Posted on Tue, Aug 24, 2010
Looking for something fun to do in September?
Our showrooms nationwide have been busy all summer (while everyone else has been at the beach!) partnering with the finest artists, wineries and musicians to bring you a plethora of events this fall!
Here's a quick snapshot of what's happening in your neck of the woods:
FREEPORT
Women Artists in Maine- September 9th (6-8:30pm)
Join us as we celebrate notable Maine artists Michele Dangelo, Judy Taylor, Mary Ruth Hedstrom, Anne Ireland, Lynn Travis, Liz Armstrong, Missy Asen, Michele Clarke, Susan Williams and Debra Yoo.
(above: Waiting, oil on canvas, 36" x 36", by Michele Dangelo)
BOSTON
Random Moments with Artist Ilene Richard - September 9th (5-7:30pm)
Ilene Richard’s paintings depict everyday people in a wide variety of activities, relationships and settings. Her works tell stories that speak volumes without her ever having to say a word.
(above: The Opening, acrylic on canvas, by Ilene Richard)
NEW YORK
Changing Planes: new works from artist Linda Press - September 13th (5-7pm)
Our New York Showroom welcomes Linda Press. Linda's solo show, Changing Planes, presents paintings of architectural forms seen from unusal perspectives. Contact our NY Showroom for more info.
(above: NYC Blossom by Linda Press)
LOS ANGELES
Camerata Pacifica: SpeakEasy II - Marimba in Good Company
September 15th (6-9pm)
Join Camerata Pacifica percussionist Ji Hye Jung is back with her Marimba, but this time with friends, Flautist and Artistic Director Adrian Spence and Principal Violinist Catherine Leonard. This event is a delight for the senses!
WASHINGTON, DC
Art & Wine with GaryCarmody Conway and Carmody McKnight Winery - September 16th (6-8pm)
Thos. Moser and Calloway Fine Arts invite you to a wine tasting & exhibit reception in our Georgetown Showroom celebrating the works of artist Gary Carmody Conway and fine wines from his winery, Carmody McKnight Winery, which he owns with wife Marian.
(above: 101 by Gary Conway)
SAN FRANCISCO
Art Event with Rita Sklar - September 23rd (4-7pm)
Join our San Francisco Showroom for a special artist opening with Rita Sklar. Rita's recent body of works builds on her ongoing exploration of urban and natural life using watercolors and mixed media. Rita's work will be on display through November 16th.
(above: Vanishing Snowy Plover by Rita Sklar)
Please contact your local showroom or visit us online to learn more about events we have coming up this fall. We look forward to seeing you!
Posted on Fri, Jul 23, 2010
Our Freeport showroom hosted a wonderful book signing, reading and reception with author Dominique Browning last week. Dominique read from her new book, Slow Love, and answered questions about her high-powered career, getting laid off and learning to appreciate the finer, slower things in life.
Here are a few snapshots from the event...
Be sure to check out Dominique's blog,
Slow Love Life!
Posted on Fri, Jul 09, 2010
SLOW LOVE:
How I Lost My Job, Put on My Pajamas & Found Happiness
WHAT:
Join us in Freeport for a special reading, book signing and reception with author Dominique Browning, former Editor in Chief of House & Garden.
WHEN:
Monday, July 19th from 6-8pm
WHERE:
Thos. Moser Freeport Showroom
149 Main Street
Freeport
Please call in advance to pre-order a copy of the book - RSVP as seating is limited!
RSVP:
freeportshowroom@thosmoser.com
(207) 865-4519
About the book:
For over a decade, Dominique Browning, editor-in-chief of House & Garden, had been embroiled in the Condé Nast empire where back-stabbing was elevated to an art form, “an elaborate corporate kabuki.” But one Monday morning in 2007, the magazine folded and she was told to pack up her office. Overnight her driven, purpose-filled days vanished.
With her children leaving home, and a long relationship ending, the structure of her life disappeared. After losing the job that defined her, Browning fell into a panic of loss ¾ and along the way discovered a deeper joy than any she had ever known.
