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Careers at Opus

Are you interested in working for a creative and unique company?
Do you want to work alongside really good people who enjoy their jobs?
Is a positive and rewarding work environment something that matters to you?
If so, consider joining our team at Opus!

From sourcing and distributing our amazing selection of products and services, to building relationships with customers in our stores and by phone, to getting the word out about all we do, there are many opportunities within Opus Art Supplies for creative individuals like you.

To learn more, please visit our Current Openings and find out where we are actively hiring at the moment....Read more

Art Prices & Hard Times
by Chris Tyrell on February 1st

What establishes the value of artwork, especially the ones that demand incredibly high prices, and how many artists are making “the big bucks?” These questions intrigue me, so I found press reports about some recent events in the art market of serious interest – one about Andy Warhol and the other about Andreas Gursky....Read more

Introducing Opus Plus
by David van Berckel - President, Opus Art Supplies. on January 31st

It’s been nearly forty years since Opus Art Supplies began as a small picture frame manufacturer. In that time, we’ve looked for different ways to understand the creative individual who shops at our stores. That knowledge has allowed us to evolve our business to become one of the best providers of art supplies, digital printing, and framing in North America....Read more

Not-so Neutral Grey
by Christine on January 27th
Fine art digital print framed in a custom DIY BOD Molding and Chai mat

Frame your images between black and white. Get the benefits of both simplicity and style with grey, in this latest addition to the BOD line of frame moldings found exclusively at Opus....Read more

Mold Making with Philip Robbins

In collaboration with Emily Carr University of Art + Design Continuing Studies, Opus Art Supplies presents Mold Making with Philip Robbins.

Steps:
Create the mold with Replica Alginate Casting Compound.

Cast with Laguna Hydrocal. Set for 15-20 minutes.

Dive Into Mixed Media
by Christine on January 25th

What comes to mind when you think of Mixed Media? As personal definitions and methods vary, we challenged three of our staff to make their own interpretations. And like a high-pressure reality show, they had to work with a common element: a photograph of a shark. (Why a shark? Because sharks are awesome. That’s all.)...Read more

The Yin and Yang of the Artist’s Ego
by Chris Tyrell on January 5th

It’s hard to know who is learning more in CEPD 190, the Professional Studies course offered in Emily Carr University’s Continuing Studies program – the teacher (me) or the students. Having completed three years and nine terms of teaching, I have learned much more than my students who attend for only one term....Read more

Large scale charcoal drawing with Vjeko Sager

Opus Art Supplies, in partnership with the Continuing Studies Department at Emily Carr University of Art + Design, presents instructing artist Vjeko Sager. Vjeko shares his love of charcoal (he confesses to being a "charcoal-holic") and demonstrates some of his large scale techniques....Read more

Refresh, Rethink, Rediscover!
by J-Ray on January 1st

Like a blank canvas or sheet of paper, a new year holds the promise of something new and exciting. Refresh your passion for art by trying a new medium. Rethink your approach by experimenting with new techniques. Many traditional art materials have been around for hundreds of years, and evolving technology offers new ways to use them. Rethink some of the materials you use by applying them in new ways. Here are three techniques that can refresh your practice....Read more

New Explorations in Charcoal
by Crissy Arseneau on December 29th
Charcoal and Stencil

This past fall, Opus teamed up with the Continuing Studies Department at Emily Carr University of Art + Design to produce a series of videos with their instructors, including artist Vjeko Sager. Vjeko shared his love of charcoal (he confesses to being a “charcoal-holic”) and demonstrated some of his techniques, using charcoal to create large scale, abstract works that made me look at this medium in a whole new way....Read more

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