Hold to your hats folks because the interview you've all been waiting for has finaly happened.  Everyones favorite Frame Center framer, the master of mats, the sultan of sewing, the dynamic drymounter, Mark Slaven has sat down with us to speak about his new Show in our very own Frame Center Gallery.  A joint show featuring pieces of Marks and his wife Patrica Walsh with the theme of Movement!

   Listen in as Mark explains his process for creating his unique walmounted sculptural pieces, how long it's been since he had been able to make anything, and how his pieces play off his wifes photography and creates a terrific gallery experience.  

Welcome to the first episode in a new series where Dave sits and speaks with Artists and Collectors on the South Shore delving deep into the stories behind their Artwork.  In this first episode we sit with Sean Goss, Photographer and Owner of Goss Photo in Hanover Massachusetts.  We'll discuss a few of Sean's pieces and learn what he likes to capture through his lens, as well as what it takes to edit, print, and frame them.   Sean's knowledge of camera's and what they can acomplish is clearly defined in this interview, you won't want to miss listening this episode of "Stories Behind the Frames"

Back on the Frame Center Podcast with Melissa from Hale Bone Broth - our conversation centered around small businesses and the fantastic vendors featured at the Hanover Farmers Market.  Tune in for insight on the local farmers market scene and get ready to support your community! Check out the market June 18th, 11am-2pm at Hanover High School.  https://thehanoverfarmersmarket.com/

   This week we had our first ever group discussion, with 5 members of the 4th Floor Artist Inc.  Sitting down with us today is the current president of the 4th Floor Artists, Rob Lynch, along with Darlene Bradley, Drew Gaffney, Brian Adgate, and Jill Gallant-Shaw.  We cover several topics during our discussion but the main reason for their visit is to promote the upcoming 30th Anniversary and their Open Studios this weekend on April 29th and 30th at the Sand Paper Factory in Rockland MA.  We get some insights into what materials and mediums each of the artists works in as well as some of their personal thoughts into their processes.  Hopefully this will be the first of many visits from the 4th Floor Artist and we'll get to speak with them again.

    In this episode we get to sit down with Kaitlyn Litchfield, a local photographer.  Listen as we discuss her first interactions with Dave at the Frame Center during a very troubling time in most peoples lives.  We'll also go into depth with her process and changes that came about do to Covid and how a usually competitive market became a network of allies.  All that and more in todays episode of The Frame Center Podcast.  

    Well this is exciting, our first ever recorded full episode outside of the studio!  We had the honor of being invited to record with a good friend of ours Kjeld Mahoney at his gallery, soon to be renamed "After Glow", and see all the changes he's recently made there.  Listen now as we talk about how he got his start in photography, the challenges of those early jobs, and how he's continue to evolve his buisness and do what he truly loves to do.

   In todays session we met with Amber Waterhouse, Artist and the owner of Waterhouse, a shop located in Hingham Center specilizing in art and antiques.  While chatting we discuss the uniques aspects of owning and operating her buisness, the benefits and struggles that come with it, some of her favorite artists, and her view on the art community on the South Shore.

     This week we had a quick sitdown with Nate Nottingham, Art Teacher at Norwell High School.  We discussed topics that ranged from his current work with his students, their program for the AP students, and their show at the James Library.  His own struggles with how he see's himself as an artist and his struggle to not be identified as only a certain type of artist was an interesting subject that I'm sure most of our fellow artists feel a connection too.  Sitback, Listen, and try to remember what it was like being a student and how most of us wish we could have a teacher as great as Nate.

In today's episode we sit down and talk with Local Artist Laura Jennings.  Laura has been long time customer of the Frame Center and works with several of the Local Art Societies and Support Groups along the South Shore.  As an extra bonus you'll be able to hear both Dave and Laura's experience at being on Channel 5's Show Chronicle, how were each involved?  Well, you'll just have to listen to find out.