from the 3rd Annual Fundariser will benefit this ambitious project organized by
Easthampton City Arts.
If you are an artist living or working in the Pionner Valley, if you didn't feel like painting a bear or were not among the thirty five artists selected to decorate one of the bears but still want to take an artistic part in the EBF, this is for you: CALL TO ARTISTS
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~ Eligibility: applicant has to be working or living in the Pioneer Valley, MA.
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~ Media: two-dimensional art created by the applicant within the last 2 years. 1 item per applicant.
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~ Theme: "Bear Necessities". The sighting of Bears is increasingly common in our neighborhoods as these animals are getting bolder in their search for subsistence while - or because - their natural habitat is being threatened by urban sprawl. Applicants have the choice of depicting either what Bears need to exist in a natural, healthy and sustainable way - for example the landscapes in which they live, the food they eat -- or the challenges and threat that bears or other wildlife are faced with because of human encroachment into their natural habitat.
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~ The exhibition will be held at the Elusie Fine Art Gallery in Easthampton 's Old Town Hall July 25 - August 29.
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~ Reception and Jury Results on opening day July 25.
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~ Criteria for jury deliberation: artistic merit, creativity, originality, and relevance to the theme.
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~ The application is to include an artist statement related to the submitted artwork..
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~ The winning artwork will become part of the Eastmont Art Fund Collection: the original work will be auctioned off and a limited edition giclee print will be published.
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~ An artist commission of 30% will be given for all artwork sold during the exhibition, and of 20% for the prints made from the winning entry.
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~ New this year: the fundraiser will be held in the form of a silent auction. Bidding will start on July 25 and end August 29. Bidding updates will be posted regularly on this page and communicated weekly by email. Bids will be accepted on site, by phone or via email.
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~ Application deadline : May 31st, 2009 .
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~ Deadline for delivery of artwork: June 30 th, 2009
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~ Application fee : $20.00
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~ The E.A.F. reserves the right to limit the number of artworks exhibited.
For more information and to request an application package, please call 413-529-9265 or e-mail artfund@eastmontgallery.net. To learn more about the Easthampton Bear Fest, visit www.easthamptonbearfest.com
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Speaking of Bears, Artist Amy Davis from New City Scenic & Display is already working on her "Paddy O'Bearen", one of the 35 bears that will be on display throughout Easthampton come June 13th.
the Some of the "bare" bears being unloaded and brought into the Eastworks building last month.
But unlike the 34 other artists who have until the end of May to complete their bear, Amy has to finish her's before this Sunday because Paddy O'Bearen will be the star of the Easthampton Float in the Holyoke St. Patrick's Parade.
Yes, the Easthampton Bear Fest will take part in Sunday's Parade, the second biggest St. Patrick's Parade in the country, and the EBF Committee is inviting residents of Easthampton to join Paddy O'Bearen and walk alongside the float.
If you're interested thank you for reading the following:
The parade begins at approximately 11:30 on Sunday,
March 22, at the K-Mart Plaza on route 5 in Holyoke. To avoid congestion, participants should try to arrive at the Plaza between 10 and 11am. The Easthampton parade committee recommends that participants park their cars in the back of the K-mart and other businesses at the Plaza. To avoid congestion in Holyoke, it is recommended to get to the K-Mart Plaza via the Holyoke Mall exit off I91 and take Whitings Farms Rd. straight to the Plaza. Better yet: carpool, see below.
The end of the parade is near City Hall in Holyoke. It is
recommended that pick-ups and parking at the end be in the Wherehouse or Open Square parking lots off Lyman Street in Holyoke. Car pooling is possible and encouraged: anyone interested in carpooling should meet at the parking lot
behind One Cottage Street in Easthampton. For directions and meeting times please contact Stephanie Gibbs stephanie.gibbs@gmail.com. Thank you. For more information about the EBF float email me at info@eastmontgallery.net. Thank you.
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