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December 9, 2014March 20, 2018

Yes, We Participate in Golden Tickets

For holiday deals, shop local and watch for signs that say "Multnomah Village and Hillsboro Golden Tickets Here"

The Golden Tickets program has become a holiday tradition in Multnomah Village and Hillsdale. It seems like every year more businesses and shoppers are participating and the savings are adding up.

This year, more than 40 local businesses are handing out Golden Tickets and offering special savings when you bring in a ticket. Present a Golden Ticket at Village Frame & Gallery between now and December 31st and we’ll give you 10% off your purchases. Buy from us, and you’ll leave with another Golden Ticket you can use at any of these business:

Multnomah Village Businesses Participating in 2014 Golden Tickets:

2014 Golden Ticket poster — Click to enlarge

Action Fast Photo
Annastasia Salon
Anne Bocci
Annie Bloom’s Books
Craft Factory
David Klick, LMT
Fusion Modern Organic Salon
Healthy Pets Northwest
Indigo Traders
Jacqueline’s Found & Fabulous
Jones & Jones Jewelers
Jules of Morocco Clothing
Little Shop of Drawers
Maggie’s Boutique
Mary Truitt’s Antiques
Multnomah Antiques
Multnomah Family Care Center
Multnomah Village Dental
Northwest Wools
Peachtree Gifts
Peggy Sundays
Switch Shoes & Clothing
Thinker Toys
Topanian Global Gifts
Village Beads
Village Family Dental
Village Frame & Gallery

Hillsdale Business Participating in 2014 Golden Tickets:

Baker & Spice Cakery
Hair Color Salon Dirk
Hillsdale Art Supply
Hillsdale Veterinary Hospital
Indigo Traders
Other World Games
Paint Pots Ceramic Studio
Paloma Clothing
Portland European Facials
The UPS Store

Restaurants Participating in 2014 Golden Tickets:

Down to Earth Cafe
GiGi’s Cafe
Grand Central Baking
Hattie’s Sweet Shop
Maplewood Coffee & Tea
Marco’s Cafe
Medley
Nectar
O’Connors
Otto & Anita’s
Renner’s Grill
Salvador Molly’s
Sasquatch Brewing
Sip D’Vine
Verde Cocina

Stay Up-to-Date on the Savings

Follow the Multnomah Business Association Facebook page for updates on special offers.

December 2, 2014March 20, 2018

Seasons Greetings from Village Frame & Gallery

Drawing of Village Frame & Gallery custom picture frame shop and art gallery during Christmas shopping season.

During the holiday season, we reflect on the good people who surround us and make our lives better. At Village Frame & Gallery, we appreciate our friends, customers, and neighbors, who make living and working in Multnomah Village so satisfying. Thank you for supporting our business.

We wish you and your loved ones peace and contentment during this season and throughout the coming year.

November 27, 2014March 20, 2018

Happy Thanksgiving

November 17, 2014March 20, 2018

3 Unique Holiday Gift Ideas

Shadow box with two antique photos of a woman and a pocket watch

Know what you’re getting everyone for the holidays? No? Here are a few ideas your loved ones won’t have seen at every store in the mall:

A Piece of History Preserved

Rescue beloved keepsakes from their dusty boxes and turn them into a artful display that will be cherished by your loved one and eventually handed down to children and grandchildren. Conservation framing ensures heirloom pieces will last for generations.

Art from Their Wish List

Mixed media image of nude woman kneeling and leaning forward, a cloth covers her entire head. — Searching in the Dark by Farooq Hassan

We all love someone who rarely spends money on themselves. Usually, these are the people who are most generous with others. This year, treat the giver in your life to a piece of art he or she has been wanting, but has put off purchasing.

Framed Photo Stories

Shadow box filled with college memorabilia and photos — University Days

Commemorate a season in your loved one’s life with a framed collage of memorabilia that tells a story. A little slice of “This is Your Life,” this gift is an excellent way to express how important someone is to you.

For expert help with these gift ideas, visit Village Frame & Gallery right away–like us, the holidays are right around the corner!

November 13, 2014March 20, 2018

Golden Tickets, Little Boxes, and Big Savings

3 Ways to Avoid Mall Traffic and Save

Smart holiday shoppers are heading to Multnomah Village, starting this weekend! Want to have fun, support local businesses, and save on unique gifts? You need to know about:

1. Golden Tickets

Shop in Multnomah Village and Hillsdale to collect Golden Tickets that qualify you for special savings at more than 40 participating businesses. This year, Village Frame & Gallery is offering 10% off when you present a Golden Ticket. Buy from our shop and get a Golden Ticket you can use at neighboring businesses. The more you shop locally between November 15th and December 31st, the more you save! Watch the Multnomah Village Business Association webpage and Facebook page to stay up-to-date on specials throughout the season.

