The Framers Forum

Arqadia and the Fine Art Trade Guild are once again teaming up to offer four lucky individuals (two in the first round, and two in the second round, which opens in six months) a scholarship which give candidates the opportunity to take their Guild Certified Framer (Accredited Professional Framer) ex...

We never use it. We work on the presumption that if customers are coming to us, they are coming for a proper wood frame. I've seen the look of bewilderment when a customer brings a frame in for repair, it's been bought bespoke with the presumption it's wood, it turns out it's plastic, and they haven...

Hope you have a great time Jo & Alec, it's good to know that between your classes, you'll be helping to represent the Guild on our stand at WCAF.

The Fine Art Trade Guild and Arqadia are pleased to announce that for the second round of the 2016 Arqadia Scholarship programme, 15 people applied. The standard of applications was exceptional. However, only the top two could be successful, and the winners - one who is an existing Guild member - ha...

Hi. Your question is perfectly valid, and not cheeky at all, in fact the answer will be covered in an upcoming article in Art +Framing Today magazine. As is common with most professions which operate Continual Professional Development, to maintain any qualification and designation, you need to remai...

Thanks to everyone who has applied for the Arqadia Scholarship , both through the Forum and through Art +Framing Today magazine. Arqadia have generously agreed to support the scholarship for candidates preparing for the Guild Certified Framer (Accredited Professional Framer) examination: GCF(APF) . ...

The Fine Art Trade Guild and Arqadia are pleased to announce that second round applications for the Arqadia Scholarship will be accepted from 1st September until the closing date of 1st November 2016 . The first round was well oversubscribed. Unsuccessful applicants are welcome to re-apply. It goes ...

The Framing Standards and Qualifications Committee are delighted to announce that the two successful applicants for the Arqadia Scolarship have now been contacted. Unsuccessful applicants will be contacted by e-mail. Ten applications were received, and the successful candidates returned full and det...

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The Guild is pleased to announce that Jo Palmer GCF(APF) has been appointed as Members' Warden - ie a deputy to the Master of the Guild (Chairman). Jo joins the Executive Committee at a time when the Guild has a lot of work to do, and all of her fellow Directors look forward to working with her over...

There are many artist/framers and photographer/framers who use this forum, so the following is relevant to them, and it's also relevant to framers who want to show their artist/photographer clients that they are interested in what they do. Original Art Register from the Fine Art Trade Guild launched...

Given long enough exposure, pastel will be damaged by uv light, as will charcoal and pencil, it just happens to be more robust than some other media (I think because of the pigment), and will take many, many years. Conservation glass would be more for the protection of the paper rather than the past...

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The clue is when they can't get the business name right. How many others here are also 'Business Leader 2016'?

Builds up the anticipation factor Robo

It is a public forum Grays, and it's not exclusive to Guild members. The post was merely to inform Guild members who use the forum that their magazine is due to arrive. As with any other Announcement or post by anyone else, Forum members are perfectly free to read the post - or not.

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Fine Art Trade Guild : Members : Art +Framing Today : June

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Guild members get a copy of Art +Framing Today as part of their membership - non-members can order a copy direct from the Guild Offices - 020 7381 6616

Watch out for your June issue of Art +Framing Today magazine. It'll be dropping through your letterbox sometime soon, and features the Arqadia-AFT Business Promotion Toolkit.

We use 'boosts' as well, and a combination of to 'People who like your page and their friends' as well as more closely targeted ones. We never stop 'preaching to the converted'. Customer retention is paramount - and much cheaper than trying to get a new one. Reminding people of the reason why they c...