Art+Print+Frame.expo 2025
Wolverhampton Race Course, Dunstall Park, Wolverhampton, WV6 0PE
Sunday 28th September 2025 10.00 - 17.00
The Fine Art Trade Guild, organisers of
Art+Print+Frame.expo
Wolverhampton, September 29th 2024
Wish to say a big ‘thank you’ to:
All those who visited
All those who exhibited
All those made presentations
All the suppliers and contractors
All the staff of Dunstall Park who could not possibly have been any more helpful
All those who helped in multitudes of other ways
This website will tick over until 2025 when we’ll start telling everyone about the next
Art+Print+Frame.expo
Do tell your friends, associates and contacts!
Exhibitors in 2024
Information for APF.expo Visitors
Save the date for your visit to the third
Art+Print+Frame.expo – September 28th
Getting to the Art+Print+Frame.expo
By Road: Getting to Wolverhampton Racecourse / Dunstall Park by road is easy. Going north on M6, turn off at Jct 11 on M54, then turn off at Jct 2 to Wolverhampton. About 15 minutes through the suburbs and follow the signs. The last turn is right through a housing estate.
Parking is also free and is located very near to the APF.expo venue. There will also be facilities for visitors wanting to park their camper/motor home over Saturday and Sunday nights, but there are no hook-ups.
By Train: Visitors arriving in London can take a direct train from Euston to Wolverhampton. About 2 hours.
By Air: If arriving at Birmingham Airport, the same train often stops at the attached Birmingham International station. It’s then a 15 minute taxi ride to the Expo at the racecourse.
More info about the 2025 Art+Print+Frame.expo
for prospective exhibitors
If you are not amongst the many exhibitors who have already booked their booth space or Art pop-up, do get in contact soon.
If you are not yet sure about participating, then here are some things to think about:
Reach your target customer audience. APF.expo attracts visitors from every segment of the core art, print and framing trades. Others coming along include photographers and artists, art materials retailers, design studios, interior decorators and art students.
Meet existing and prospective customers. Talk face-to-face. Always better than screen-to-screen.
There is only one opportunity to exhibit at APF.expo each year
‘Art For You and Me’. At APF.expo we’ll be promoting art that makes a home. ART Pop-up spaces are for artists, publishers and others.
If you do exhibit, September 28th will be a very busy day for all those involved with your booth. Why one day? Exhibition halls are expensive to hire, and to have just one day helps to keep the booth space cost down, much lower than for many other trade shows.
Do your staff mind working on a Sunday? Frankly, many do, which is fair enough. But the feedback from last year is that salespeople really enjoy meeting their customers and most soon forgot that it was a Sunday.
Booth Spaces and Art Pop-ups are available in a variety of formats and are attractively priced. Art Pop-ups are designed to suit artists, self-publishers, photographers and related small businesses wanting to be a part of the Expo at a very low cost. We take care to ensure that all spaces are placed to ensure good visibility and visitor flow.
For further info on Exhibiting at APF.expo, contact:
Guild MD - Louise Hay +44 0207 381 6616 louise@fineart.co.uk
Vice Chairman - Martin Harrold 07973 303982 martinharrold82@gmail.com
Fine Art Trade Guild
London
Established over 100 years ago, the Guild supports the picture framing and popular art sectors.
It is run by its members for its members and its aims are embraced by the slogan.
To help achieve that, the Guilds’ key activities include:
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Running the membership programme for framers and artists of all kinds and for trade suppliers. Members are mainly based in the UK, EU and English speaking countries with an increasing number from China, in association with our long-established agent there.
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Making free advice available on resolving members business and workshop queries
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Does your business insurance cover your customers' property and you when installing?
The Price Forbes Select Antique and Fine Art policy offers wide ranging cover to Guild members. Click for info.
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Setting and monitoring the four Guild picture framing quality standards
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Setting and monitoring the four Guild mountboard quality standards
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Organising the Guild Certified Framer programme, including setting quality standards for trainers and examiners plus organising examinations and CPD
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Organisation of the coveted Larson-Juhl Framing Scholarship programme for newcomers to picture framing
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Publishing the leading quarterly trade journal ‘Art + Framing Today’
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‘Art+Print+Frame.expo’ was initiated to bring the trade together and is organised by the Guild
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Working with them to organise the ‘Rotary GBI 'Young Artist of the Year' ’ competition
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ArtSure is the Guild’s quality assurance scheme for digital fine art prints. Buyers can be confident that proven quality papers, canvases and inks have been used, that the image source is traceable and that their print is independently registered.
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Acting as a listening post on behalf of its members and maintaining good relations with framing trade professionals around the world
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Maintaining a large archive of relevant material
The Guild welcomes applications for membership from picture framers,
artists, galleries, publishers and trade suppliers.
Go to: www.fineart.co.uk