Business as.... unusual- Corona Update Log:
8/20/20 Time flies and creeps at the same time, doesn't it? I have not updated here for awhile so will post a quick note. We are SUPER excited and over the moon to finally announce the launch of our online shop for art supplies. Shop with us HERE and pick it up curbside or have it shipped to you. We still have a more handwritten type form on our Curbside Pickup page. We miss being open and having you all meander around the shop chatting art supplies! We really appreciate your love and support in keeping us going during these times. We look forward to being open again someday soon but in the meantime we are working hard finding new creative ways to still get you art supplies, framing, and serve the art community.
All framing is still by appointment only at the annex locations. Schedule and appointment HERE and call the annex if you have any problems.
Thank you for you support during these challenging times. It makes us so humbly grateful every single day. We have not laid off any staff and have kept all of our people. Doing this reduces the ability to have more than 1-2 customers in the store at a time and so we have been focusing on creative things to still keep our doors open and get you the things you need without being open to the public. This is not an easy decision but we feel that during these times it is a top priority to support and keep all of our amazing staff. We can still give you the great service we offer in store in creative new ways. Thank you for hanging in there with us.
Stay strong! Stay healthy!
Keep making lots of art!
We will get through this together friends.
7/12/20 Has it already been a month since my last update here? My how...warped time is lately. No, we are still not open for walk-ins. Yes, we truly hope to be someday again soon. When? we don't have a specific date. That sums up the basics. I apologize for the brief lame summary. See our Instagram page to see product highlights, silly stories, and the most current up to date daily updates.
Curbside pickup of art supplies and DIY frame kits to go Is going great at the Foster Location! We are extending our hours this week as we inch back closer to our "normal" hours. We will even have curbside pickups available on Saturdays-woohoo!
All custom framing Is available by appointment only please see the Book Custom Framing page.
6/6/20 Our Blog has an update letter from the Manager about our shops operations and there is a new post about Custom Framing by appointment only.
6/3/20 We are still offering Curbside Pickups for Art Supplies and it is going really well! We are continuing to bring back our staff and have us all operating safely inside while serving you. If you didn't already know- we have 18 amazing employees. All of which we have kept and are paying during these past few months. This has not been easy but we believe in people over profits and are working very hard to keep doing this even during extremely challenging times.
Your support has meant the world to us and enables us to continue moving forward while we reinvent what things look like here to keep all of us, and all of you safe. While we understand it is frustrating to not be able to meander our aisles of treasures we feel it is important that we dial in all of our ways to adapt and adjust things with the highest level of safety for all of us. We are looking forward to the day we can be open again but we are reinventing our business to maintain not only this closure, but potential future ones as they seem inevitable during these challenging times. We take comfort in knowing that Hope is never closed and that we will all work together to get through this unprecedented time in history.
We are SO EXCITED to finally roll out Custom Framing by appointment only at our new design counter. This is located at our Ash Street location- also known as- our Annex. Please read our guidelines and find a link to Book Custom Framing. We apologize for the delay in getting this out quicker. We have been working so hard to completely redo the layout and flow of both of our stores to accommodate maximum safety for all of our customers and staff. It has been more work than we thought to shift it all to one location and build a new safe design counter. We are so proud of all of our hard work and we can't wait to see you at the design counter! Thank you to all of you that have been patient with us on the waiting list and the many of you that have just waited for this to be live. That day is finally here and we are so thrilled to continue pushing forward as we all navigate this new world together.
We will continue to press onward and dial in our new systems to serve you. We will be making our decision to open over the course of a slow and cautious period of time as we follow all current local city, state, and CDC guidelines for safety during C19. We greatly appreciate your support and patience with us as we choose people over profits and as we carefully look out for all of our amazing employees. We are working hard together to make our shops safely run and mindful of your safety visiting them. We are as bummed as you are not being able to fling open our doors and open. We are planning new systems to sustain us during whatever the next foreseeable future looks like as future closures seem inevitable. We would rather be slow and wise in the reinventing of our business than rush back to normal too soon. The reality is that we have to change our "normal" and that has taken a lot of time and a lot of mindful planning. We look forward to growing into more forms of being open as we expand our open services and serve you as we move forward. We miss you dearly Portland! We love you more than words can say! We are super excited to have new ways of serving you during hard times and we look forward to creating and doing more.
