Toronto Craft Alert

Was just trolling the web for something fun to do tonight after realizing that our AGO date could only have happened before 5.30pm (guess I’m used to free night!) and came upon this show on BlogTO – looks like an interesting exploration of our culture’s relationship to the handmade in times of distress…

MKG127 is pleased to present I Can’t Stop This Feeling: Crisis, Comfort, and Craft, an exhibition of new work from the Toronto/Hamilton based collective, SHAKE -n- MAKE.

“We grew up in the 70s, in the midst of turmoil and social upheaval. Planes were hijacked, gas was in short supply, the traditional family was in flux, and an American president resigned in disgrace. Through the lens of Afterschool Specials, we saw the world as a crisis waiting to happen; we learned that trauma was just beyond the wood paneled walls of our Rec room. Not surprisingly, we sought comfort in all things homey and homemade. Collectively, an entire culture tried to craft its way back to the 50s, only the tools, and rules, had changed. Try as we may, Betty Crocker’s canned concoctions, macramé and string art, shrinky dinks and felt banners, embroidery and toaster cozies, didn’t make life any simpler or safer. But still we persist.”

The exhibition continues until June 27th
Wednesday to Saturday from 12 to 6 PM or by appointment.

SHAKE -n- MAKE is Claudia Manley, Liss Platt, Steph Rogerson

MKG127 is located in Toronto at 127 Ossington Avenue between Queen and Dundas Streets at the NE corner of Ossington Avenue and Argyle Street.