Toronto Craft Alert

GET SCHOOLED: Summer 2010 Art Classes

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3 HOUR INTRO WORKSHOPS

These general interest workshops are suited for artists , teachers, or beginners. These one day summer sessions allow you to explore a variety of mediums while remaining flexible to fit any busy summer schedule. Choose between one, three or all eight workshops offered in encaustic, acrylic painting, collage screen printing, brown printing, papier mache and clay ceramics.

Courses are $65 each or $60 each for 3 or more sessions (plus taxes, materials included)
Choose from a 3 hour [...]

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Come support a great cause on Tuesday July 6, 2010 from 5-8pm

Design @ Humber students invite you to attend this charity event to support WoodGreen Community Services and the Furniture Bank. We wish to bring awareness to low income housing by having an Artisan Chair Silent Auction.  Local artists and designers will be displaying their re-vamped chairs in the streets of the Distillery District on July 6, 2010 from 5-8pm.  Come and [...]

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Come decorate a sleeping mask before catching some Z’s in downtown Toronto!

The residents of Toronto are invited to come personalize a sleeping mask using simple crafting techniques before covering their eyes and dozing off in the city. By creating a safe sleeping zone on the site of a proposed park in the Queen West neighbourhood, Eric Moschopedis and Mia Rushton seek to legitimize public napping under the aegis of art – just sweet public dreams!

MORE INFO: www.theatrecentre.org /

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Join us July 17 from 9-5 at The Rose Theatre in Brampton for a day of art, craft and entertainment! Admission and underground parking are FREE. It’s a community showcase of artists, artisans, creative crafters, musicians, performers and more. Visit our website for more details and to view our surprise headline act! See you there!

Need to contact us? Email info@bramptonartfair.com | http://www.bramptonartfair.com

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TTC Knitalong

The TTC Knitalong is back for 2010! We’re exploring some new features and a few changes to the routes, but basically the goals stay the same: TTC, knit, shop!

So save the date Saturday, July 10 2010 and get your pointy sticks and TTC passes ready to go.

To register please check the blog for details or email ttcknitalong@gmail.com

So what is the TTC Knitalong?

3 teams meet at different yarn stores around the city. Travelling by streetcar, subway and bus [...]

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In celebration of Worldwide Knit in Public Day, treat yourself to a free screening of Handmade Nation. Following the film, artist, knitter and community activist Sue Sturdy will reflect upon her relationship with craft, community, the KNIT camBRIDGE Project, and her preparations to break the Guinness World Record for simultaneous knitting. Presented in collaboration by the OCC and the Cambridge Centre for the Arts.

Free screening of Handmade Nation and CraftTalk with Sue Sturdy
Saturday, June 12 4:30 – 6 p.m.
Princess Twin Cinema, 46 [...]

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