Applegate Gallery & Custom Framing

Specialties

We provide museum quality custom framing including mirrors, needlework and shadowboxes. We have framing solutions for everything from children’s artwork to valuable originals. We also offer photo and document restoration, frame repairs, custom digital pop art and bouquet preservation. We specialize in unique designs and framing of oversized and unusually shaped objects. In addition to framing, we carry all original artwork by all local artists, framed and unframed and ready for purchase.

History

Established in 2004.

Sara Applegate has been a custom picture framer for 12 years. She has a background in the arts including a Bachelors of Fine Art in Printmaking from the Maryland Institute College of Art. She has won national competitions in frame design and is interviewed frequently as an industry expert. The business was purchased in 2004 and was quickly changed to carry only local artists and only original artwork and to hold to the framing standards of the Professional Picture Framers Association. Applegate is a Certified Professional Framer.

Meet the Business Owner

Sara A.

Business Owner

Sara Applegate has been a custom picture framer for 12 years. She has a background in the arts including a Bachelors of Fine Art in Printmaking from the Maryland Institute College of Art. She has won national competitions in frame design and is interviewed frequently as an industry expert. Applegate is a Certified Professional Framer and a member of the Professional Picture Framers Association. She won Wizard International’s competition in 2002 for the design of a multi-​opening mat in the shape of Mickey Mouse. She looks at each piece individually and finds the best and most unique design to emphasize the piece.