Last minute Cherish Christmas shopping evening at (m)art! 20% off at Fortitude Valley (m)art during this last special shopping event for 2010!!

Artisan is delighted to invite you to join us for nibbles and champagne on the eve of Dec 23rd from 5pm until 7:30pm, whilst selecting your last minute Christmas gifts!

As the very last and final special offer of the year, receive 20% off all (m)art design store products, plus exclusive access to the (m)art storeroom where many a treasure can be found!

WHEN : Thursday 23 December 2010, 5pm - 7:30pm
WHERE : (m)art Design Store, 381 Brunswick St, Fortitude Valley
RSVP : Essential by Tuesday 21 December 2010

artisan Staff Christmas Party at Mondo Organics!

The artisan 2010 staff Christmas party was held at Mondo Organics where we took a Moroccan Cooking Class!

We had a fantastic evening thanks to our wonderful teachers Paul and Sonja! They taught us not only how to cook up some tasty Moroccan dishes but also correct techniques for cutting onions and many other useful kitchen tips! After collaboratively cooking up a storm, we relaxed with a glass of wine and tucked into our 3 course Moroccan feast! 

We highly recommend Mondo's cooking classes - great fun and also educational! We even got to take home a goodie bag with recipes from the class, an apron and some samples! Yay!

Our fantastic teacher for the evening, Paul!

Renata (Retail Assistant) and Sofia (Office Assistant)

Wine being poured before we eat our Moroccan feast!

Caitlin (Retail Assistant), Shannon (Admin Assistant)
and Sarah-Jean (Administrator)

Sonja, Mondo Organics Owner with Melanie (Graphic Designer)
and Andrea (Sector Development Manager)

Sonja, Melanie, Andrea, Denise (Retail Manager)
and Annie (Retail Assistant)

Melanie about to eat our first course - Harissa soup! Yum!

(m)art design store shopping morning overview!

Marc Harrison Bauple Set

Yesterday's shopping event at the Fortitude Valley (m)art design store was a great success, with lots of wonderful and innovative Christmas gifts being purchased at 20% off the standard price. 

The morning was a wonderful gathering of keen shoppers with an eye on the unique Christmas gift raffle off of Marc Harrison’s Bauple bowl set (pictured above). The set was won by Karen Hurford from Mackay who is a (m)art design store customer who pops in to do some select shopping when she travels to Brisbane. Karen was over the moon to win the new bauple set and was literally jumping for joy at her luck!

Everyone in attendance enjoyed a light breakfast with the added excitement of access to the (m)art store room where lots of treasures were selected from also. Over all it was a fabulous morning shared by our loyal customers who I would like to thank for getting out of bed early to support our designers and share some wonderful conversation over breakfast and browsing. Keep an eye out in 2011 for more special retail events in the (m)art design stores.
 
x Denise
(m)art Retail Manager

artisan bellies!

There must be something in the water here at artisan... Two of our 16 staff, Sarah-Jean (left) and Romy (right) are pregnant and we are very excited to introduce our newest addition to the team - Romy's daughter Millicent Mae Meehan born very overdue and 9 pounds 14 ounces. Mum and bub are doing well!

artisan 2010 Corporate Patrons and Sponsors Christmas Party

The evening's musical entertainment

Anna Rooke and Jocelyn Wolfe

Chetana Andary, artisan CEO, Gavan Ranger, artisan Chair and
Her Excellency the Governor of Queensland Ms Penelope Wensley, AO

artisan Chair, Gavan Ranger and Stuart McCosker

artisan Chair, Gavan Ranger

Her Excellency the Governor of Queensland Ms Penelope Wensley, AO

artisan staff Shannon McCaskill and Sarah-Jean Young

Bruce Medek, Hung Tran, Mark Fuller and Malcom Middleton

The party in the gallery space

Damian Meehan, Anna Leyshon, Chris Chetham and Matt Leyshon

Darren Guyett from Euroluce with the Yuta Badayala show
in the crucible space

David Fishel, Don Collins, Kirsty Veron and Grace Grace MP

Hugh Fraser, Mary Stuart and Ian Were

Mary Stuart with the Yuta Badayala show in the crucible space

Peter Sheehan, David Mason and John Corbett

Philip Follent, QLD Government Architect

Richard Sachs, Barry Derbyshire, artisan Vice-Chair Suzi Vaughan
and Michael Wilkes

South Bank Corporation CEO Malcolm Snow, Lyndall Hall
and Michael Kerry

Tracey Murray, Craig Casagrande and Marita Corbett

artisan staff member Romy Willing and Craig Casagrande

Peter and Marilyn McMeniman

The annual artisan corporate patrons and sponsors Christmas party was held on Friday the 26th November in the artisan gallery amongst the beautiful Jaishree Srinivasan exhibition, Yuta Badayala in the crucible and the festive (m)art design store all stocked up for Cherish. 

We were honored to have artisan's patron Her Excellency the Governor of Queensland Ms Penelope Wensley, AO, attend and give the welcome address. Thank you to all of our very special guests who supported and celebrated our achievements in 2010. We are looking forward to a big 2011!

Exclusive Cherish Christmas Shopping event!

Artisan is delighted to invite you to an exclusive breakfast of Christmas Shopping at (m)art design store. On Tuesday the 14th December only, artisan would like to offer you a 20% discount off all products.
 

Commencing at 8am, join us for a morning of festive celebrations. Enjoy a light breakfast while browsing some of the finest affordable design products in the country.
Select from distinctive and original jewellery, retro ties and streamline wallets for the individual man, clever ceramics and whimsical objects for the home. Sip champagne while enjoying good conversation with friends and for a gold coin donation, go into the draw to win the newest creation by Marc Harrison - the bauple set valued at $171.

WHEN: Tuesday 14th December, 8:00am - 10:30am
WHERE: (m)art design store 381 Brunswick Street, Fortitude Valley
RSVP: essential to info@artisan.org.au by Friday 10th December
 
A light breakfast of coffee, orange juice, champagne and pastries will be served.
Marc Harrison’s New Bauple set will be raffled off on the day.
Artisan car parking can be booked though artisan, booking must be swift to ensure a space.

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Jaishree Srinivasan & Yuta Badayala & Cherish opening night photos

Mandyam Srinivasan, Jaishree Srinivasan and Brenda Campbell

Meagan Streader, Lyn Streader and Damian Buckley

With Jaishree Srinivasan's piece Witness

Mandyam Srinivasan and Tedd Nugent

Musicians - Hikayat

Meagan Streader and Jaishree Srinivasan

Jaishree's Family

Jaishree's Mother and Erica Bader

Divya Pattabiraman, Nivetha Gunasekaran and Prahatha Venkataraman

Mandy Smith, Jaishree Srinivasan and Roger Leong, Curator,
International Fashion and Textiles National Gallery of Victoria

Bruce Medek and Alex Eckersley

Renee Munro and Joanna Pittava

Thea Samios (designer Thea and Sami) and Voyt Reich

Chetana Andary artisan CEO speech

Roger Leong opening speech, Curator,
International Fashion and Textiles National Gallery of Victoria

Sasha Titchkosky (koskela) speech

Sasha Titchkosky and Michelle Wicks

Amanda Cole and Marc Harrison (with his Husque bowls)

Some of the happy snaps from last Thursday night's triple opening extravaganza at artisan of Jaishree Srinivasan, Yuta Badayala: In a New Light and Cherish, (m)art's Christmas shopping showcase. A big thank you to all who attended and made the evening the fantastic night that it was!

The exhibitions and Cherish, continue until Christmas Eve (catering for all the last minute shoppers out there!)

All photos: A. Higgins (artisan)