by Jim Hinckley | May 18, 2023 | Blog
Photography is a powerful way to capture and preserve memories as well as emotions, and to tell stories. It is also an ideal way to capture the awe inspiring natural beauty of the Kingman area, and to chronicle the city’s historic district renaissance. But how...
by Jim Hinckley | Apr 14, 2023 | Blog
Inspired by the scenic wonders along the trails in the Cerbat Foothills Recreation Area near Kingman, Arizona, you tapped into the inner artist. You packed in an easel, a canvas and some paints. Or you traded the phone for an actual camera and captured stunning...
by Jim Hinckley | Mar 27, 2023 | Art Framing, Blog
Kingman, Arizona is a dusty, desert crossroads town that is full of surprises. Forever immortalized in the song about getting your kicks on Route 66, Kingman has from its inception been a transportation hub. In fact it was established as a construction camp for the...
by Jim Hinckley | Feb 5, 2023 | Art Framing, Blog
The team at Avant Print & Frame in Kingman, Arizona will transform your talent with a brush and canvas, or camera, into a work of art. Giclée fine art or photographic reproduction and museum quality archival framing are our specialties. And then if you are looking...
by Jim Hinckley | Jan 6, 2023 | Art Framing, Blog
The historic heart of Kingman is bisected by two alignments of Route 66, Beale Street that was once used by US 93 and US 466, two alignments of the National Old Trails Road, and the railroad. From its inception transportation has been the life blood of this dusty...
by Jim Hinckley | Dec 29, 2022 | Art Framing, Blog
The proper frame and matting can transform a photo, a print or a painting. With assistance from a craftsman that specializes in creating custom frames something mundane or average becomes breathtaking artistry. In Kingman, Arizona, that transformation is a specialty...
by Jim Hinckley | Nov 10, 2022 | Art Framing, Blog
Ideally the Christmas season is a time when thoughts turn toward childhood memories, to families and to tradition. And it is also a time when the pressure mounts to purchase a perfect gift for everyone on your list. If the crush of holiday shoppers and worry over...
by Jim Hinckley | Oct 19, 2022 | Art Framing, Blog
Avant Print and Frame in Kingman, Arizona is more than Mohave County’s premier art center for high quality large format giclée printing and museum quality archival printing. The staff and management are skilled artisans and are involved with all aspects of the...
by Avant Print & Frame | Sep 15, 2022 | Art Framing, Blog
Monsoon storms in the desert with dark and forbidding clouds crowning high mountain peaks, and bursts of lightning streaking across the sky, are an awe-inspiring sight to behold. And in the Kingman, Arizona area this has been a monsoon season unlike anything...
by Avant Print & Frame | Aug 27, 2022 | Art Framing, Blog
It was the summer of 2014. The historic heart of Kingman had been on a downward spiral since completion of I 40 and the bypass of Route 66 in the late 1970s. Weed and trash strewn empty lots had replaced century old railroad warehouses, and services stations, motels,...
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