Thank you Jan Johnson for inviting us to your painting class at BC yesterday. Joe G. demonstrated his techniques by painting a still life of reflections. This lecture spoke about traditional oil painting and its processes. Enjoy the pix! The original will be on display at the Fort Lauderdale store. Thanks again everybody!

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This Friday in downtown Fort Lauderdale there will be two great openings I highly recommend. They’re relatively close so make sure to check them both out.

Set to Manual is an exhibition of works in diverse media by artists from Girls’ Club collection and beyond, characterized by intensive hand manufacture.

Works by more than twenty-five artists including: Vija Celmins, Ellen Gallagher, Pepe Mar, Annette Messager, Carol Prusa, Amparo Sard, Michelle Segre, Kiki Smith, Jen Stark, Jessica Stockholder, Nancy Spero & others.

The opening runs from 7-10pm. Girl’s Club is located at:

117 NE 2nd Street
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301

For more information visit www.girlsclubcollection.org

The next is the grand opening of the 18 Rabbit Gallery

This new gallery will be showing exciting high quality contemporary art. Check out their page by clicking the logo above to see some of their artists and get info on upcoming events and programs like calls for entries and art classes. Their outside wall will also be featuring a mural by local writers MSG Cartel.

The opening runs from 6-10pm. The gallery is located at 18 NW 1st Ave, just off Andrews Ave and Broward Blvd in the heart of Fort Lauderdale.

While I always recommend going to opening receptions galleries are open more than just the night of the reception, so if you can’t make the reception or just don’t like the commotion of those opening nights you can always pass by on any other day they are open.

Thank you NSU and BC for inviting us into your classrooms to demonstrate oil painting and its processes. Joe G., our resident artist and brand manager painted a portrait for Barbara Ryan’s life drawing class at NSU, and a still life of glass bottles for Leeanna Yater’s color comp class at BC. We all learned a lot about art history and easy ways to approach representational painting. Here are pix from the day. Enjoy and thanks again everyone.

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Come by our booth at FAEA in Orlando and register for a chance to win a Utrecht paint set. And everyone that registers gets a free Utrecht goody tote bag. We will also have our best products on sale at discounted prices only available at FAEA.

See ya’ll there!

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Thanks to everyone that participated in the Halloween Art Show. The opening was last night and we had ourselves a spooky party. Here are the pix and the results of the show. Happy Halloween!

Halloween Bootique Art Show Exhibition

"Vampire", Carlos Barrera - Honorable Mention

"Wynchwood Massacer", Michael Stiles - Honorable Mention

"Good Morning Pumpkin King", Janet Alvarez - Popular Vote Winner

"Welcome", Milton Graves - 2nd Place Winner

"Day of the Dead", Danny Brito - 1st Place Winner

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Join us tomorrow at 7pm for the opening reception of our Halloween Art Show. We will be giving away prizes and providing refreshments for the event. And don’t forget your mask, everyone gets a goody bag that wears a mask. We will be face painting too! Come early and vote for your favorite piece!

Then on Saturday at 2:30 pm, we will be having a halloween mask and ghost making demo. Great for all ages!

And finally, take advantage of our 20% off ALL (non-sale) items sale this Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Don’t wait, our Fall Sale and the 20% off special ends Sunday!

See you all this weekend!

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Hey Artists…Tomorrow is the last day. After tomorrow it’s too late. So finish your spooky pieces and turn in your artwork for the Halloween Bootique Art Show by tomorrow October 4th, 2009. We will be open 11am-6pm

Here’s a link to the rules: http://fortlauderdale.utrechtblog.com/2009/08/31/call-for-artists-halloween-bootique-art-show/

And don’t forget to attend the Bootique opening on Friday October 9th @ 7pm. This event kicks off our weekend anniversary sale where you will receive 20% off your entire purchase of non-sale items. And take advantage of the Fall Sale prices for the last time..because the Fall Sale ends Sunday October 11th, 2009.

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William Kentridge: Five Themes at the Norton Museum of Art in West Palm Beach

November 7 through January 17th.

Click here for more information.

A comprehensive look at the work of South African artist William Kentridge. Kentridge is arguably one of the most important and profound artists working today. His work deals with themes of imperialism and apartheid in his native country. The show will feature his animated films, drawings, prints, and more.

In this artist’s opinion, this is a show worth making the trek up to West Palm for.