Uproariously funny and unabashedly self-deprecating, Browning’s journey to self-discovery is one that resonates with many readers and makes them laugh out loud. SLOW LOVE is about wearing your pajamas to the farmer’s market, playing piano at four in the morning, and learning to love an unexpected, unanticipated life.
About the author:
For over a decade, Dominique Browning was the editor-in-chief of House & Garden. She currently writes a column for the Environmental Defense Fund and blogs at SlowLoveLife.com. She is the author of Around the House and In the Garden and lives in New York City and Rhode Island.
Check out the video of Dominique on ABC News launching her book.
We look forward to seeing you at the event!
Posted on Fri, May 07, 2010
Our New York Showroom partnered with Christofle for a wonderful evening of wine reception and presentation on the art of table design at our Madison Ave showroom. Christofle is the maker of beautiful fine silver, whose creations are a symbol of luxury and elegance around the world.
(Martha Nishida of our NY Showroom welcomes guests)
E. Braun & Co of New York provided a wide array of fine table linens to help showcase tables dressed from casual to formal.
A special thanks to Keith Beavers of Alphabet City Wines, who presented a wine tasting, that was surely a hit.
Thanks to everyone who attended. If you missed this one, sign up for our email newsletters to be included on the next!
Posted on Wed, Apr 21, 2010
Thanks to The Jackson Laboratory and our Boston showroom for organizing a great event, featuring keynote speaker Dr. Kyuson Yun. Dr. Yun explained the research she is leading in her laboratory, focusing on the manipulation of stem cells (both normal and cancer), which has great potential for treating many human diseases.
Her talk that evening was entitled, "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly", focusing on different stem cells for different diseases and a cutting-edge perspective on cancer stem cell research. The event drew a great group of customers and friends to the showroom, all leaving with an enlightened view of the work done by the Laboratory and its scientists.
Here are a few photos from the event:
Scott Wentzell, of Thos. Moser speaks to the group about the partnership between Thos. Moser and The Jackson Laboratory.
Keynote speaker, Dr. Kyuson Yun
Cathy Bernstein, Joanne Bean, Paul Santos and Christopher Eramo
Scott Wentzell , Kyuson Yun, Christopher Eramo
Thos. Moser is proud to call The Jackson Laboratory our Charity of Choice. Stay tuned for upcoming collaborative events with the Lab!
Posted on Thu, Apr 01, 2010
Our showrooms have been busy planning a slew of events for April and we invite you to stop in and check them out! If you'd like more info, please join our mailing list to receive advance notice of offers and events.
Here is a quick list with links to our website where you can findmore info...
Freeport
Join us for a Maine Art & Design Dinner at the Harraseeket Inn on Thursday, April 8th
Thos. Moser is pleased to present a dinner with five maine artists and designers:
- Alex Carleton, clothing designer,
- Tracy Davis, interior designer,
- Eric Hopkins, artist,
- Jill Hoy, artist,
- david moser, furniture designer
Please join us for a private dinner with the artists and designers at the Harraseeket Inn.
Thursday, April 8th
6:30pm until 9:00pm
162 Main Street, Freeport
Dinner is $100pp- RSVP to 800.708.9041
Boston
Our Boston showroom invites you on Thursday, April 8th (from 6-8pm) to a reception with artist Fran Mackay, who is represented by Boston's Canvas Fine Arts Gallery.
This one woman show, entitled Still Life - Alive, showcases more than twenty-five of Fran's oil paintings and some small wood panels. A portion of proceeds from art sales that evening will benefit Women of Means, a non-profit organization founded by Dr. Roseanne Means that sends teams of volunteer doctors and nurses into shelters to provide free medical care to women in need.
Thos. Moser Boston Showroom
19 Arlington Street
(Located between Newbury and Boylston Streets)
Also in Boston this month:
The Jackson Laboratory and Thos. Moser cordially invite you to...
Art, Science & Improving Lives
Please join us at the Boston showroom for an evening reception on Thursday, April 15th. Assistant Professor Kyuson Yun, Ph.D., from The Jackson Laboratory, will discuss her cancer stem cell research.
