Monk Office & Art, previously Island Blue Art & Framing, offers a combined shopping experience of fine art supplies, expert framing services, and a full business copy and print centre in one freshly renovated location. The staff are consistently described as wonderful, friendly, helpful, kind, efficient, professional, precise, and personable. They provide stellar assistance and are always ready with a smile, even for last-minute requests. The framing department receives special praise for its artistic, generous, and brilliant expertise, delivering perfect, superior results for treasured pieces and special gifts. The copy and print centre is highlighted for handling important projects, including sensitive material, with reassuring and efficient service, often completing work faster and for less than estimated. A core value of creating amazing customer experiences is evident through thoughtful touches, like complimentary personalized embossing, which turns a simple purchase into something extraordinary and meaningful. The team frequently goes above and beyond, demonstrating a commitment to thoughtful and kind service that makes customers feel grateful and highly recommend the business. This family-owned local company successfully combines business necessities with artistic services in a memorable way.
Very helpful staff and they had the obscure paper I was looking for
January 2026
Happened to go here looking for something specific and realise they have a 40% off almost everything in the store! I gathered many things, wonderful stuff. Super helpful staff. Still lots of great stuff to buy especially handmade paper and art supplies. Go support them!
June 2025
I get a lot of large print jobs done here for my work, and Karly in the print shop (Fort Copy) always delivers super quickly and is very friendly and helpful. Pricing is competitive and the quality is excellent.
