PRODUCTION UPDATE
As Ontario embraces Step 3 of the the provincial re-opening plan we continue to offer one-on-one consultations and print signings by appointment. Book your on-site consultation time here.
We will continue to monitor the current pandemic response measures and will be excited to open our doors when we are able to do so safely. As always, your safety and the safety of our staff is our most important consideration.
We are running full production on scanning, online printing, custom printing, mounting and framing. Please refer to the Services page for more details.
Files can be sent to us via DropBox, weTransfer or FTP. Completed orders are available by pre-arranged curb-side pick-up or we can arrange delivery to you.
Stay safe and keep creating!
UPDATED SERVICE SCHEDULES
If you have a question about your quote, order or invoice you can reach us during our regular office hours of 10 AM to 6 PM Monday through Friday. We are still offering pre-arranged pick up or delivery as the office will remain closed to the public. When your order is complete you will receive a link to our online booking service where you can choose your preferred date and time from the available time slots.
If you have items to drop off please contact us and will will send you a link to our online booking service where you can schedule your preferred drop off date and time from the available time slots. All items being dropped off must have your contact information clearly marked on the packaging. No unmarked packages will be accepted.
CREATE YOUR VISION
Select from a wide variety of archival fine art and photo print media. From water colour papers to canvas and backlit films we have many options for your project.
Prepare your masterpiece. Mounting on archival card or aluminum composite or facemounting to plexiglass are just a few of many options we have for you.
The right frame brings your images to life. Use our free consultations and maximize your art’s impact whether it’s for a wall in your home or your next premier exhibition.
WITH INDUSTRY LEADING PROFESSIONALS
Yes, we still process film! Black and white or colour negative, roll films or sheet, push or pull processing and even clip tests. Finishing it off we offer inexpensive roll scans and proof prints as well.
Translate your vision from film to print or web! Automated roll and frame scans are inexpensive and if you need to go big we also offer best in class high-resolution drum scanning.
Need to focus? One on one training sessions can help get you up to speed. Want to bring imaging expertise in house? Corporate training sessions are a great investment in people and productivity.
COMMUNITY SHOWS AND EVENTS
A MOBILE LANDSCAPE
4 June 2021 – 1 April 2022
Port Lands
Waterfront Toronto
A Mobile Landscape offers views of the vast, dynamic waterfront landscape lying behind the construction hoardings, and therefore unseen by the general public.
Since 2019, Toronto-based artists Vid Ingelevics and Ryan Walker have charted the progression of the Port Lands Flood Protection Project, one of the most ambitious civil works projects in North America.
Curated by Chloë Catan.
Presented in partnership with Waterfront Toronto.
SUSAN DOBSON: SLIDE | LECTURE
15 September – 4 December 2021
RIC University Gallery
33 Gould Street, Toronto
Guelph-based photographer Susan Dobson reconsiders the materiality, physicality, and meaning of abandoned university slide libraries.
Her precisely composed images of these outdated photographic transparencies, originally made to be projected in art history lectures, expose the canonical biases of traditional visual culture—dominated by Western male artists, while marginalizing or excluding art by those outside the establishment.
Curated by Gaëlle Morel.
SCOTIABANK PHOTOGRAHY AWARD:
DANA CLAXTON
15 September – 4 December 2021
RIC Main Gallery
33 Gould Street, Toronto
A Hunkpapa Lakota photographer and filmmaker, Claxton examines stereotypes and representations of Indigenous peoples in popular culture.
This selection of artworks confronts issues of colonialist appropriation and commodification through an wide-ranging exploration of the artist’s family and community in the Great Plains, Saskatchewan.
Curated by Gaëlle Morel.
A HISTORY OF MISOGYNY CHAPTER TWO
24 September – 18 December 2021
Contact Gallery
80 Spadina Ave, Suite 205, Toronto
Barcelona-based multidisciplinary artist Laia Abril produces formidable projects across platforms including exhibitions, books, and films. Abril’s work conveys intimate stories that raise uneasy questions and expose hidden realities related to sexuality, disordered eating, and gender equity.
On Rape (2019) is the second chapter of her long-term project, A History of Misogyny, which examines the multifaceted social and cultural prohibitions and stereotypes that perpetuate the oppression of women around the world.
Curated by Bonnie Rubenstein.
THE PARKETTE PROJETS
12 September – 20 November 2021
Gallery TPW
Parkettes across the City
A series of performances, temporary installations and interventions will occur in parkettes across the city by artists Mitchell Akiyama, Raven Chacon, Ronnie Clarke, Vanessa Dion Fletcher, Marisa Gallemit and Amy Ching-Yan Lam.
Often found in proximity to municipal margins and infrastructures, Toronto’s parkettes provide oblique glimpses into the city’s socio-political, economic and geographic histories.
Curated by Shani K Parsons.
WE BUY GOLD
Summer 2021
Gallery TPW
170 St Helens Avenue, Toronto
In-gallery exhibition dates are forthcoming. However, the exhibition website is here! The site includes short essays on each of the contributing artists’ work by writers Jon Davies, Roya DelSol, Geoffrey Farmer, Connor Garel, Dunja Kovčević, Allyson Mitchell, Jas M. Morgan, Justin Ramsey, and Ricky Varghese.
Featuring Nicholas Aiden, Lacie Burning, Séamus Gallagher, Tom Hsu, Christopher Lacroix, Wynne Neilly and Kyle Lasky, Isabel Okoro, Michelle Panting and Brianna Roy.
Curated by Michèle Pearson Clarke.
FEATURED PRODUCTS
WELDED FRAMES
These hand-made Welded Metal frames have a simple, elegant appeal designed to complement and not distract from the art inside the frame. The welded finished corners have no seam or visible joint.
Available in a brushed aluminum finish, brushed finish with a mirror polished face, or 18 different powdercoat colours.
CUSTOM WOOD FRAMES
These hand crafted slim profile Wood Frames are an elegant addition to any decor.
Available in maple, cherry or walnut, and finished with transparent stains that show off their natural beauty .
ACRYLIC BOXES
Custom designed and built acrylic cases are perfect for displaying found art, 3D art, favourite objects or family heirlooms.
A sleek and elegant way to present and protect your treasures, an acrylic box frame achieves a frame-less look while also protecting your art.
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
Online payments and FTP services have been restored as of Sunday, August 29 at 10:36 PM. We apologize for any inconvenience.
In accordance with the provincial COVID 19 re-opening plan we will be offering one-on-one framing consults, art signings and test reviews on-site by appointment only, starting Monday, June 14. Although we will remain closed to walk-in traffic we will continue to offer pre-arranged order pick-up, drop-off and delivery.
Film processing for both black and white and colour (C-41) is discontinued as of Friday April 30, 2021.
