Back Bay Artist's Paintings Displayed at Art and Frame Emporium

The exhibit runs until May 10.

The Art and Frame Emporium's newest exhibit features 12 paintings by Back Bay artist Jordan Montgomery. Montgomery said the paintings represent some of her work over the past seven years. Montgomery said she assembled the exhibit after an Emporium employee urged her to sell her art at the store. Montgomery had stopped in with of her paintings for her boyfriend's mother for Christmas. She returned two to three weeks later with more of her work, and was invited to do a show. "I wanted to get my artwork out there and get a little bit of practice in as far as having a show," she said. The exhibit runs April 10 to May 10. Some of Montgomery's work will remain displayed at the shop beyond that, owner Ed Turner said. Sarah Utka will be the …

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Marathon-Themed Art Show Starts

'Art of the Marathon' opened Sunday.

A sign of the Boston Marathon arrived in Westborough on Sunday. The "Art of the Marathon" poster and sculpture exhibit opened in the Tatnuck Bookseller's event room. The show features about 12 Boston Marathon posters from former Marathon director, and Hopkinton resident, Tim Kilduff’s collection; Marathon-themed sculptures by Michael Alfano; and a painting of Dick and Rick Hoyt by Hopkinton resident Dustin Neece. The Art and Frame Emporium is sponsoring the exhibit, which runs through April 28.

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Will Town Become a Boston Marathon Venue?

A poster and sculpture exhibit opens Sunday.

Although the Boston Marathon doesn’t run through Westborough, Ed Turner wants to put the town on the event’s map. Starting with a Boston Marathon-themed framed poster and bronze sculpture exhibit opening Sunday. The display of about 12 of former Marathon director, and Hopkinton resident, Tim Kilduff’s “past many years of Marathon posters,” and Marathon-themed sculptures by Michael Alfano, runs at the Tatnuck Bookseller throughout April, says Turner, who owns the Art and Frame Emporium. Both shops are in the Westborough Shopping Center, at the intersection of Lyman Street and Route 9. The opening reception for "Art of the Marathon" is from noon to 3 p.m. Sunday at Tatnuck. Turner says he sees Westborough as “a venue that really hasn’t been …

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Letter to the Editor

Letter: Business Owner Plans Art Project

Art and Frame Emporium wants to display art in empty storefronts.

To the Editor: My name is Edward Turner. I am a professional artist and a new store owner. I own the Art and Frame Emporium in Westborough and I have, as a profession, illustrated for over 25 years now.    I am working close with the landlord to create a unique show for this spring. I am in charge of a small number of unrented storefronts in our mall. I am now looking to enhance the storefronts with original art.   This is where you step in. Are you interested in showing your work with my help in hopes to sell it? This is the event. It's title will be "Art and The Marathon." The committee from Hopkinton (the town that has the marathon starting line) is working with me to create a venue for this. It is coming up in April.   I plan on …

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Resident's Landscape Art Visits New Locale

Ella Delyanis has an exhibit at the Art and Frame Emporium for the first time.

Art admirers have seen Westborough resident Ella Delyanis' landcapes in a new locale this month. The Art and Frame Emporium is displaying Delyanis' work in September for the first time, she says. The Westborough Shopping Center shop has 22 of the paintings displayed. Eight of those are in the former Dress Barn windows. "I'm always looking around for new outlets," says Delyanis, a Worcester Art Museum faculty member. Delyanis says she has painted landscapes for a long time, starting with "fairly abstract landscapes" during the mid-1970s. She then "worked my way back to a more realistic style." "My art education was very traditional, very focused on drawings and design. That was all from the human figure," Delyanis says.   "But I eventually …

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Empty Store Showcases Extraordinary Local Talent

Paintings from gifted artist are featured in window display at what was once Dress Barn.

  Run (or drive)—do not walk—to the former site of Dress Barn in the Westborough Shopping Plaza off Lyman Street. Displayed in the window are six large-scale oil canvases by Hopkinton's 28-year-old Dustin Neece, who one day may be a famous artist. That's what Ed Turner, owner of the Art and Frame Emporium thinks. Neece already tasted fame. When he was in high school, his painting The Bowler was hung in the Corcoran Gallery of Art (Washington, DC) when it won the nation’s top student prize (Scholastic Art Award). Some of Neece's art will also be displayed at the Art and Frame Emporium. The exhibit will run through May 24, but may go longer. A small reception was held at the Emporium on Thursday, May 3 to launch this project. Turner said, "…

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Art Festival to Offer Cash Prize

The Westborough Cultural Council will present $100 to the winner of the "People's Choice" award at the Arts in Common festival.

The Westborough Cultural Council, currently seeking artists for its third annual Arts in Common festival, will present a $100 cash prize to the winner of the People’s Choice award. The award was donated by Ed Turner, proprietor of The Art and Frame Emporium. This is the first year that that a prize will be offered at the event. Arts in Common is scheduled to take place at the Bay State Commons and Green on Saturday, Oct. 1 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The festival will feature music, arts, crafts, dance, food, family fun and activities for children throughout the day. The previous two festivals drew hundreds of people. The next festival is expected to be larger. The event is supported in part by founding sponsors Roche Bros., Amica Insurance, …

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