2. Little Boxes

Shop locally on Black Friday and Small Business Saturday for savings and the chance to win prizes at participating Little Boxes stores. Friday, November 28th and Saturday, November 29th, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., shoppers can get 10% off plus be entered to win shopping sprees, an iPad, gift certificates, and more. If you have an iPhone, download the Little Boxes App to play along digitally. If you don’t have an iPhone, no problem. Stop by Village Frame & Gallery to pick up a Little Boxes Passport. Every time you visit a participating merchant, you will be entered into the Little Boxes raffle, and there is no limit to the number of times you can enter. Earn bonus raffle entries when you make purchases during event and unlock 10% savings at the next Little Boxes merchant you buy from. All the details, and the iPhone app, are at the Little Boxes website.

3. Ready-Made Frames and Gifts from Village Frame & Gallery

The possibilities are nearly endless and the savings are built-in when you purchase high-quality ready-made frames from Village Frame & Gallery. We also have unique gifts from local artists, 50% off select mirrors, and lots of great ideas to help you please everyone on your list while supporting the local art and small business community.

Need something custom framed? Make sure your project will be gift-wrap-ready in time by bringing it in today!

November 5, 2014May 11, 2018

Featured Artist Farooq Hassan

Artist Farooq Hassan in front of one of his paintings

November 7th is First Friday with Farooq Hassan

“Colors are like music … there are many tones. I’m like a composer who writes a piece of music. There is harmony and contrast. When I see an empty space, I put something to cover that emptiness.”

–Farooq Hassan

Artist’s Bio

Hassan spent his youth in crowded cafes and on the docks in Iraq, striving to capture on paper the colorful scenes playing out before his eyes. He disciplined himself to not lift his pencil from the paper, but instead to draw a person with a single line.

As a young man, he taught high school. “We did our best to create art, not politics,” Hassan recalls. He also collected stamps, a hobby that eventually led to an unusual and satisfying outcome–he ended up designing more than 75 commemorative postage stamps for the Iraqi postal service.

For 50 years he built his standing as an artist. His work was exhibited in London, Amman, Basrah, and Baghdad. In Iraq, he was considered a national treasure. Then, politics changed his life forever.

Between 1980 and 1991 Hassan moved 22 times, always one step ahead of political strife in Bagdad. After the Iran-Iraq war ended and the first U.S. Gulf war resulted in sanctions, times were hard and dangerous, and yet, it was a time when art began to flourish again. Hassan devoted himself full-time to his paintings.

Life in Iraq was especially perilous for his daughter, Dalia, a reporter for the Washington Post and translator for the American and NATO forces. She took an opportunity to immigrate to the U.S. and encouraged her mother and father to follow her.

In 2010, Hassan and his wife, Haifa, joined their daughter in Portland, Oregon. Hassan was 71 years old and he had lost everything: his reputation as a master artist, the paintings he had created in Iraq, and his home. So, he set about renewing himself through painting.

Hassan is currently represented by galleries in Iraq, Jordan, and in Portland, The Geezer Gallery. This month, Village Frame & Gallery is proud to exhibit the work of Farooq Hassan. Join us Friday, November 7th for our First Friday reception, 6 p.m. – 9 p.m. to see Hassan’s work for yourself and meet the artist. In addition, local jewelry artist Susan Koch will be showing a selection of her bead designs.

Sample Works by Farooq Hassan

Mixed media painting of woman sleeping — A Dream

Mixed media painting of two women sitting side by side — Silence

Mixed media painting of two women. Their right hands are on their heads and they are looking into the distance. — Deep Thinking

Mixed media painting of men and women writhing in agony. — Suffer, Torn by Farooq Hassan

Mixed media painting of man and woman curled forward as if suffering — Pain

October 27, 2014March 20, 2018

It’s Almost Trick or Treat Time in Multnomah Village!

Illustration of Multomah Village shops surrounded by bats, jack-o-lanterns, and a witch flying overhead.

Spend Halloween in the Village for a Spooktacular Good Time!

It’s that time of year again! Bring your ghosts and goblins to trick or treat in Multnomah Village this Friday. The fun starts at Starbucks, winds around the Village–through Village Frame & Gallery, of course–and finishes up at Dr. Jensen’s office. Along the way, there are lots of fun things to do and 1000s of trick-or-treaters in costume. This has become a major annual event in our neighborhood, so we hope to see you there this year!

