Gallery to move and change its name!
The Ellis Crane Gallery is moving down Main Avenue from 934 to 822, into the old McKnight's building.
It will also change its name to the Ellis West Gallery after Diane West's purchase of half the business from Monica Ellis in January.
The owners have been renovating the space, which will feature 14-foot original tin ceilings, white walls and teak floors, West wrote by e-mail on Saturday.
The sign went up on Sunday, and the gallery will open on May 1, followed by a grand opening from 6 to 9 p.m. May 4, which many of the gallery's artists will attend.
The first show will feature the artists Phyllis Stapler, Marci Crawford Harnden and Cynthia DeBolt.
Along with the featured artists, the gallery will introduce four new painters, six new glass blowers and four new jewelers.