Stay strong!
Stay healthy!
and Keep Making Lots of Art!
Sincerely,
Prairie Clark
General Manager
5/11/20 We are still offering Curbside pickups ONLY at this time. Utilize our new Curbside Pickup form and we will get you everything you need! This is for art supplies and DIY frame kits or supplies to go. This does not include custom framing but it is where you sign up to be on our waiting list for framing.
We are working REALLY HARD to finalize the things we need to for framing by appointment only. We are getting close to being able to offer that and appreciate your patience with us while we dial the last things in. The best way to get on that list is to sign up to be on a waiting list for custom framing orders. We will be sending the link to make an appointment to all the people on the waiting list FIRST before we open it up to the general public. This is the best way to get in line for custom work to be done. Thank you for your continued patience with us as we navigate all of these new things.
We will NOT be open to the public May 15th as many are asking. We WILL be continuing to offer curbside pickups while our staff comes back to work and we navigate things safely inside as a team first. Thank you for understanding that our goal is to keep all of you, and all of us, as safe and as healthy as possible. What wild strange days we are in... we look forward to getting through them as much as you do. Hope is still not closed here!
All framing is still by appointment only at the annex locations. Schedule and appointment HERE and call the annex if you have any problems.
Thank you for you support during these challenging times. It makes us so humbly grateful every single day. We have not laid off any staff and have kept all of our people. Doing this reduces the ability to have more than 1-2 customers in the store at a time and so we have been focusing on creative things to still keep our doors open and get you the things you need without being open to the public. This is not an easy decision but we feel that during these times it is a top priority to support and keep all of our amazing staff. We can still give you the great service we offer in store in creative new ways. Thank you for hanging in there with us.
Stay strong! Stay healthy!
Keep making lots of art!
We will get through this together friends.
7/12/20 Has it already been a month since my last update here? My how...warped time is lately. No, we are still not open for walk-ins. Yes, we truly hope to be someday again soon. When? we don't have a specific date. That sums up the basics. I apologize for the brief lame summary. See our Instagram page to see product highlights, silly stories, and the most current up to date daily updates.
Curbside pickup of art supplies and DIY frame kits to go Is going great at the Foster Location! We are extending our hours this week as we inch back closer to our "normal" hours. We will even have curbside pickups available on Saturdays-woohoo!
All custom framing Is available by appointment only please see the Book Custom Framing page.
6/6/20 Our Blog has an update letter from the Manager about our shops operations and there is a new post about Custom Framing by appointment only.
6/3/20 We are still offering Curbside Pickups for Art Supplies and it is going really well! We are continuing to bring back our staff and have us all operating safely inside while serving you. If you didn't already know- we have 18 amazing employees. All of which we have kept and are paying during these past few months. This has not been easy but we believe in people over profits and are working very hard to keep doing this even during extremely challenging times.
Your support has meant the world to us and enables us to continue moving forward while we reinvent what things look like here to keep all of us, and all of you safe. While we understand it is frustrating to not be able to meander our aisles of treasures we feel it is important that we dial in all of our ways to adapt and adjust things with the highest level of safety for all of us. We are looking forward to the day we can be open again but we are reinventing our business to maintain not only this closure, but potential future ones as they seem inevitable during these challenging times. We take comfort in knowing that Hope is never closed and that we will all work together to get through this unprecedented time in history.
We are SO EXCITED to finally roll out Custom Framing by appointment only at our new design counter. This is located at our Ash Street location- also known as- our Annex. Please read our guidelines and find a link to Book Custom Framing. We apologize for the delay in getting this out quicker. We have been working so hard to completely redo the layout and flow of both of our stores to accommodate maximum safety for all of our customers and staff. It has been more work than we thought to shift it all to one location and build a new safe design counter. We are so proud of all of our hard work and we can't wait to see you at the design counter! Thank you to all of you that have been patient with us on the waiting list and the many of you that have just waited for this to be live. That day is finally here and we are so thrilled to continue pushing forward as we all navigate this new world together.
