Weekly Wrap Up 10/06/2009

Holy moly, it's been a busy month! In addition to busy September art fairs and moving into a new apartment, here's just a few other exciting announcements:

Bayou City Art Festival Downtown Oct 10/11
Tomorrow morning we hit the road for our new outdoor art fair, the acclaimed Bayou City Art Festival Downtown in Houston, Texas. It's our first show in Texas so we're excited to see the crowd's reaction to our artwork in the Lone Star State. Show hours are 10am-6pm Saturday and Sunday and our booth number is 342 i. For a festival map and additional information, click here. If you have friends or family in the area, please let them know that Dolan and Ali are coming to town!

Commission Profile: Hacienda Condos (Cabo San Lucas, Los Cabos Mexico)
Last week, we completed a commission for a condo renovation in Los Cabos, Mexico. The process began with the creation of two works in the September Song Collection with colors based on fabric swatches and other decorative accessories. These works were then scanned for digitally printing as BOX PRINT reproductions. A total of 32 BOX PRINT reproductions were printed, 16 of each work. After printing, 3 holes were cut from the printed surface. Finally, Dolan created paper collages to appear inside the circle cutouts using Mexico-inspired imagery and affixed this collages behind the printed works to complete the piece. The final works are shown above.

Upcoming Commission: Hyatt Regency Jersey City
This month, we also received a purchase order for guestroom artwork in the renovated Hyatt Regency Jersey City. We've been working on this commission since the fall of 2007 so we're thrilled to see the project come to fruition. We'll be providing 183 BOX PRINT reproductions of the modified Ophelia piece above, each 45" x 36", for rooms in the hotel. Our estimated ship date is December 11, 2009 so we have a couple busy months ahead!

Dwell with Dignity Donation
This month, we were honored to get involved with a Dallas-based organization founded by client Lisa Robison, Dwell with Dignity. Dwell with Dignity is a non-profit outreach organization that furnishes and refurbishes Dallas-area apartments for qualified families seeking to escape homelessness and poverty. For their upcoming project, we were happy to donate a Ophelia BOX PRINT reproduction for a bedroom inspired by this room. You can follow along with Dwell with Dignity's project (and get inspired with your own home interior makeovers) on the Dwell with Dignity blog. Interested in getting involved? Click here to find out how you can help.

Early Warning: Wholesale Catalog Coming Soon
This fall, we'll be releasing our first-ever printed wholesale catalog. The catalog will complement the online wholesale pricing and resource pages available via login on our website. If you'd like to receive a copy of our catalog and wholesale login, complete our online wholesale application. Special deals and discounts will apply to store owners and buyers placing orders before the end of 2009.

Thanks Bloggers
We also want to give thanks to the following blogs for recent mentions on their sites: Home Interior Design Themes, Art Propelled, our photographer David Ettinger and his new blog Mmmminteresting, and Tackad. Thanks, too, to Christine and Etsy's Get the Look: Decor column for inclusion of the Field Guide Tennessee paper print in the most recent feature. You can look for these blog mentions in the left-hand column of our blog.

Now it's time to go pack the cargo van!