Opus Coquitlam Moves to Port Coquitlam

Our new store at #102A-2748 Lougheed Highway opens Thursday, August 20.

PORT COQUITLAM, B.C. — After a decade on Brunette Avenue, Opus Coquitlam is moving up the road to Port Coquitlam.

Our last day at 953 Brunette Avenue is Saturday, August 15. We'll be closed August 16 through 19 while we pack, and we open at #102A-2748 Lougheed Highway on Thursday, August 20.

Same team, same services, new address.

• Custom canvas, cut and stretched to your dimensions
• Cradled wood panels
• Custom and readymade picture framing
• Fine art and card printing
• Special orders, including the things we don't stock
• In-store demos and the Opus Visiting Artist Series

The brands you shop for are making the trip too, from GOLDEN and Winsor & Newton through Faber-Castell and Caran d'Ache.

By transit. The new store sits at Lougheed Highway and Westwood Street, a short walk from Lincoln Station on the Millennium Line. Coquitlam Central is close by, where the SkyTrain, the West Coast Express and a major bus exchange all connect. The R3 RapidBus, the 701 from Maple Ridge and a dozen local routes stop within a few minutes' walk.

If you don't drive, you can now reach us without one. Brunette Avenue never made that easy.

By car. There's plenty of parking, in a lot that's simple to pull into and out of. Our Brunette Avenue lot was tight, and getting in and out of it off a busy road took some patience. Artists told us so, more than once. The new one is easier and safer to use, which counts for something when you're loading a full sheet of watercolour paper or a 36 x 48 canvas into your back seat.

On your way somewhere else. We're right on Lougheed with a coffee shop and everyday errands in the same plaza, and Coquitlam Centre a few minutes away. Easy to fold into a trip you're already making.

The new store sits on the Coquitlam and Port Coquitlam line. That keeps us near the artists who've shopped with us on Brunette for years, and puts us within reach of Port Coquitlam, Pitt Meadows and Maple Ridge in a way we haven't been before.

Ten years on that corner gave us a lot. Regulars we know by name. Kids who came in for their first set of paints and now come in for oils. Framing customers who trusted us with work that mattered to them.

We'll miss the murals most. "Artful Connections" by Arty Guava and "Inspired Community" by Angie Coates made that corner unmistakable, and made people feel welcome before they'd even walked through the door. Thank you to both artists.

Leaving is bittersweet. We're taking the part that matters with us.

Opus Port Coquitlam#102A-2748 Lougheed Highway, Port Coquitlam, BCOpening Thursday, August 20

While we're closed, opusartsupplies.com is open, and our Langley and Downtown Vancouver stores are ready to help.

Mark September 17 on your calendar. We're throwing a proper grand opening, with details to come.

By all means, create.