Toronto Craft Alert

TORONTO SCULPTURE GARDEN
115 King Street East, Toronto

CALL FOR PROPOSALS
Next Deadline: Submissions received by May 15, 2010

The Toronto Sculpture Garden has been a leader in Canada in the commissioning of contemporary sculpture since it opened in 1981. Located in an urban park in the downtown core, it serves as a testing ground for artists to explore public space and to address issues of urban context, materials and scale.

BACKGROUND:

The TSG is a non-collecting institution that is unique in its partnership between the City of Toronto, which owns and operates the [...]

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This contest is open to ALL elementary, high school and college/university students!

Here is what you need to do:
*Draw a prom dress, featuring fabric with a print designed by YOU. Your print can include drawings, found images, whatever! Or a combination of these things.

*Mail or email your submission to Peach Berserk to arrive by Thursday April 15th, along with proof of current school attendance.

*Winners announced Thursday April 22nd.

Prizes:

A custom made Peach Berserk silk party dress made with YOUR Dress design and YOUR fabric print, OR a Peach Berserk [...]

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Too Cool For School
Art & Science Fair

Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, May 8, 2010

The Too Cool For School Art & Science Fair is an interdisciplinary project in which people from all walks of life come together in a convergence of art and science. The event is structured just like a school science fair participants will display their projects on rows of tables, and will be on hand to discuss their work with the public. The difference is that this event is as much as art as it is about [...]

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Made of Wood Show 2010
Call for Entry

DEADLINE: Monday, March 15, 2010, 5:00 pm

Presented in partnership by the Made of Wood Show and the Ontario Crafts Council

All woodworkers are invited to apply for the 9th annual Made of Wood Show, taking place in the village of Erin, Ontario from April 17 to May 9, 2010. This exhibition will highlight a selection of Canada’s finest woodworkers and will run in conjunction with wood demonstrations, seminars and workshops in the community of Erin.

All varieties of woodworking will be accepted for [...]

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EXHIBITION:
Let Them Eat Cake

February 4 – March 21, 2010 at the Ontario Crafts Council Gallery
Please join us for the opening reception on Thursday, February 4, 5:30 – 8:30 pm

An Exhibition of Fine Sterling Silver Objects to Adorn the Home and Body

Susan Watson Ellis and Todd Jeffrey Ellis together have over 50 years of experience in the metal working field. Jovially named Let Them Eat Cake, the exhibition shows off individual directions in their works as they have evolved since moving from their cramped Toronto Studio [...]

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VANTAGE POINT, EXHIBITION-IN-PRINT Volume II
*french version follows/texte francais suit*
Gatekeepers, curated by ANGELA GROSSMANN.

This an open invitation to artists anywhere who are making work on the theme of exclusion – specifically their own experience of it, be it social, political, personal, racial, gender, age, class, or art world based. This invitation is open to artists anywhere working in all media at any stage of their art making.

Negotiating the ever-shifting maze of the art world industry is a Sisyphean task.  Its rewards are well known: credibility, status, fame, wealth and [...]

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