Bella Moulding announced the winners in its online gallery, Bella Creations, for the months of March and April. March's winning entry was submitted by Amy Cyrway at The Framemakers in Maine. Cyrway's Nursery Rhyme design featured the Meridianna line. April's winning entry was submitted by The Drawing Board in Vermont. The winning design from framers Karen and Jen featured the Spirograph toy and Lollypop frame that inspires childhood nostalgia.
     For their winning designs, Amy, Karen, and Jen will receive free moulding, and their pieces make them eligible for the grand prize, a trip to Las Vegas for the West Coast Art & Frame Show in January 2011. To see more entries and to enter, visit www.bellamoulding.com.

Neschen Joins Epson Media Selections
Neschen has been selected by Epson as a preferred media provider for the Epson Stylus Pro GS6000 fulfillment kit. Neschen Pure Color Media VersaFabric is one of the select media in the Epson fulfillment kit that ships by customer request to GS6000 printer owners and prospective buyers. The polyester fabric with a specialty coating can be used for both indoor and outdoor applications where color, wrinkle resistance, and drape are important. “Neschen Pure Color Media complements the Epson Stylus Pro GS6000, allowing professionals to expand textile printing options with a media solution that accommodates the printers stunning color reproduction capabilities,” says Reed Hecht, product manager, professional imaging, at Epson America.

Alcan Changes Name
With the recent acquisition of Alcan Composites by Swiss company Schweiter Technologies, the business will now be known as 3A Composites. 3A will continue to manufacture and sell its well-known product lines, including Alucobond, Dibond, Fome-Cor, Sintra, Gator, Omni-Flute, Gator-Ply, Syn-Ply, and Luxcell. Manufacturing facilities for these products are in Benton, KY; Glasgow, KY; and Statesville, NC. The 3A Composites name is reminiscent of the three powerful company brands which preceded it: Alcan, Alusuisse, and Airex.
     “Our highest priority at 3A Composites will continue to be to meet customer needs with value-added products backed by outstanding customer service,” says W. Jay Wynne, vice president, sales and marketing, at 3A Composite USA.

Picasso Framed with Optium
A special exhibition of 300 works at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's collection by Pablo Picasso includes 238 paintings, drawings, and prints framed with Optium Acrylic Glazing from Tru Vue. Damaged in galleries in January, Picasso's large Rose-period painting, “The Actor,” returned for viewings restored and protected with the glazing.
     “Optium Acrylic Glazing reduces reflection so that the glazing is nearly invisible allowing the viewer to better appreciate the artworks,” says Julie Heath, Tru Vue's museum market manager. “Tru Vue has worked closely with the museum community to develop this product to meet superior, aesthetic standards, as well as conservation standards.”
     The majority of the exhibit's framed works, from paintings to charcoal drawings and pastels, use Tru Vue Optium Acrylic Glazing products. In addition to “The Actor,” the exhibit showcases 34 paintings, 58 drawings, a dozen sculptures and ceramics, and an extensive selection of prints acquired by the museum during the past 60 years. The exhibition includes many works on paper by Picasso that have rarely, if ever, been exhibited before at the Metropolitan.
     “Picasso in The Metropolitan Museum of Art” will be on display through August 1, 2010.