SDFAS Hearts on Fire Gala

August 19, 2008 – 7:31 am

Once again, our dynamic friend April Game of the San Diego Fine Art Society has a new catalytic happening in the San Diego art community coming up before we’ve managed to post picture of the last one.

This Saturday August 23, SDFAS invites everyone to attend its “Hearts on Fire Gala”, a benefit for the new Arts and Healing Fund for the Family Health Centers of San Diego.

Held at the home of artist Maher Morcos in La Jolla, CA and sponsored by Hearts on Fire Diamonds, the Gala offers to “entice your senses with an evening of gourmet tastes, spectacular views, exotic live fire performances and a live and silent auction for fine art, gems and more!”

Proceeds of the event will seed the new Arts and Healing Fund to purchase and install artwork in community health clinics through out San Diego. Family Health Centers of San Diego are one of the largest community health care organizations in the country. They provide health care for over 112,000 individuals annually who would otherwise go without needed care due to economics or insurance or the lack thereof. FHCSD is currently comprised of 11 primary care clinics, 3 dental clinics, 3 mental health centers, an HIV site, and 3 mobile medical units that provide healthcare services at nearly 100 different community sites, including elementary schools and community centers.

Many studies demonstrate that the presence of art reduces stress, helps boost the body’s natural immune system, and decreases the demand for pain medicatio. Many of us @ The Frame Maker have our own personal interests in improving the quality and success of the healthcare experience for anyone and everyone and have donated work to healthcare facilities in the past. The Frame Maker is proud to support SDFAS in developing the implementation procedures for art presentation and installation under the Aarts and Healing Fund guidelines, and we urge you to check out the SDFAS webpage for this event at http://www.sdfas.org/join-us.

You can read more about the San Diego Fine Art Society’s work with the Family Health Centers of San Diego at http://sdfas.org/blog.

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Dan Sayles @ The Frame Maker: now online

August 3, 2008 – 4:51 am

Before getting caught up with past events and current announcements, we’d like to note that Dan Sayles’ current show @ The Frame Maker, “38 Paintings, 1 Print”, can now be seen in (mostly) its entirety online.

The 17 pieces framed and displayed in our showroom are now cataloged and available for review at your convenience at http://theframemaker.com/shows.

If you’d like to see the additional work that Dan was so kind to supply us, please come down to showroom and we’ll be happy to bring them out for you. We’re available for you Monday through Friday 9am-5.30pm.

Need to come in Saturday? Prefer a private appointment? Give us a call at 619. 260. 2600 and we can arrange a time that works for you.

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38 Paintings, 1 Print: Dan Sayles now @ The Frame Maker

July 2, 2008 – 9:45 pm

The Frame Maker is pleased to have a new show of paintings (and a print) by San Diego artist Dan Sayles in our showroom through September 12, 2008.

Dan has making art profesionally for over twenty years, though he keeps a relatively low profie about it, without doing interviews or attending receptions or openings for for his shows.

As he told me, “The show is about the paintings, so let the paintings speak for themselves.” So, check out some of Dan’s paintings as hung in our showroom right now:

“Staging Raids on the Inarticulate”, 60″ x72″ 
“Untitled” 58″ x 46″ These are some of the larger works in the show, painted on canvas and presented in simple floater frames. Dan also was kind enough to give us several smaller paintings on paper. We’ve framed one series for display and have additional series unframed for review as well.

both “Untitled” image size 17″ x 11″
Dan Sayles’ show “38 PAINTINGS, 1 PRINT” runs through September 12, 2008 at The Frame maker, 3102 Reynard Way in Mission Hills, near Little Italy and the airport. Our showroom is open Monday through Friday 9am-5.30pm. If you’d like to arrange a private walk through on a Saturday or evening, please give us a call or email to set up an appointment.

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SDFAS Workshop for Artists @ The Frame Maker

June 18, 2008 – 8:55 pm

The Frame Maker is proud to be hosting the next San Diego Fine Art Society event here in our showroom this Saturday June 21, 2008.

The workshop is titled “Workshop for Artists: How to Market and Sell Art With or Without a Gallery” and is being led by Art Rep and Author Margaret Danielak. Margaret is the owner of DanielakArt – Art Sales & Consulting and the author of Selling Art in Alternative Venues.

Here is the SDFAS flier:

For more information and to register, please contact the San Diego Fine Art Society at (858) 205-4354 or via email at info@sdfas.org.

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San Diego Fine Art Society @ Artwalk 2008

June 16, 2008 – 9:57 pm

I’ve been saving the San Diego Fine Art Society entry for last in our brief ArtWalk series because we were introduced to SDFAS before ArtWalk and have many good things to say about SDFAS and founder April Game that go well beyond the scope of Artwalk.

First things first:

“The San Diego Fine Art Society is a nonprofit arts organization dedicated to nurturing the creation and appreciation of art in San Diego. We have a three-pronged strategy to accomplish this:

* a mentoring program that offers young artists practical business guidance, workshops and networking opportunities;
* community outreach that educates members on the rich, varied, and often hidden art of our region and the importance of collecting, and
* a corporate art consulting service to help community businesses of all kinds embrace and reflect the visual arts culture of San Diego.” (from www.sdfas.org)

As part of the mentoring program, April showed multiple emerging artists in her booth at Little Italy’s ArtWalk this spring, several for the first time.

A volunteer  working the SDFAS Booth at Artwalk 2008 When we spoke with her on Sunday afternoon, April had sold two paintings, one of which was the first piece that artist had ever sold. As artists ourselves, as well as professionals in the art business, everyone at The Frame Maker enthusiastically supports April’s mission and her tremendous energy.

April Game discussing the work with  an Artwalk attendee The Frame Maker is proud to support the SDFAS mission to “inspire a creative community” on an ongoing basis, beginning with their very first Collector’s Club event back in April and continuing with this Saturday’s Artist Workshop hosted at our shop in south Mission Hills, near Little Italy and the airport.Look for the next posts for details, or for more info.

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