Jonathons Wins!

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Jonathon Bancroft-Snell Gallery Wins a NICHE Top Retailer Award

Ceramics Gallery Earns Award for Promotions

BALTIMORE, Md. (Sept.1, 2010) – For its use of video to promote its artists, the Jonathon Bancroft-Snell Gallery of London, Ontario, Canada, has won the NICHE 2010 Top Retailer Award for Best Advertising or Promotions. 

      The gallery, which bills itself as a “mecca for ceramic collectors in Canada,” has developed a series of video interviews with artists and a videotaped customer newsletter.  

      Posted on YouTube, the video newsletter reflects the personality of Jonathon Bancroft-Snell and the educational mission of his namesake gallery. 

      A recent video newsletter features Bancroft-Snell talking about “Upstarts,” a major exhibition  highlighting the groundbreaking work of Canadian ceramic artists born before 1940.  

      The interview videos provide engaging profiles of artists showcased in the gallery.  

      To see the videos, visit the gallery’s website at www.jonathons.ca and click the word “media.”

      The NICHE Top Retailer Award program is sponsored by NICHE, the exclusive trade magazine for retailers of fine craft. The award program annually recognizes retailers for their efforts to promote fine crafts made by U.S. and Canadian artists, to nuture and mentor artists, and to engage in fair business practices. For a complete list of the 2010 winners, see www.nichemagazine.com. 

        

About NICHE magazine

NICHE magazine (www.nichemagazine.com) is published by The Rosen Group, a Baltimore-based arts marketing, publishing and advocacy firm. The Rosen Group also publishes AmericanStyle magazine (www.AmericanStyle.com), an arts lifestyle magazine for enthusiasts, collectors and travelers, and produces the Buyers Market of American Craft (www.AmericanCraft.com), the nation’s largest wholesale craft tradeshow. For more information, images or interviews, contact Jean Thompson at 800.432.7238, ext. 218, or jeant@rosengrp.com.  –end-

JBS Video Newsletter Jul/Aug

Jonathon goes viral with the first edition of the JBS Video Newsletter!

Watch Newsletter Here

New Site is up!

Well it is finally done! I think that everyone will enjoy the new site both for its speed and ease in finding things. Ben, our new web designer, has created a really wonderful user friendly site that I think eveyone will enjoy. Now you can see the new youtube videos that we have been doing with BlackDog media. So far three of them are ready to be seen. So feel free to go to the media section and check out the videos on Walter Dexter RCA, Goyer-Bonneau RCA and Carol Rossman. Naturally there will be possible little glitches to iron out but I feel that Ben at Spur of the Moment Media has done a fantastic job.

Yesterday Brian and I filmed a new mini-video that will be up shortly. Actually I think everyone will see this as a site to return to regularly. we will also be using the blog part to inform people of new work arriving in the gallery. for our out-of-town clients this means they won't have to scour the site trying to figure out if we have anything new in.

At the moment it is late saturday afternoon and it is almost time to go home. So to all of you I bid adieu for now and will write more next week.

Walter Dexter RCA - Video Interview by Jonathons

We are really excited to be able to introduce “CLAYSPOTS”, a collection of interviews with Canada’s leading ceramic artists.

This interview will feature British Columbia artist Walter Dexter RCA.


We are really excited to be able to introduce “CLAYSPOTS”, a collection of interviews with Canada’s leading ceramic artists.

This interview will feature British Columbia artist Walter Dexter RCA. Head over to our Media Page to view.

GOYER-BONNEAU RCA OUR FIRST "CLAYSPOTS" VIDEO INTERVIEW

We are really excited to be able to introduce "CLAYSPOTS", a collection of interviews with Canada's leading ceramic artists. to launch the series we are pleased to present an interview with Alain and Denise Goyer-Bonneau RCA.

Our next interview will be will feature British Columbia artist Walter Dexter RCA. Watch for it in early December.
Visit our Media Page now!

THE ARCTIC~~~~FORM & VISION

It's coming Jamie's 2009 exhibition, a wonderful selection of paintings based on his August trip to Iqaluit. This is going to be a wonderful show and making it even more exciting is The INNUIT GALLERY participation. Drawing on their connections over the past 27 years of being in business they have put together a collection of MASTERWORKS IN STONE from some of Nunavut's leading carvers.

The exhibition opens to the public on Friday November 20th with a special reception at BOTH galleries on the Thursday evening. Aaju Peter,  noted Nunavut culturalist, will provide the welcoming ceremony at The Innuit Gallery at 7:30 Thursday November 19th.

This is an exhibition that you will want to see1

JONATHON LINKS UP WITH THE INNUIT GALLERY!

November 19th is the opening of this years Jamie Jardine exhibition. This is going to be an incredible show. Jamie went to Nunavut in July and spent ten days in Iqaluit and this show is a result of his travels. Jamie was blown away with the scenery and the people.  An exciting aspect of this exhibition is  our partnership with THE INNUIT  GALLERY for this event. THE INNUIT GALLERY, now in their 27th year, has arranged for a wonderful collection of carvings to be part of this show titled "Form and Vision. Opening night will be our first JOINT VENTURE EXHIBITION. The opening will be at both our gallery and theirs. Fortunately their gallery is only around the corner.

Make sure you connect with us if you want an invitation to Opening Night.  Also watch for the premier issue of BEAT London's latest art magazine featuring Jamie Jardine's arctic experience.