The custom framing and imaging industry’s trade exhibition and conference begins on June 24 at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre, Darling Harbour. The Framing Show is the premier event for the industry in Australia and is produced by Profile magazine. The trade exhibition will feature all the industry’s key suppliers and organizations on show together, co-located with the PMA Australia Imaging and Entertainment Expo. The trade show is free to members of the Industry. To register go to the PMA Australia website and your free registration for the Imaging and Entertainment Expo will include entry to The Framing Show.

Issue 60 of Profile magazine includes an exhibition guide for The Framing Show and will be released in June to coincide with the show.

The Framing Show
Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre, Darling Harbour
June 24-26, 2011

For more information visit The Framing Show website.

Visit the PMA Australia website.

Representatives from The Framing Show team recently attended the West Coast Art and Frame Show in Las Vegas. While enjoying the great range of products and ideas on show, we were also pleased to see so many fellow Australians over there. A full show report will appear in the next issue of Profile magazine and you can view some more of our photos on our facebook page.

Stavros Angelidis with the team from Canadian Art.

Nico Valiani

Some of the Australian gang and friends meeting up for the Downunder Dinner.

Local Melbourne framer Neville Crawford was recently featured again in the media when he was interviewed by the Melbourne Weekly. In the article Neville sheds light on his approach to frame design and his view of the profession.

For those interested in an exciting getaway on the business, the world fastest growing industry show and conference – The West Coast Art & Frame Show, is happening once again in Las Vegas, USA from the 23rd to the 26th of January 2011.

With more than 500 exhibitor booths, attendees will get the year’s first look at the latest products, technology and images from a wide array of leading framing suppliers, manufacturers and art publishers.

The West Coast Art & Frame show is also recognized for offering the largest and most respected educational program in the industry, with over 90 classes over 4 days, offering a wide range of topics from basic framing techniques to business management, featuring the industry’s best known educators including Jim Miller, John Ranes, Tim Franer, Rob & Barbara Markoff, and of course, our very own Aussie educator, Jared Davis, who works over there each year behalf of Gunnar International.

The West Coast Art & Frame Show, and exciting city of Las Vegas are an unbeatable combination that draws new and repeat attendees from every level of the art & framing business. And with our strong “Aussie Dollar” looking stronger than ever, it’s no wonder that more and more Aussie Framers are set to make the journey next year to enjoy the atmosphere, and learn new skills.

For those Australian (& New Zealand!) framers heading over, please note that Jared Davis from Megawood will also be organizing his popular annual “Down Under Dinner” again for framers, suppliers & friends to all get together for a meal one night and socialise. Contact Jared on 0411 612 231 or jared@megawood.com.au for more information on this fun night!

Learn more about the West Coast Art Fair at www.wcafshow.com

The 2011 trade show for the art and framing industry in Australia will take place from June 24-26 at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre in Darling Harbour. Entry is free to members of the industry and registrations will be available in 2011 via the PMA Australia website. This is a major event for the industry that currently only takes place every second year. The show will be co-located with the PMA Imaging and Entertainment Expo and further details about the show will be available soon.

The Framing Show, June 24-26
Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre, Darling Harbour

The Australian art trade is this month breathing a sigh of relief as Labor has joined the Coalition and Greens in stating that art would not be excluded from self-managed superannuation funds as recommended in the recent Cooper review. A vocal campaign against the proposal, that would exclude the purchase of artworks from super funds, claimed that the move would have a devastating affect on the local art industry (approximately one in every thirteen paintings sold in Australia in recent years was to an SMSF). However, Financial Services Minister Chris Bowen stressed that rules would be tightened to ensure that purchases were used for retirement purposes and not ‘personal use’. Stricter guidelines on valuation, preservation and storage are set to follow. See Amateurs must beware: investing in art for an overview.

“To the best of our knowledge, no other framer or art gallery has held an exhibition in Australia based on the ‘Fine Art of Picture Framing’ and we are preparing the walls right now!” Recherche Specialty Picture Framing

As featured in Issue 56 of Profile magazine, Neville Crawford is holding an exhibition of picture framing that will include a selection of the diverse projects he has undertaken over the last forty years. The exhibition will feature artworks, medals, memorabilia, photographs, & precious objects which have been creatively framed by the Recherche studio.

For those of you in Melbourne this may be worth a visit. The artworks will be displayed at the Northcote premises of Recherché – 191 B Heidelberg Road, Northcote. The exhibition will run until the 3rd of July.

Enquiries can be made via the Recherche website.

A fascinating article over at The Age reports on the potential damage to artwork being done by “shoddy” framing in the community. The article was written in response to comments made on the state of the industry at a one day symposium organised by the Professional Picture Framers’ Association. The symposium was held at the Melbourne Convention Centre as part of the Digital Life Expo. It’s not often that framing makes the headlines in the mainstream media so this is a significant development. The PPFA’s Quentin Webster argued that “There’s a phenomenal amount of bad framing destroying art works,” and that community pressure on the framing industry was required to improve the situation.