Toronto Craft Alert

Claude Grenier, Traffic, 2011.  Image courtesy of Meredith Keith Gallery

The Dundas BIA is behind a new gallery crawl series that will focus attention on the galleries of the Dundas West/Brockton Village neighbourhood, which has morphed into a community full of very cool art and design destinations over the past year or two. Crawl stops on the 26th will include Dundas West gallery mainstay Jessica Bradley Art + Projects (which features consistently excellent exhibitions) and Meredith Keith Gallery, which [...]

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I have never made it to this show myself (bad blogger!) but I have heard many good things.  Very cool that they are offering this FREE opportunity for emerging artists.  Best of luck to anyone who applies! (Application over here).

The Artist Project is accepting applications from contemporary emerging artists for its fifth annual juried exhibition and sale. The UNTAPPED Competition will award 25 emerging artists with a free space at the show for [...]

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Some of you may be familiar with Paul Bultler’s roving Collage Parties, where the public (or a group of artists) is encouraged to get down and dirty with a giant pile of magazines and art supplies and create a temporary exhibition on the walls of the party space where individual creations mash up and riff off of those of other attendees.  It is the simplest of ideas, but really very liberating to make something just for the sake of making something, and to share (and get inspired [...]

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Need I say more? If you are a TCA reader, you understand the importance of art and culture to a vibrant and thriving city. Read on to find out more about this initiative, put forward by Friends of the Arts, an alliance of Toronto-based arts groups. Most importantly, sign the petition and have your say!

Photo courtesy of Jumblies Theatre

Send a Message to Protect the Arts!
Please take 30 seconds to add your name to the Friends of the Arts [...]

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Interlaced, by Anna Lindsay MacDonald; Photo by Marinco Kojdanovski of the Powerhouse Museum

A couple nights ago my pal Lizz reminded me of an incredible exhibition she’ll be taking part in in Australia in a few weeks. After checking out the exhibition’s website, I couldn’t resist posting about it here. Love Lace is a major exhibition of contemporary lacemaking practices hosted by the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney, Australia. For those of you who don’t know, the Powerhouse is [...]

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Double congrats are in order as Sandra and Ross of Square Foot are not only celebrating the 9th anniversary of this incredibly popular show, but also the birth of their little boy!  One seriously amazing addition to their collection of little beauties, to be sure.

The 9th Annual Original SQUARE FOOT Show 2011
NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL CALL FOR ARTISTS IN ANY MEDIA:
AWOL Gallery is seeking submissions for Toronto’s most anticipated summer group show!

AWOL Gallery is once again planning for The Square Foot Show, an annual group [...]

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