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So, we are kicking off our biannual Madness sale tomorrow at 10AM. I’ve gotten a question or two about it, mainly why should I come tomorrow. Why not any other time, I do get the coupons and all. The answer is easy, for me at least - FREE coffee & food in the morning and FREE pizza in the evening. Also, we are RAFFLING AWAY MERCHANDISE to some lucky individuals. Not just any, merchandise, quality Utrecht Merchandise. We’ve put a bunch of stuff in some bags and we are giving them to people tomorrow night. All you have to do is come by, put your name in the box and be here from 6-9PM. What else you humbly ask? Demonstrations will be going on from 1PM until 4PM and then the main event is from 5-9PM, Our “Paint-Out Competition. We asked art students from all over the city to come to our store for 4 hours and paint a picture for the chance to win a $300 Utrecht Gift Card. Come just to watch the live painting - anything goes. Here’s a sneak peak at all that’s being given away tomorrow…

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1. (n) An event in which students from local art schools compete for gift cards and prizes.
a. “Are you going to the Paint-Out this Saturday January 28th at Utrecht?”
2. (v) The removing of paint from clothing, food, drink, or any other surface.
a. “Dude, are you gonna get that Paint-out of your pizza before you eat it?”

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GOLDEN LECTURE: Innovations in Acrylic this Saturday January 28, 2012 from 1-3:30PM

Discover the infinite & brilliant versatility of acrylics!

Barbara De Pirro will sift through a mountain of valuable information, guiding you through the basics, while opening up new possibilities. Get a grasp on the many gels, mediums, grounds and how they can change the texture, saturation and intensity of your work. Gain an understanding of how to extend the wet time of acrylics, facilitating blending, shading, glazing and fine detail. Whatever your approach as an artist, this lecture will offer the technical knowledge to support your concepts. FREE Literature and samples…plus, get your questions answered.

Space is limited. Please call 206-382-9696 to reserve a spot for this great demo!

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Utrecht Seattle

n.
1. The quality or condition of being insane. See Synonyms at insanity.
2. Great folly: It was sheer madness to attempt the drive during a blizzard.
3. Fury; rage.
4. Enthusiasm; excitement.

This October past we hosted an event that was mad. Mad with excitement. Mad with enthusiasm. At first we had trouble explaining our idea, or getting anyone to really think about it. We e-mailed, called, and showed up unannounced. You see, we were so excited about the possibilities, we just couldn’t keep it to ourselves. Our brain child, if you will, was to create a Battle Royale of Painting. One student, sometimes more, from each of Seattle’s Colleges and Universities were invited to the store to compete for four grueling hours in a “Paint-Off”. 10 students competed in October for the grand prize - a $300 Utrecht Gift Card. But don’t think that that is all. No, not by a long shot. Utrecht also provided all the materials too. Brushes, paint, canvas, medium, easels, and space. If you needed it for your painting we gave it to you.
But lets not forget that this was also an all-day affair. Breakfast was served at 9AM - coffee, juice, muffins, cinnamon rolls, and bagels. We had demos all day starting with an Urban Art spray paint demo at 10AM, moving into an Acrylic paint demo from Golden representative Barbara De Pirro at Noon, and right before the main event an oil paint demo by Hulan Fleming at 2PM. Dinner was speedily delivered from Zeek’s at 5PM.

Then at 5, the battle commenced. 10 students crammed into our store painting and eating pizza for hours at a time. When it came down to the winner, it was a three-way tie. What did we do? Pick the winner? No. We let the tied incumbents decide. Do you want to recast the votes amungst the three finalists, or do you want to split the $300 among each of you?
“Split” they said.
“Are you sure?” We asked
“Yes”

In the end all that mattered was that the students got to eat and chat with their contemporaries and peers, while we got to watch, yes watch, so many creative people accomplish some amazing paintings. All in the span of 4 hours. Be on the look out for the next installment…

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Saturday January 28, 2012 from 1-3:30PM. Join us for a demonstration from our Golden Rep Barbara DePirro. Barbara will be talking about all things Golden, so come prepared to learn a lot about the acrylic paint and medium giant. I’d say bring a journal, but we do have some here you can purchase if only to remind yourself about the great time you had while here. We look forward to seeing you here!

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If you are like me, who took painting in college, you had to learn how to stretch a canvas. Perhaps you still stretch your own canvases.

That being said we are proud to offer a canvas stretching demo on Friday January 13th 2012 from 1-3pm. You’ll learn the basics of assembly, stretching, and priming. You may even learn something new or maybe you’ll just be inspired to start stretching your own canvases again. This demo is open to all and is absolutely free.

Your instructor for the demo will be non-other than Krisna Schumann, one of our great and knowledgeable staff members, who also happens to be a current University of Washington Painting student.

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Utrecht Seattle

Every so often you find yourself a little shaggy, a little mangy, or a little disheveled. I know I have. What do we do when we find ourselves in this condition? We redesign ourselves into a newly minted, crisp, and confident individual. We here at Utrecht Art Supplies were feeling that particular vibe from our website. So we redesigned it and made it easier to use, which gives us more confidence in helping to find exactly what YOU are looking for. But don’t take my word for it, check it out for youself - http://www.utrechtart.com/.

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Utrecht Seattle

It’s January and that means school is starting up again. We’ve spent years working with local schools and getting class lists together so we stock and have on-hand exactly what you need for class. Even if you’re carrying over everything you bought for last semester, we have that little extra that you need to pick up for this semester, because you know professors can’t just keep the same lists - even from semester to semester. We guarantee that we are the best, most knowledgeable, and cheapest source for art materials in Seattle. So come in and save with Utrecht, You won’t be disappointed.

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This amazing In Store Sale runs through the 30th!

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Shop our after-holiday sale in-store, of course! We are offering quite the unique sale this week starting Wednesday 12/28/2011. Buy any Utrecht branded item and receive the second Utrecht branded item 50% OFF! I don’t know may places that can or would run this kind of sale. We just know how great our brand is and we know that if you haven’t already tried it you will too. Of course there are some exclusions, as always. Our furniture and our “Best Buys” are not apart of this promotion, and as a part of all these sales the second item must be of equal or lesser value. Like all truly great promotions there is a way around this exception conundrum. Use your “Best Buy” and/or furniture as your full price item and get your other - non best buy and non furniture - item 50% off.

This promotion starts Wednesday and ends on FRIDAY! December 28th -December 30th 2011./