Introducing the Impressions Art Club
The Impressions Art Club presents an opportunity for customers to have their repeat custom rewarded and receive additional benefits as well.
Impressions Art Club Members save 15% throughout April, whenever they purchase a any Dry Medium or dry additive including Plaster Casting Powder, whiting, calcite, kaolin, shellac flakes, rabbit skin glue and marble dust.
1. Regular Everyday Discounts
Your membership card immediately gains you recognition to receive discounts off any art supply item not already discounted, (excluding magazines) plus framing of your own artwork.
2. Advance Notice of any Special Promotion
This includes art workshops, so members receive the first chance to purchase or enrol .
3. Periodic Higher Discounts
E.g. 15% or more discount on the framing of your own work.
4. Art Club Only Evenings.
Receive an invitation to attend occasional Art Club Only evening, when extra special deals will be available.
5. Focus Groups
Members have the opportunity to be selected to participate in a focus group – when you would be invited to come to the store for an hour in an evening. Once here you will take part in a feedback discussion about how you would like to see Impressions develop our product range and services. You will be plied with wine and nibbles and given special purchasing privileges for the occasion.
How Can You Join?
1. Simply fill out an application form, next time you are in-store, to provide us with your contact details and profile of you as an artist.
2. You will then be issued with a Purchase Record Card. Any purchases you make, subsequent to being issued with the record will be recorded on the card. For those already entitled to receive discounts through a long purchasing history with us, membership of an art organisation or art class, the discounted amount you pay for your goods will be the amount recorded on the form.
3. When the nett value of your purchases reaches $200, you will be issued with an Impressions Art Club Membership Card, which we ask you to present whenever you are making a purchase. Once the Membership Card has been issued, you become eligible to receive all the privileges of Club Membership.
Conditions of Membership
1. Payment for art supplies purchases totalling at least $200 Nett must be recorded on the Applicant’s Purchase Record before a Membership Card will be issued.
2. The membership card must be presented for all privileges and discounts to be awarded.
3. Membership Cards are not transferable i.e. they may only be presented by the person named on the card.
4. Full Club Membership is only available once the minimum purchase total has been achieved & recorded on the Purchase Record Card.
5. Members will be contacted and advised by email (where possible) when a Member Only promotion is planned.
6. Members providing email addresses will receive advance notice of any special deals and educational opportunities.
7. Members who give their permission will be invited to take part in Impressions’ focus groups on a random basis.
8. Members give permission for Impressions to include their name and contact details on their database. Impressions undertakes to not share this information with anyone, and the information will be used solely to provide the best possible service and products for members’ needs.
Impressions Art Club Evening: 5.30pm - 7.00pm, Tuesday 13 July
"Framed for Good" presented by Lewis Della Bosca GCF
This evening was attended by a hardy bunch of keen artists who braved the coldest day of winter so far! However, a warm room and a hot cuppa set the scene for Lewis' presentation. Audience members learned about what causes artwork to degrade, materials and framing processes that can dramatically slow the deterioration.
Lewis holding an original work by Henri Matisse
Lewis explains the properties of different backing boards
Audience members were shown actual works by Picasso and Henri Matisse framed at Impressions, which originally were attributed no value - illustrating that other people will often value your work, when you don't. Audience members did not know in advance that they were going to be treated to viewing actual works of two of the Masters!
The next Art Club Members' Evening is planned for October.
Watch this space for details!