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TC

Enter to WIN A $75 ArtSmart Gift Card!!!

Send us a picture of the strangest, funniest, most beautiful place you have taken Utrecht brand art supplies and you will be entered in a contest to win a $75 Gift Card.

Photos must show the product but do not have to show applicant.  Altered photos will not be eligible.  Submissions will be juried once per month.  Please include all of your contact information with entry.  Photos can be emailed, mailed, or brought in to our main store at

  Emails should be sent to Store05@utrecht.com with “Photo Contest Submission” as the subject line.  Submitted photos become the property of
Utrecht for display only.

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TC

Utrecht Art Supply Chicago will be hosting a FREE MOAB Digital Paper Demonstration on Thursday, March 6th from 10am to 2pm. Learn all about the fine art of Digital Print from Gregory Schern, the Founder of MOAB Paper. Topics that will be covered include:

Using ICC Profiles

Basic Color Management

Printing the PERFECT image

The importance of using Fine Art Paper

How the right paper influences the print

Selecting the right printer for your needs

Stop by our Main Store at 332 S. Michigan Ave to partic

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TC

Hello to all of my Utrecht Chicago friends and family,

As we have turned the corner of a new year, and a new month, I wanted to reflect back on the past three years for me as your Chicago Market Manager. As of February 9th I will hand the store off to my long time assistant TC Dumont as I head back out west to resume my previous position as the Arizona Market Manager for Utrecht.

It has been an extremely challenging, yet rewarding past three years here in Chicago. Coming back to Chicago, the place where I grew up, was a very exciting venture for my wife and I, thus we are sad to leave. Three years, two kids, and many great new friends later, we head off to yet another exciting venture.

We have seen continued growth of one of Chicago’s best Art Supply stores, created many new relationships, and given a complete facelift to a store that desperately needed it. To all of you who have participated in our success over the past three years, I personaly thank you for your contributions.

I will be starting a myspace page for my new store/market in the near future and I hope that many of you will try to keep in touch. Please feel free to email me at crousewrksimages@aol.comand let me know how your artistic endevours have led you.

Again, a sincere thank you to all that I have had the pleasure to meet and work with over the past three years.

All my best to you and yours!

Adam

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Print this post and use it as a coupon.  Join us as we celebrate a new semester start on January 28th as the SAIC goes back to school. Use this post to get 20% off your entire regular priced purchase at your Chicago Utrecht.

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adamc

Hello, my name is Adam Crouse, I am the manager of your Utrecht Chicago locations.  I have been with Utrecht for over 5 years and have an extensive background in art and retail.

I graduated from Arizona Sate University in 1999 with a BFA in drawing and minor studies in painting. As an accomplished artist, I have sold over 15 works of art and I have recently been published as the cover artists for a book due to be released in the winter of 2007.

We are located on the NW corner of Michigan and Van Buren at 332 S Michigan Ave. Utrecht Chicago is a full service art supplies store carrying products from hundreds of national brands. We offer free local delivery in the city of Chicago, a custom mat cutting service, and we are the only major art retailer in Chicago to accept the School of the Art Institute of Chicago Articard as a method of payment. We also offer a full line of SAIC apparel and gift items.

Your Chicago Utrecht employs over 10 associates that are current or graduated art students ready to help answer your questions in the fields of drawing, painting, printmaking and more. We also have over 15 years combined custom framing experience between the members of our management team.

If you are looking for art supplies or need any help with your next project do not hesitate to stop by and ask anyone here for help.  We’d love to see you!