Toronto Craft Alert

Give your mother a unique gift this mother’s day. Take her to…

A Felting Workshop on the Waterfront
Sunday May 10, 2009
1:00-2:30 (Pin Cushion)
$30 per class/includes materials

3:00-4:30 (Felt Painting)
$30 per class/includes materials
http://phoenixartsgroup.org/feltingstudio/index.html

Or, give your mother a gift certificate for a…

Felted Hat Workshop on the Waterfront
Saturday May 30, 2009
12:00-6:30 pm
$115 per class/includes materials

To make a felt hat one just needs a few simple tools. The wool used [...]

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Discover OCAD+
94th Annual Graduate Exhibition

May 7 to 10, 2009

The transformative power of creative and critical thinking that’s what you’ll experience at OCAD’s 94th annual Graduate Exhibition. Join us for a unique showcase of innovative next-generation art and design.
Discover all that we add to the world. Discover OCAD+

Exhibition hours:
Opening Night: Thursday, May 7, 6:30 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Friday, May 8, 9:30 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Saturday, May 9 and Sunday, May 10, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

WHERE:
Main Building and Sharp Centre for Design, 100 McCaul Street [...]

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Sheridan Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning School of Animation, Arts and Design
presents
inmaterial

April 30th – May 10th, 2009
Opening Reception: April 30th
7-10 PM
Lennox Contemporary Gallery
12 Ossington Ave, Toronto ON
(416) 924-7964
Thursday – Sunday: 12-5 PM
www.lennoxcontemporary.com

inmaterial is the craft exhibition presented by the 2009 graduating class of Sheridan Institute’s Crafts & Design Program.

The Exhibit will be held at the Lennox Contemporary Gallery featuring work by new, upcoming artists in [...]

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Toronto Bead Society Fair

Saturday May 2nd from 10am-5pm
YMCA – 20 Grosvenor Street (map)
details

News Flash: It’s True! April showers to May flowers!

Your Juicy Bead Ladies have been working in their beady little garden. We’ve plucked fabulous flowers and leaves for your spring projects. We’re well stocked, from focal size to the smaller 6mm flowers.

Want to make something for the warm weather, but operating on a budget? We’d like to introduce you to The Little [...]

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Mount Pleasant Pottery
602 Mt. Pleasant Road (map)
(3.5 blocks south of Eglinton)
www.mtpleasantpottery.com

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[image from DIY Silkscreening workshop]

Cedar Ridge Spring Workshops:

Beaded Bangle Bracelet
April 30, 7-9pm
Instructor: Cindy Vroom
Cost: $12 + material fee ($15 to the instructor)
Learn tubular Peyote bead weaving. Expand your knowledge of Peyote Stitch with this tubular variation and create fashionable bangles to wear with every outfit.

D.I.Y. Silkscreening Workshop
May 3, 10am – 4pm
Instructor: Amy Wong
Cost: $33 + material fee ($15 to the instructor)
Silk-screening supplies are usually very expensive and actually unnecessary for simple screen-printing. This is a techniques-based workshop that shows how [...]

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