We will continue to press onward and dial in our new systems to serve you. We will be making our decision to open over the course of a slow and cautious period of time as we follow all current local city, state, and CDC guidelines for safety during C19. We greatly appreciate your support and patience with us as we choose people over profits and as we carefully look out for all of our amazing employees. We are working hard together to make our shops safely run and mindful of your safety visiting them. We are as bummed as you are not being able to fling open our doors and open. We are planning new systems to sustain us during whatever the next foreseeable future looks like as future closures seem inevitable. We would rather be slow and wise in the reinventing of our business than rush back to normal too soon. The reality is that we have to change our "normal" and that has taken a lot of time and a lot of mindful planning. We look forward to growing into more forms of being open as we expand our open services and serve you as we move forward. We miss you dearly Portland! We love you more than words can say! We are super excited to have new ways of serving you during hard times and we look forward to creating and doing more.
Stay strong!
Stay healthy!
and Keep Making Lots of Art!
Sincerely,
Prairie Clark
General Manager
5/11/20 We are still offering Curbside pickups ONLY at this time. Utilize our new Curbside Pickup form and we will get you everything you need! This is for art supplies and DIY frame kits or supplies to go. This does not include custom framing but it is where you sign up to be on our waiting list for framing.
We are working REALLY HARD to finalize the things we need to for framing by appointment only. We are getting close to being able to offer that and appreciate your patience with us while we dial the last things in. The best way to get on that list is to sign up to be on a waiting list for custom framing orders. We will be sending the link to make an appointment to all the people on the waiting list FIRST before we open it up to the general public. This is the best way to get in line for custom work to be done. Thank you for your continued patience with us as we navigate all of these new things.
We will NOT be open to the public May 15th as many are asking. We WILL be continuing to offer curbside pickups while our staff comes back to work and we navigate things safely inside as a team first. Thank you for understanding that our goal is to keep all of you, and all of us, as safe and as healthy as possible. What wild strange days we are in... we look forward to getting through them as much as you do. Hope is still not closed here!
UPDATE: 4/16/20: SHOP ART SUPPLIES ONLINE
We now have a few art sets available for you to purchase online. Check out what we offer and get it shipped to you or pick it up at our Foster store.
Don't see what you want? Utilize our new Curbside Pickup form and let us know what that is!
Simple Grab-n-Go
No-Contact Art Supply Pick-Ups
We practice safe social distancing, wear gloves, and a mask at all times.
UPDATE 4/8/20: We will continue to do our part keeping Portland Healthy...
We were hoping to open on the 8th as we had originally anticipated. Due to the current "shelter-in-place" orders in Oregon we will have to remain closed to the public. While we don't much like this either it is vitally important that we look out for each other and continue to keep everyone safe. We are anxiously awaiting the other side of these strange days along with you friends....
That all being said... We have been actively working hard these past 3 weeks to adapt and adjust our business so that we can continue to serve you in the same way we have for over 65 years. We cannot wait to be open again someday soon but in the meantime we are offering curbside pickups and hoping to roll out even more things in the coming weeks.
Need Art Supplies? Utilize our new Curbside Pickup form.
Simple no-contact art supply pick-ups that practice safe social distancing!
See our new blog post for more of a detailed update
We miss you Portland!
UPDATE 4/8/20: We will continue to do our part keeping Portland Healthy...
We were hoping to open on the 8th as we had originally anticipated. Due to the current "shelter-in-place" orders in Oregon we will have to remain closed to the public. While we don't much like this either it is vitally important that we look out for each other and continue to keep everyone safe. We are anxiously awaiting the other side of these strange days along with you friends....
That all being said... We have been actively working hard these past 3 weeks to adapt and adjust our business so that we can continue to serve you in the same way we have for over 65 years. We cannot wait to be open again someday soon but in the meantime we are offering curbside pickups and hoping to roll out even more things in the coming weeks.
Need Art Supplies? Utilize our new Curbside Pickup form.
Simple no-contact art supply pick-ups that practice safe social distancing!
See our new blog post for more of a detailed update
We miss you Portland!