Posts Tagged ‘customer interviews’
#artinthetimeofcorona interview with Bob Nugent
This is a one of a series of interviews with our customers to see how they are adapting to the COVID-19 world. Bob Nugent lives in Healdsburg, CA and has been a customer for over 20 years. Brazil and the Amazon River Basin are the subject and inspiration for his work. This is his #artinthetimeofcorona…
Read MoreCovered in Time and History: The Films of Ana Mendieta at Katherine E. Nash Gallery
Metropolitan Picture Framing is a corporate sponsor of Covered in Time and History: The Films of Ana Mendieta that is currently at the Katherine E. Nash Gallery at the University of Minnesota. Our company became involved after meeting with Howard Oransky, the Director of the Katherine E. Nash Gallery. In the meeting it became clear we both…
Read MoreMatthew Swarts at Miami Project 2014 Art Basel
We recently received a call from Matthew Swarts who was very excited about being asked to exhibit at Art Basel and wanted to know how quickly we could make frames. We know how important exhibiting at Art Basel is for artists and photographers and we told him we would do the job. After completing the…
Read MoreMarketing tips from a pro
Ginny Herzog, a long time customer, just ordered some frames for 6 original artworks that are being sent to Malaysia. I thought it would be interesting to learn more about how she made the connections and how she markets her work. In addition, I asked her what advice she could share with other artists that…
Read MoreA behind the scenes look: the making of the “Print by Print: Series from Dürer to Lichtenstein” exhibition at The Baltimore Museum of Art
One of our recent projects was to make frames for The Baltimore Museum of Art’s “Print by Print: Series from Dürer to Lichtenstein” exhibition. In doing research on the exhibition I noticed the funding came because of the collaboration the museum did with the students from The Johns Hopkins University (JHU) and the Maryland Institute College…
Read MoreCustomer Studio Visits
When we travel, we always try and visit our customers. On our recent New York trip we not only visited five of our customers but we made a video tape of the visit. We did this for a number of reasons. The primary reason is that it is fun. We share an interest in how things are made. We are…
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