Toronto Craft Alert

oooh, check out this crafty contest over at Sublime Stitching.  Submit an upcycled craft before April 27th.

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If you are a fan of the Institute for Figuring, crocheting, hyperbolics, recycling, math or sea creatures, come to the Knit Cafe at 1050 Queen Street West to see a crocheted mini coral reef made entirely of recycled plastic bags!  The display will be up until the end of April, including Earth Day! (stay tuned for a lil’ celebration invitation!)

The coral reef display is inspired by the Toxic Reef, a project led by [...]

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Itinerant (sometimes Torontnian) art/craft artist, Meags Fitzgerald is premiering the fruits of her last year’s labours in Calgary this week. Her entire BFA year has been taken over by the process of recreating the room in which she was born through various handicraft techniques. In Meags’ own words:

Crèche is a show that I have dedicated my last year of my BFA to making.

Meags Fitzgerald’s installation, Crèche, visits a simulacrum of her parents’ bedroom at the time of her homebirth. The artwork addresses maternal lineage, the distortions of memory and personal history [...]

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As part of a series of eight new free art exhibitions running from March 14 to May 3, 2009, York Quay Centre Visual Arts (at Harbourfront Centre) presents still by Amanda McCavour + Margaret Lim (2009)

A collaboration between two Craft Studio artists-in residence working in textile and metal focusing on everyday situations. The artists chose to represent these everyday situations in isolation, like a film still, in order to give value and greater meaning to [...]

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Diana of Flyball Bags (and lovely vintage etsy shop A Touch of Vintage) wrote to invite us all to check her out at the upcoming One of a Kind Show (booth E12), on from this Wednesday – Sunday.  If you too will be selling at the show, feel free to leave your booth info in the comments to this post and let’s show these hardworking folks some love by checking out their booths!

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OUR FIRST JURYING SESSION IS NOW COMPLETED AND LIMITED SPACE IS AVAILABLE!

Don’t miss out on your chance to be part of the second One of a Kind Show & Sale Vancouver on October 8-11, 2009 at the Vancouver Convention Centre.

One of a Kind Vancouver is a shopping destination like no other; with fashion shows, contests, seminars and of course some of North America’s finest artists and artisans!

Apply now! The April 10, 2009 deadline is fast approaching!

For more information:
Visit www.oneofakindvancouver.com or email vancouver@oneofakindshow.com.

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