Will we recognize you? What are you dressing up as this year? Tell us in the comments section or on our Facebook page. Better yet, post a picture of you in your costume!

More details on Halloween 2014 in Multnomah Village:

October 18, 2014March 20, 2018

Featured Artist Jerry Hammel

Illustration of distinguished gentleman in turtleneck, smoking a pipe

The Man Behind the Brush

by Susie Hammel

Jerry Hammel was a very quiet, sensitive and unique man who had style, panache, talent and humor. And through his paintings he spoke. Being an artist was one of the things that gave him happiness and allowed him the freedom to do as he enjoyed.

He started his career as a graphic designer and a commercial artist, but his real loves were his paintings and sketches. Oh, how he enjoyed drawing curvaceous bodies, doing the makeup, clothes and all the details that made “his ladies” original and beautiful. There were some full of humor, some caricatures, some serious and some whimsical. He was able to blend his rich talent between Art Deco and Victorian.

The vibrant colors and the graphic designs of the people he illustrated speak to the complexities of his life made simple in line, form, elegance and strength. He had high expectations of himself and saw no shades of grey. Although Jerry’s art was filled with color, he lived in a world of black and white; Jerry was a perfectionist. Those who knew Jerry admired his creativity, his artistic expressions and his gifted, multi-faceted nature. He never was able to value the uniqueness others saw in him. Others saw what Jerry could not appreciate in himself.

Jerry always needed paper to be available so that he could sketch whatever caught his eye – even when away from “his board”. At restaurants he would sketch on a dinner napkin. He had excellent taste in clothes. He wore a “Greek” cap, smoked a pipe, wore ascots, French cuff shirts, beautiful cuff links – and – never wore jeans.

As you see his paintings, you will find him to be very sensitive and tender, with the heart and soul of an artist.

See Jerry Hammel’s Work in Person at Village Frame & Gallery

If you haven’t had a chance to see this show, make time before the end of October. This is a large exhibit, but several pieces have already found their forever homes. In the meantime, here are a few pieces that illustrate why Hammel’s work is so popular with those who have seen it:

Colorful illustration of Victorian era couple dressed for an afternoon out — The Pattersons Esquire

Colorful illustration of two sophisticated older women — The Fabulous Tilly Sisters

Colorful illustration of serious man in Victorian era costume — The Earl

Illustration of dancing couple — The Count and Tessa Essa

Illustration of man dancing with woman — Tango with Patsy

Illustration of two women — Sabine and Sabrina

Illustration of blonde mermaid before Japanese-style wave — Mermaid

Illustration of older Victorian-era woman — Matriarch

Illustration of well-to-do couple in evening dress — Kiki and Stuart

Illustration of couple kissing under apple tree — Karla and Steve

Illustration of wealthy flapper — Josephina

Illustration of dancing African-American couple — Jackie and Wayne

Illustration of one woman comforting another — It’s ok, Trudy.

Illustration of man and woman in stylish dress — Nan and Wesley

Illustration of man and woman at sunny resort — Elise and Murry

Side-by-side illustrations of older woman and couple having a romance — Dalliance

Illustration of two voluptuous women — Carol and Gloria Jean

Illustration of middle-aged couple in evening attire — Bill and Lois by Jerry Hammel

Colorful illustration of blonde woman in floral pants. — Sissy

We Have More Jerry Hammel Artwork at the Gallery Right Now

Photograph of gallery wall showing large number of Jerry Hammel's works — Hammel Exhibit

September 30, 2014March 20, 2018

Whimsy Meets Style This Week

Poster of illustrations: 2 colorful women, a distinguished gentleman smoking a pipe, and a self-portrait that looks like bubbles

Please Join Us for a Special Viewing of the Artwork of Jerry Hammel Tomorrow Night

Reception 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm, October 1, 2014

Village Frame & Gallery in Multnomah Village

This is the first time anywhere Jerry Hammel’s artwork is being exhibited. Come see it for yourself and learn more about Hammel’s life and art.

Can’t make it Wednesday night? October 3rd is First Friday and we’ll be here–with mirrors 50% off!

September 22, 2014March 20, 2018

Save the Date: Special Event October 1st at Village Frame

Whimsy Meets Style: The paintings of Jerry Hammel

October 1, 2914 ~ Reception 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm

Jerry Hammel was a long-time resident of Hillsdale, one of those old school graphic designers who never used a computer. He passed away five years ago, never having shown his work publicly. So, for the first time anywhere, Village Frame & Gallery has the honor of exhibiting Jerry’s observational, playful, stylistic art. Please mark your calendars and plan to join us.