April 15, 2010
5pm to 8pm
To RSVP to either event or for more info, please call the showroom at 617.224.1245
Washington, DC
Please join us on Friday, April 16th for a reception with artist Linda Press, who is represented by Georgetown's Susan Calloway Fine Arts.
above: Late Afternoon, Midtown Manhattan by Linda Press
Linda Press paints appealing and intriguing cityscapes from Europe and the United States. Linda's art has been exhibited in Paris, New York, Washington D.C., as well as other major cities in the United States, and has been selected for National Exhibitions of Contemporary American Artists.
WHEN:
Friday, April 16th from 5-8pm
WHERE:
Thos. Moser DC Showroom
3300 M Street NW
(corner of M & 33rd Streets)
To RSVP or for more info, please call the showroom at 202.338.4292.
Los Angeles
Join the Los Angeles Showroom on Tuesday, April 13th for a celebratory evening with the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising (FIDM) and American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) as we announce the winners of the first-ever Thos. Moser Student Design Challenge. A special People's Choice Award will be determined at the awards ceremony by popular vote, so join us and help determine the winner!
WHEN:
Tuesday, April 13
6pm - 8pm
WHERE:
Thos. Moser Los Angeles Showroom
8705 Washington Blvd, Culver City, CA
RSVP:
310-204-5726
Be sure to visit our website for the latest updates and showroom happenings.
Posted on Thu, Jan 21, 2010
We invite you to an intimate reception featuring David Moser, his wife and Accredited Space Agent Pamela Hurley-Moser of Hurley Travel Experts and Stephen Attenborough, Commercial Director of Virgin Galactic, the first commercial spaceline.
Receptions will be held at our Washington, DC showroom on Thursday, January 21st and our New York Showroom on Friday, January 22nd.
Pam and Stephen just returned from the unveiling of SpaceShipTwo (shown above) in Mojave, California where history was made. They were among a heady crowd that included the visionary aerospace engineer and system designer Burt Rutan, Virgin founder Sir Richard Branson, the entire Scaled Composites team, about 170 future astronauts with confirmed reservations ... and of course the Accredited Space Agents who are escorting these pioneering clients into a new era in tourism.
Come learn how you can be part of this legacy and join the privileged few that have seen the Earth from space...
DATES
Thursday, January 21, 2010 at our Washington, DC Showroom
Friday, January 22, 2010 at our New York Showroom
TIME
(both locations) 5:00pm to 8:00pm (presentation at 6:30pm)
RSVP
Washington, DC (Thu 1/21): 202-338-4292 or DCShowroom@ThosMoser.com
New York (Fri 1/22): 212-753-7005 or NewYorkShowroom@ThosMoser.com
To learn more, CLICK HERE to visit Pam Hurley-Moser's website devoted to space travel.
Posted on Tue, Dec 29, 2009
Our showrooms are busy planning events for 2010 and have partnered with some amazing people, from artists, authors, non-profits, wineries, designers, to chocolate makers and more.
To jump start the New Year, here are a few events taking place in the showrooms this January:
The busy staff at our Boston showroom will be hosting a special reception with artists Steven Silver and Greg Spitzer on Thursday, January 7th (5pm-8pm). A portion of proceeds from the sales of art that evening will benefit The Friends of the Public Garden.
The American Library Association will be holding its 2010 Midwinter Meeting in Boston the weekend of January 15th-18th. Our showroom will be hosting a small mixer on Sunday, January 17th for attendees in town for the show.
Contact the Boston showroom for additional info on these and other upcoming events.
Our DC showroom is hosting a reception with painter Stephen Day on Friday, January 8th (6pm-8pm). Stephen is a self taught painter whose works range from waterscapes, abstracts, to bird portraits and finds his subject matter from his extensive domestic and international travel.
Shown above: Chesapeake Mirage IV by Stephen Day
Contact the DC showroom for more info.
Freeport
Our Freeport showroom invites you to a reception with renowned artists Eric Hopkins and Jill Hoy on Thursday, January 28th (6pm-8:30pm), and an ongoing group exhibition including new work by Tom Curry, Michele Dangelo and Gifford Ewing. Also introducing the work of Portland artist, Debra Yu. This show will be on display through March 31, 2010.
Contact our Freeport showroom for more info and to RSVP for the event.
