Art & Frame of Sarasota

All Shizen Papers are 100% recycled made from cotton scraps from the Indian Garment industry.  Shizen (means 'Nature' in Japanese) offers a wide range of unique and exotic Handmade Papers.

For Alzheimer’s Patients,  Art’s Therapeutic Effects Are Transformative  In the 1990s, Berna Huebner was struggling to communicate with her mother, the painter Hilda Gorenstein, who was suffering from Alzheimer’s disease. “I asked, ‘Mom, do you want to paint?’” says Huebner, who heads a Chicago charitable foundation. “And her eyes opened up and she said, ‘Yes, I remember better when I paint.’” Gorenstein, a marine artist who had once painted murals at a 1933– 1934 Chicago World’s Fair, “wasn’t able to focus at all,” remembers Huebner. “I thought it was her hearing. I called her doctor, and without even blinking he said, ‘Why don't you call her old school and get some students to paint with her?’” Gorenstein subsequently began to paint with a handful of students from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, her alma mater. After working with a student for several weeks she began to paint again. “It struck a chord,” adds Huebner. Fast forward to 1999, and Hueb...

  Art & Frame of Sarasota Presents:  2017 Winter Hall Gallery Art Show Now through January 18, 2018

Gamblin Radiant Colors: (clockwise from top left) Radiant Lemon, Radiant Yellow, Radiant Red, Radiant Magenta, Radiant Violet, Radiant Blue, Radiant Turquoise, Radiant Green Vibrant. Subtle. Harmonious. (click link to explore & Learn) Gamblin Radiants work together as a system of accent colors, enabling artists to easily and predictably punch-up the color and intensity in their paintings. When used in mixtures, the Radiants allow painters to warm-up or cool-down colors without darkening them. Radiants can also neutralize colors into more nuanced mixtures. Gamblin Radiant Colors are composed of eight intense tints – mixtures of pure color and white, at Value 7 on the Munsell System. In this page, Gamblin shares how the Radiant Colors came to be and showcase how painters utilize Radiant Colors in their work.

Golden Hands-on Fast Fill Workshop Come join Alex Bailey, FL-Golden Sales Representative, to learn and experience your own hands-on painting with Golden Color Categories….Heavy Body, OPEN, Fluids and High Flow Acrylics along with Mediums-Gels-Pastes.  The workshop will also include a brief overview of some basic acrylic pouring techniques and create a group pour to finish off the time spent together:     Come Join Us on this Friday, November 17 from 10:30 am to 12 pm or 1:30 pm to 3 pm . $5 reservation fee to be exchanged for a $5 store credit on Golden products. Call store to reserve your space….limited to 12 seats in each session 941-366-2301 Ext 1

Art & Frame of Sarasota announces  a call  to artists for a juried art exhibition .  (click link for details) Our Fall show was such a great success we decided to have more shows this season.  Receiving:  Monday, December 4, 2017- 11:00am to 6:00pm  Tuesday, December 5, 2017- 9:00am to 12:00pm  (Sorry no late entries) Juror:  Gillian St. George -Local Artist 

Experience our Hall Gallery Art Exhibit  Now through November 19, 2017 Beautiful work by local artist.

 Ready for our next community art show?  Art & Frame of Sarasota announces a call to artists for a Juried Art Exhibition.  Artwork will be received on: Monday October 2, 2017 from 11:00 am - 6:00 pm Where: Art & Frame of Sarasota Please enter from the back parking lot off Bahia Vista Street Over $500 in awards & prizes. Juror:  Hanna Dunn- Artist   Entry fee: $20 per each piece of art . (18 and under: free) This Show is open to all artists including amateurs, professionals, and students. All Artwork will be shown here in the Hall Gallery at Saba Plaza. All art is accepted and hung. Any work on paper, canvas, collages, drawings, paintings, photography, prints, watercolors, and 3-dimensional art work. No work can exceed 48"x 60" or weigh more than 20 pounds. Your art must be ready to hang on standard picture hooks. Please wire your art. No string, Zig-Zag hangers, tape, or flimsy frames.  P...

Painters often ask us: which of your colors are closest to primary red, yellow, and blue? The colors in Gamblin's line closest to what is traditionally thought of as primary colors are from the Mineral Inorganic (Impressionist) Palette: Cadmium Yellow Light, Cadmium Red Medium, and Cobalt Blue. However, these primaries create more muted secondaries, as mineral colors tend to grey down a bit in mixtures.                                         In Gamblins view, using primaries from the modern organic palette provides more access to color space. • Hansa Yellow Medium • Quinacridone Red • Phthalo Blue By placing more single-pigment colors on the perimeter of the color wheel, the more access we gain in color mixing. A “Split Primary” color palette, incorporating a warm and cool of each of the primary colors, will give you greater color-mixing potential: • Hansa Yellow Ligh...

Art Supply Lab Experiment with us. We will have ArtGraf products for you to try.    Fridays & Saturdays 10:00 am, 11:00 am & 12:00 pm    All experiments will restart on the hour. We will discover many of the characteristics and features of these products. ​​​​​​​Come to any session, no reservations needed .

Art & Frame of Sarasota and Johnson PhotoImaging   Presents Veterans Photography & Art Exhibit at the Hall Gallery in Sarasota at Saba Plaza.   Veterans, showcasing their recent photography or artwork.  The show will run from May 19th to June 29th.

  Today is the start of Art & Frame of Sarasota's new pricing . Golden Acrylic, Williamsburg, Oil ,Escoda Brush, Faber-Castell, Liquitex Acrylic, Holbein Oil, Winsor & Newton Oil, Holbein Watercolor, Arches Paper & Blocks, Tara Canvas, ArtBin, Holbein Acrylic, QoR Watercolor, Daniel SmithWatercolor, Gamblin Oil, 1980 Oil and many others...  We meet or beat online prices on many major brands. No shipping - No waiting Stop in and take it with you. The same or better prices. Why Wait!

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 Ready for our next community art show?  Art & Frame of Sarasota announces a call to artists for a juried art exhibition.  Artwork will be received on: Monday January 30, 2017 from 11:00 am - 7:00 pm Where: Art & Frame of Sarasota Please enter from the back parking lot off Bahia Vista Street Over $500 in awards & prizes. Juror:  Michelle Held - Artist   Entry fee: $20 per each piece of art . (18 and under: free) This Show is open to all artists including amateurs, professionals, and students. All Artwork will be shown here in the Hall Gallery at Saba Plaza. All art is accepted and hung. Any work on paper, canvas, collages, drawings, paintings, photography, prints, watercolors, and 3-dimensional art work. No work can exceed 48"x 60" or weigh more than 20 pounds. Your art must be ready to hang on standard picture hooks. Please wire your art. No string, Zig-Zag hangers, tape, or flimsy frames.  Ple...