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Our new profile catalog is now available to our customers in the trade! Featuring a comprehensive collection of our custom frames and profiles, the 2012 catalog showcases every one of the 250 profiles and 15 different species of FSC certified hardwoods and fine veneers offered as well as the extensive options for steel frames with finishes including Brushed, Burnished, Etched, Ground, Hammered, Industrial, Pitted, Stroke and Zirconia.

Organized by molding, you can easily browse Arts and Crafts, Flat and Cap, Artist Line, Cove and Classic, Step, Cut Back, Slant Top, Reverse Slant, Canvas Floater, Capwood and Jumbo and Welded Steel and Flat Iron. In addition, you can see Special Services from A Street Frames including accents with gold leaf, custom displays and double-sided frames as well as pricing charts and FAQs pages.

With our continued focus on sustainable practices including the use of FSC Certified sustainable hardwoods, meaning that the materials employed originated in carefully managed forests, we even printed this year’s profile catalog on FSC Certified Paper!

We’ve already received great feedback from several customers, saying this new catalog provides easy-to-order information and great additional specifications. Being able to show customers all the custom framing options makes it an excellent sales tool for shops that purchase our frames.

As makers of museum-quality, custom picture frames for over thirty years, we’re proud to have this complete resource available to our open frame customers. If you would like an A Street Frames Profile Catalog, contact us today by email at info@astreetframes.com or by phone at 800-805-7655.

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Paving the way for the revolutionary art of the Impressionists and Post-Impressionists, Edouard Manet broke new ground by defying traditional techniques of the 1800s. Beginning this Saturday and showing through October, experience the unique genius of Manet at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston with “Manet in Black”.

“Edouard Manet’s friend, the poet Charles Baudelaire, described black as the color of the nineteenth century. Manet was a master in the use of black, asserting his bold and subtle imprint on a range of subjects, from exotic Spanish dancers to the horses and spectators at a thrilling Paris racetrack. This exhibition celebrates Manet’s brilliant achievements as a graphic artist. Known as the painter of modern life and the father of Impressionism, Manet was also an exceptionally gifted printmaker and draftsman, among the most daring and innovative of the nineteenth century.

“Drawn primarily from the MFA’s collection and featuring a selection of some 50 prints and drawings by Manet and related artists—including Rembrandt and Degas—the exhibition spans a variety of subjects, techniques, and styles from throughout Manet’s career.” (MFA)

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With two current locations, one in Cambridge and one in the South End, it may surprise some A Street Frames customers to know we actually got started at a shop in the Fort Point neighborhood (on A Street to be exact, hence the company name) over 30 years ago! To better serve all our customers, we are proud to announce the opening of a 3rd location back on A Street coming next week. A Street Frames 251, reflective of the new store address at 251 A Street, will be a great resource for the Fort Point Arts Community, the Boston Design Center and local residents to have easier access to our wide selection of custom frames. As we prepare for the official opening, we encourage everyone to spread the word about the new location and be sure to stop by and say hello! Be on the lookout for special promotions around Fort Point in upcoming weeks and follow us on Twitter and like us on Facebook for even more information.

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It’s been a busy few days at the West Coast Art and Frame Show 2012 at the Mirage Resort and Casino in Las Vegas! We’ve been here since Sunday and have met a lot of great people. We saw a great turnout for both the show and PPFA (Professional Picture Framers Association) National Convention and would like to thank everyone who stopped by our booth. As the fastest growing national trade show for the industry, WCAF is always a great opportunity for us to show our latest frames and make new connections. We’ve enjoyed our time here and are looking forward to getting back to Boston to share our experiences with the rest of the A Street Frames team. Make sure you stop by our Cambridge headquarters at 755 Concord Ave or South End retail location at
4 Clarendon Street to see all the frames we featured at the West Coast Art and Frame Show and many more!

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Day 2 at the West Coast Art and Frame Show has been even better than the first! Between talking to attendees and filling new orders, we can tell that our Arts and Crafts, Hardwood and Welded Steel Frames have been a big hit. We’re certainly glad to be back at the tradeshow after a two-year hiatus and are looking forward to another great day tomorrow!

Be sure to check out A Street Frames on Facebook and Twitter for other info from the show and more updates from the art community.

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A Street Frames is at the 2012 West Coast Art and Frame Show and PPFA (Professional Picture Framers Association) 2012 National Convention at the Mirage Resort & Casino in Las Vegas! Some of this year’s speakers include Hugh Phibbs; Kirstie Bennett; Shirley Damon, CPF; Jared Davis, MCPF, GCF; David Lantrip, MCPF, GCF and Rob Markoff, CPF. We arrived yesterday and will be here through Wednesday. We’ve seen a good turnout today for attendees and encourage everyone attending to come see us at booth #931! Look for photos and more updates about our time here at WCAF 2012 throughout the week and Follow us on Twitter @AStreetFrames and Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/AStreetFrames to get up-to-the-minute news!

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A Street Frames will be attending the 2012 West Coast Art and Frame Show starting this weekend in Las Vegas. Held at the Mirage Resort and Casino, the West Coast Art and Frame Show attendees will get the year’s first look at new products and images from a wide array of leading framing suppliers and art publishers. Attendees include retail frame shops, galleries and wholesalers.

The fastest growing national trade show for the industry, the West Coast Art and Frame Show is home to The National Conference, the largest and most respected educational program in the industry, offering a wide range of topics from basic framing techniques to business management. The National Conference will host more than 90 different sessions for tradeshow participants to take part in from Jan. 29 – Feb. 1, designed to provide attendees with practical ideas, techniques, and strategies for improving business. Sessions include: Fundamentals of Framing, Mat Cutting, Master Series, Gilding, Sales and Designs, Profits and Management, Technology and more.

If you are attending the show, look for A Street Frames at Booth #931! Tradeshow hours are from 11-6pm Monday and Tuesday, Jan. 30 and 31 and 10-4pm Wednesday, Feb. 1.

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A Street Frames is proud to be included alongside three-time Best of Boston winner designer Maryann Thompson, two-time Best of Boston winner interior styling and color consultants ColorTheory, textile and fabrics firm The Martin Group and many more notable local interior design and home accessory companies in Boston Magazine’s annual Best of Boston award series. Chosen as the best in Fine Art Framing for the 2012 edition, A Street Frames reputation of unbeatable quality, craftsmanship and custom service has earned us a spot among Boston’s elite!
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A couple views “Madame X,” second left, by John Singer Sargent, and “Victory,” on a pedestal, by Augustus Saint-Gaudens, is displayed in the American Wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in New York, Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012. (AP, Richard Drew)
 
One of the most celebrated art institutions in the world, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City contains more than 2 million works in its permanent collection! From paintings and sculpture from ancient Greece to Asian art from the Ming Dynasty to Medieval drawings, thousands of years of history are on display.

Over the past four years, the Met’s American Wing has undergone extensive renovations to better showcase the finest in American art including iconic works like Gilbert Stuart and Emanuel Leutze’s monumental “Washington Crossing the Delaware.” Reopening its doors this Monday, January 16, “the new installation will provide visitors with a rich and captivating experience of the history of American art from the 18th through the early 20th century.” (The Met)
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Photo Property of David L. Ryan/Globe Staff

We’ve always been fans of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum and are looking forward to next Thursday, January 19th which marks the official Museum reopening following an extensive addition and preservation project that began in the summer of 2011.
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