Los Angeles
Our LA showroom, along with Faraci Art + Design, invites you to Fluidity: a reception in our Los Angeles showroom on Saturday, January 30th (from 5-8pm), featuring works from artists Bryan Ida, Lindsey Nobel and Christopher Stokes. These three artists utilize a free-form paint medium to create flowing imagery and organic texture.
Visit the showroom page on our website for more info on upcoming events!
Posted on Thu, Dec 24, 2009
Our Los Angeles Showroom recently played host to the SDSA (Set Decorators Society of America) annual holiday party. We were excited to be able to introduce our work to those responsible for creating the environments we see on TV and in the movies.
Thank you to the SDSA for selecting our showroom for their holiday gathering, and to the wonderful partners that work with them on TV and movie sets and helped make this event special, including Eclipse-Worldwide, Aah Inspiring Balloons, Dr. Christmas Rents, Tic Tock Couture Florals, Classic Party Rentals, Skinny Dog Design Group, and Lamp Expo. The event also supported the Spark of Love toy drive.
Many of the set decorators who attended were unfamiliar with Thos. Moser, but a few had worked with us in the past.
One particular woman told a story of a Thos. Moser Pencil Post Bed she wanted to purchase for a movie set that she was decorating years ago. Given the temporary nature of movie set, the producer thought the bed was just too expensive to purchase, so she agreed to buy the bed from the producer after the shoot (at a substantial discount) if he would purchase the bed for the film. He agreed, and she has enjoyed the bed every night since then.
The night of the party she was so very excited to see the same Pencil Post Bed on our showroom floor! After talking to her about how the bed was made and showing her that each woodworker signs each piece, she was going to go home and tear her bed apart looking for the woodworker's signature.
You may be interested to know that Thos. Moser is no stranger to film and TV. In 2004, our furniture was featured extensively in "The Notebook", the movie adaptation of the Nicholas Sparks book starring Rachel McAdams and Ryan Gosling. More recently, the award-winning (yet short-lived) TV drama "Commander In Chief" used our furniture in the show's version of the White House (CLICK HERE to watch the TV news story that ran about it here in Maine).
Other film credits for Moser furniture include "Bicentennial Man" with Robin Williams, "Braveheart" with Mel Gibson, "Waiting to Exhale" with Whitney Houston, "Taking Lives" with Angelina Jolie, "The Invasion" with Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig, and "Not So Big House" with Sarah Susanka.
In addition to "Commander in Chief", Moser furniture has been seen on TV in such shows as "This Old House", "The Price Is Right" (way back in 1984, Episode 914), "Simply Ming" with Ming Tsai, "Nash Bridges", and "Maine in Maine".
Thanks again to the SDSA, we look forward to working with your members for many years to come!
Posted on Tue, Dec 15, 2009
You’ll find something for everyone on your list this holiday season at our flagship showroom in Freeport, Maine!
We’ve partnered with the finest local artists and artisans to showcase gifts for every style (and budget). Stop in to browse hand-crafted items available to take with you for the holidays, from small prints, to wooden burls, glassworks, pottery and more. Our sales team will gladly wrap your gift purchase to help make this giving season even more stress-free.
Some of the featured artists include:
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Simon Pearce – glass, lighting and pottery
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David Lancaster – heirloom bowls
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TJ McDermott – wood carvings
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Ray Carbone – wooden burls
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Stephen Zeh – baskets
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Rufus and Susan Williams – small paintings
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Swan's Island – blankets and throws
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Brahms-Mount – blankets and throws
We are also making space for new Thos. Moser floor samples that are arriving in January, so our floor samples are now available at 10% off, and we also have holiday inventory on select items that can be taken home today as well.
We invite you to stop by the showroom, or call or email us to see what is available...
Thos. Moser Freeport Showroom 149 Main Street Freeport, ME 04032 p: 207-865-4519 e: FreeportShowroom@ThosMoser.com
Holiday Hours:
Monday - Saturday 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Sunday 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Open until 4pm on Christmas Eve - Closed Christmas Day
Our Freeport Showroom has become one of Maine's leading art venues, and has served as the model for our continuing "alternative gallery space" program, which highlights national and local artists in each of our showrooms from coast-to-coast.