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Warehouse Staff

Opus’ warehouse is the dynamic hub of the company — the central location where we receive products from around the world and then send them out to our five stores, to schools, to businesses and our mail order customers across the country. It is a fast-paced environment where common sense and being open to learning new things is a daily requirement. This is definitely a good place to be if you like to get a daily cardio workout and take pride in doing things right....Read more

Application Deadline: 
September 10, 2010 - 9:00pm

Artograph LED 200 Digital Art Projector

Artograph LED 200 Digital Art Projector

Don Dow of Artograph shows some of the amazing features of the new Digital Art Projector LED200 at the NAMTA 2010 Trade Show....Read more

How to Use Opus Metal Exhibition Frames

Ruth from Opus' Inside Sales demonstrates the simplicity of assembling an Opus Exhibition Frame, using Chai Mats and a postcard. This video uses captions only; there is no sound....Read more

Selling in the US Made Easy

"Making it" in the United States has always been a kind of ultimate test for many professionals including visual artists, but the process of setting up your practice to accommodate international sales prevents many Canadian visual artists from even considering entering one of the word’s great marketplaces. The biggest obstacles to participating in the US marketplace, however, come from perceived challenges rather than real ones—plus the bad word of mouth about the process from those who attempt it without doing the proper preparatory work....Read more

Copic Marker Refills

Extend the life of your markers! Suzanne at Opus Downtown fills you in on how to refill your COPIC Sketch markers....Read more

Three Career Concerns

Stories and Value
Stories are so important. We entertain each other with them; our values and history are celebrated in historical myths and legends and they are an extremely powerful component of effective teaching. The value of narrative for visual artists is a critical part of every course, workshop and speech I make about visual art marketing and career development....Read more

Clash of the (Cultural) Titans

When you say "real estate" in Vancouver, two names that come immediately to mind (especially for those of us in the visual arts) are Michael Audain and Bob Rennie. Michael Audain is CEO of Polygon Homes; his firm builds (and sells) homes. Bob Rennie is Executive Director of Rennie Marketing Systems; he is the pre-eminent marketer of real estate....Read more

Creating an Art News Community Profile

Your Art News Community Profile (what we call your "Art News login") allows you to post Art News and to keep track of the comments and posts you've made on our site. In the future, we hope to introduce more ways to help you stay connected and informed through our website. ...Read more

You can now post Art News!

Yes it's true - no more emailing us, or using our old submit form. By creating an Art News Community Profile with us, you gain access to some new abilities to interact with our website. One of those abilities is posting Art News. Here's how you do it....Read more

Adding Watercolour Paints to your digital print

Suzanne adds watercolour paints to her digital print printed on fine art paper – you can choose from printing on Canson or Moab fine art papers. Once the print is dry, add more depth to add by painting on your print with watercolours, inks, acrylics or even gouache. The possibilities are endless!