Toronto Craft Alert

Lots of fantastic things have been happening at the Design Exchange as of late. Last week, I attended a screening there, where I learned about these great little Valentine’s-oriented workshops happening within the next few weeks, held in partnership with awesome locals Preloved and The Japanese Paper Place. Click the links below to save your spot…

Valentine’s Day at the DX

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Share the Love with Preloved
February 1, 2012
6.30 pm – 8.30 pm
Design Exchange, 234 Bay Street, Toronto
$85 / person
$75 [...]

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This sounds like pretty much the best thing ever. Projection, costumes, puppets.  Xylophone, wurlitzer, ukulele, cello, trumpet.   Sounds like a recipe for pure magic… act FAST if you want tickets!

A year and a half in the making, Everything Under the Moon is the most ambitious creation to date by celebrated Toronto visual and performance artist Shary Boyle and innovative Winnipeg songwriter and performer Christine Fellows. The pair have enchanted audiences with their daring, moving [...]

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Image credit: Will Munro Infinity, 2010, stitched fabric, 34 x 58 inches. Courtesy of the Estate of Will Munro.

It is exciting to see a university institution embrace queer art (& craft!) with reckless abandon and to to provide a truly creative and relevant space for queer and trans youth to come together and make stuff. This programming celebratiing the work and spirit of the late, great, Will Munro looks rad and involves a bevvy of talented makers and creators. Definitely put this [...]

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Poster by Peter Thompson

I just caught wind of this wonderful looking zine fair happening tonight in London. On top of a killer line-up of artists I have long been a fan of (Diana Tamblyn, Lido Pimienta, Peter Thompson, Marc Bell), the evening also boasts, projections, workshops and bands to follow. I am sure all the zinesters I don’t know are just as great, too. You can peruse thewhole line-up with links

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Zine haul from the last XPACE zine fair. Photo by Fiona Smyth, courtesy of her blog, The Wilding.

Zines make great stocking stuffers! Spread the zine gospel this holiday season by buying a heap of them at XPACE’s zine fair this coming weekend, and gift them to your friends and family. The fair will have handmade items, prints and other great stuff, too.

2ND ANNUAL XPACE ZINE FAIR
Saturday December 17, 2011, 12pm-6pm
XPACE Cultural Centre
58 Ossington [...]

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Miracle Thieves is a itty-bitty little shop with a big heart. Since opening last summer on Crawford Street, they have done a lot of really wonderful things on top of being a shop of handmade wares– a quick peruse of their website shows that they have creative workshops for kids and hold hoppin’ community events, exhibitions and benefits. Tomorrow they are having their winter launch, which– on top of being a fun gathering with music and cupcakes– will definitely be a great place to [...]

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