The UK Dentistry Class Composite Projext

Before: The College of Dentistry has displayed the class composites from 1966 to current. However the framing practices back in the day exhibited the worst of the worst from a conservation standpoint. We are redoing them to give them a fresher look and hopefully slow down the damage from acid, UV light and outdated styles! BEFORE: Silver metal frames, Faded blue mat with silver accent, cardboard backing, masking tape and plain glass. The pictures are fading and falling down. Glass is so hazy you can't read the names. AFTER: Black Wood with blue and black accent mats. A very simple but fresh look for the College.

The night before Thanksgiving was a crazy time to work, however, in this busy clinic it was a good time to get out the ol' hammer drill and get things done! Thanks UK College of Dentistry for the opportunity to work with you on this worthwhile project!

We Swept the Competition!

The Kentucky/Tennessee Chapter of the Professional Picture Framers Association held their annual framing competition in October in Lexington, KY. South Hill Gallery entered both the Print and Open Framing Competition and won FIRST PLACE in both categories! We were also honored to win the Popular Choice vote and a Judges Award for our Open Framing entry as well. The competition was held at Joseph Beth Booksellers and the pieces were on public display for their patrons to view and cast votes for Popular Choice.

Displayed above are our ribbons, as we cannot post pictures of the pieces themselves until after the International Competition, which will be held in February, 2010 in Anaheim, CA. However, if you come by South Hill Gallery you can see the pieces on display and have your framing projects completed by a frame shop that truly has "Award Winning" frame designers!

Museum Glass Feeds America!

Did you know that 1 in 8 Americans are facing hunger?

Come by South Hill Gallery from now until February 28, 2010 and get a free

Tru Vue Museum Glass® Feeds America

"Scratch, Give and Win" Card.

Each card offers cash prizes or discount certificates to winners, and Tru Vue will match every cash prize with an equal donation to Feeding America (formerly named Americas Second Harvest), the nation's largest domestic hunger-relief charity. Mailed in non-cash prize cards are matched with a $5 donation to Feeding America. That means that each redeemed card will at least provide 35 meals to those Americans in need!For more information see http://www.feedingamerica.org/.

Building A Beautiful Frame Job

We recently sold a client a lovely piece of original art by Cheryl Martin called "Making Memories II" that was a transitional piece featuring simple green trees. The frame design included a wonderful hand waxed wooden Romaframe with an expresso brown finish, a hand wrapped silk liner and a wonderful wood fillet next to the art.
Mike painstakingly joined the frame, Rickelle cut and joined the fillet into the liner and the art was fitted into the package. The result was a lovely piece of art in a custom designed package that would grace any space!

Buy Local Fair, Oct 1st @ Thursday Night Live

Friends of Local First Lexington,

Please join us on Thursday, Oct. 1 for our first Buy Local Fair, from 5-8 p.m. at Cheapside Park in downtown Lexington. This event is being held in conjunction with the weekly Thursday Night Live series and will feature all the food, drink and fun that you've come to expect at TNL plus lots more!
Our Buy Local Fair will be a great opportunity to meet dozens of Local First member businesses and learn more about how supporting our home-grown businesses makes Lexington a better place.
Look for plenty of special offers, and there will be giveaways and door prizes too! South Hill Gallery will be giving away a gift certificate for custom framing and will be displaying a large new shipment of Go Go jewelry, ordered especially for this event.
Best of all, at 7 p.m. you can enjoy a special performance by Lexington's very own award-winning March Madness Marching Band!
This is going to be fun event and we hope to see everyone there!

A Night At the Governors Mansion

Pictured at right below: Mike Drury, First Lady, Jane and Governor Steven Beshear. On the left is Susanne Drury Grable with Mike. We worked with Susanne on the room that was her project in framing of the art.

We were honored to be invited to a reception at the Governor's Mansion on Tuesday, August 25th. All the vendors who participated in the renovation of the Lt. Governors Mansion project were invited. We only had a very small part, but were privileged to be part of the festivities. This is an incredible project involving over 800 vendors from across the commonwealth. The mansion was renovated all by donations of time, goods and services without using one single dollar of tax payers money!
Susanne Drury Grable....she may be our long lost cousin!

Here is a view of the Mansion after dark:


There is a lovely garden and patio that overlooks the river at the back of the mansion.


We enjoyed seeing many beautiful original works of art, including several famous works by Paul Sawyier:

One of the best events of the evening was Mike reuniting with Steve Collins, son of former Governor Martha Layne Collins. The Collins family was next door neighbors of the Drurys when all the kids were young. Steve had many fun memories of Sunday School events with Mike's Grandmother Drury and even recalled going to some campaign events in Sunfish, Kentucky-which was the alma mater (grade school, that is) of the Tomes family back in Edmonson County! Now Mike knows that Sunfish really existed and my cheers about being a "Sunfish Perch" were not made up!

What a fun night for the Drury's!

Rickelle Nelson wins Popular Choice Award at Freedom Fest

Marilyn Sadler presents Rickelle Nelson
with the2009 Freedom Fest Popular Choice Award

Rickelle Nelson, resident artist and frame designer at South Hill Gallery was presented with the Popular Choice Award for her art project that was part of the Woodford County Humane Society's 2009 Freedom Fest. Artists were invited to create a piece of original art after having the opportunity to visit scenic Pin Oak Farm and offer them for auction. Guests were given the opportunity to vote for the popular choice among the artists submissions and this year there was a three way tie, with Rickelle deservedly being one of the winners.

South Hill Gallery was also honored to donate a framed halter worn by Rachel Alexander, the filly that everyone loves to watch run! This framed piece sold for just over $1,500.00 at auction. We understand that over 90% of the money raised during the week long Freedom Fest event goes toward the care of animals. The Woodford County Humane Society is a wonderfully run organization with legions of great volunteers.
Congratulations to Rickelle!