{"id":12644,"date":"2011-07-20T04:23:33","date_gmt":"2011-07-20T09:23:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/utnews.utoledo.edu\/?p=12644"},"modified":"2011-07-18T09:41:50","modified_gmt":"2011-07-18T14:41:50","slug":"ut-grad-to-open-art-store-in-downtown-toledo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/07_20_2011\/ut-grad-to-open-art-store-in-downtown-toledo","title":{"rendered":"UT grad to open art store in downtown Toledo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/depologo-copy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/depologo-copy.jpg\" alt=\"depologo-copy\" title=\"depologo-copy\" width=\"250\" height=\"247\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-12645\" \/><\/a>A University of Toledo graduate\u2019s love of art has inspired her to open a supply store in downtown Toledo. <\/p>\n<p>Julie Webster, who graduated from UT in 2007, and co-owner Dana Syrek will hold a grand opening celebration for The Art Supply Dep\u014d, a fine art material and supply retailer, Thursday, July 21.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToledo doesn\u2019t have a quality fine art store,\u201d Webster said. \u201cMost big stores do not carry what full-time artists need to carry out their work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will offer all kinds of high-end materials from student grade to professional quality,\u201d Syrek said.<\/p>\n<p>The Art Supply Dep\u014d is located at 29 S. St. Clair Street in the warehouse district of downtown Toledo. This location is ideal for bringing in artists from The University of Toledo, the Toledo Art Museum and the Toledo School for the Arts, the owners said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe realize most people shop out of town or online for art supplies; this means all that money is leaving the area and not building into our economy,\u201d Webster said. <\/p>\n<p>The Dep\u014d will feature an art reading room and meeting space, free Wi-Fi, gallery space, and a flexible store floor able to support a multitude of activities. <\/p>\n<p><div id=\"attachment_12647\" style=\"width: 478px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/depo-front-7611.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12647\" src=\"http:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/depo-front-7611.jpg\" alt=\"The Art Supply Dep\u014d is located at 29 S. St. Clair Street in downtown Toledo.\" title=\"depo-front-7611\" width=\"468\" height=\"351\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12647\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/depo-front-7611.jpg 468w, https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/depo-front-7611-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 468px) 100vw, 468px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-12647\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Art Supply Dep\u014d is located at 29 S. St. Clair Street in downtown Toledo.<\/p><\/div>\u201cWe designed the store to be a hub of activity for the creative community in our town,\u201d Syrek said.<\/p>\n<p>Webster graduated from UT in 2007 with bachelor\u2019s degrees in law and social thought and fine arts with a concentration in ceramics and a minor in metalsmithing. Syrek graduated in 2006 from Miami University with a bachelor\u2019s degree in art and architectural history. Both Syrek and Webster, whose mother worked at UT, are natives of northwest Ohio.<\/p>\n<p>The store\u2019s public opening will be from 6 to 9 p.m., Thursday, July 21, in coordination with the July Art Walk put on by the Arts Commission of Greater Toledo. The grand opening will feature live music and light food and beverages. <\/p>\n<p>The owners intend to make communication a priority between The Art Supply Dep\u014d and its customers. <\/p>\n<p>For more information, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsupplydepo.com\">www.artsupplydepo.com<\/a>, \u201clike\u201d The Art Supply Dep\u014d on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/The-Art-Supply-Depo\/124591200930553\">Facebook<\/a>, or email artsupplydepo@gmail.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Art Supply Dep\u014d, a fine art material and supply retailer co-owned by UT alumna Julie Webster, will host a grand opening Thursday, July 21, from 6 to 9 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":322,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,7],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12644"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/322"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12644"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12644\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}