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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: Eyelevel Reshelving Initiative 5 at Eyelevel Gallery, Halifax (Deadline: January 30th, 2012)

tara — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 17:58:21 +0000

Self-published book In My Baba’s Kitchen by Monique Motut-Firth, courtesy of the Eyelevel Reshelving Initiative 5 website.

The Eyelevel Reshelving Initiative is an exhibition of zines and small works that happens every two years at Eyelevel Gallery, a fantastic artist-run centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Zinesters and self-publishers, take heed! Register online, and send your work in by the end of the month!

ERI 5 is an exhibition and sale of artist books, zines, multiples and other kinds of artist-made [...]

CRAFTY HAPPENING: Shannon Gerard: UNSPENT LOVE, or, Things I Wish I Told You Book Launch at YYZ (November 11, 2011; 7-10pm)

tara — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 17:03:44 +0000

This just in from the amazing Shannon Gerard: YYZ Artist’s Outlet will be hosting a book launch for her graphic novel Unspent Love this Friday night. See below for all the details– not to be missed!

UNSPENT LOVE, or, Things I Wish I Told You
Shannon Gerard

Whoa! Conundrum Press is bustin out a paperback version of UNSPENT LOVE!

YYZ is holding a launch to celebrate it on NOV 11 (11 11 11— make a wish!)

FRIDAY 11 NOVEMBER, 2011
7-10 PM
@ YYZ ARTIST’S [...]

VENDOR CALL/CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: Canzine 2011 (show: October 23, 2011, deadline for installation proposals: Sept. 9, 2011))

jen — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 14:48:59 +0000

Heads up to zine & chapbook makers, writers, artists, comic creators and general grassroots crafty types that registration is now open for Canzine 2011. At $15/table (which comes with a 1 year subscription to Broken Pencil) this is a pretty dang risk free way for you to share your pubs with the zine-loving masses. If you happen to be reading from Vancouver, details on the Van edition below!

Also, Broken Pencil is looking for artists who are interested [...]

EXHIBITION: The Parallel Library at 1080 Queen Street West (June 23-July 3; Reception: June 23rd, 6-9pm)

tara — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 15:10:27 +0000

I have long been a fan of the Monkey’s Paw and its collection of eclectic, obscure and sometimes downright bizarre printed matter. After all, in what other book store would you find a biography of “Honest” Ed Mirvish next to a lushly-illustrated book on Hawaiian coconut shell crafts from the 1950s? I recently spotted the following listing for a staff-curated exhibition of some of MP’s more notable titles, due to happen later on this month. [...]

CRAFTY LIT: Embroidered Penguin Novel Covers by Jillian Tamaki

tara — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 14:42:20 +0000

I just came across these incredible embroidered book covers by Canadian illustrator Jillian Tamaki thanks to a link on Broken Pencil’s website. Tamaki illustrated the acclaimed graphic novel Skim, written by her cousin Mariko Tamaki in 2008, and her practice as an artist spans comics, editorial illustrations and much more. She also has had collections of drawings published by Drawn and Quarterly and Conundrum Press.

Artwork by Leah Buckareff

This is coming pretty last-minute (apologies) but erstwhile Toronto craft maven, Leah Buckareff, is calling for zines for an upcoming instalment of her newest project, The Wundrkabinet, in Berlin. Leah is looking both for donated and loaned reading copies of zines as well as stock to offer for sale. Multi-lingual and non-English zines are a plus! If you are doing anything like that in Toronto, I’d like to know just out of curiosity, too. Feel free [...]

GET SCHOOLED: Two OCAD Continuing Education Classes (May-June)

rosalyn — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 13:07:41 +0000

Basic Papermaking
CSPM 1N01

Instructor: Emily Cook, MFA
4 weeks, Wednesdays, 6:30 pm to 9:30 p.m., May 12-June 2, 2010
Prerequisite: some art, design, craft training, or equivalent experience.

This course will introduce students to basic hand papermaking techniques using a variety of fibres including flax, hemp, cotton and abaca. Students will learn decorative paper techniques to customize their paper for book, print or drawing projects. Students will leave with a sample book of unique handmade papers. Studio work will be supported by demonstrations, discussions, and slide presentations.

CRAFTY HAPPENING: 2009 Book Arts Fair at the Ontario Collage of Art and Design (December 5)

rosalyn — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 03:49:58 +0000

On Saturday, December 5, 2009, the Ontario College of Art & Design (OCAD) holds its 25th annual Book Arts Fair, where, in time for the holiday season, visitors can browse and purchase hand-printed and bound books, prints, artist multiples, handmade paper and cards, buttons, totes, letterpress posters and much more.

Fifty to sixty book artists, printmakers, very small publishers, ‘zine’ makers, OCAD students, professional artists, letterpress printers, papermaking and printmaking suppliers, and cooperative print shops will all [...]

CRAFTY HAPPENING: Book Movie Music Swap Meet (Sept. 26)

toronto craft alert — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 18:07:11 +0000

Looking to update your books, movies and music libraries while being easy on the environment and your wallet? The Book-Movie-Music Swap Meet event on September 26th is the perfect opportunity to recycle, de-clutter and get value out of the books, movies and CDs you’re tired with. Bring your unwanted books, CDs and DVDs and have tons of fun swapping with other media lovers. You will be sure to leave with new entertainment gems!

We invite you to bring at least one to three books, CDs or DVDs you [...]

Intern Top Picks No. 14

nightjar books — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 02:02:13 +0000

Happy Intern Top Picks Wednesday! I hope everyone loved all the guest posters and the amazing art and craft they had to share – what an incredible team! This week features video-art, zines, everything you can do with Japanese tape, and more - enjoy, friends.

Amy says:

(image by Lotte Reiniger)

1. Lotte Reiniger

Lotte combined her interests in silhouette-making, puppetry, and film-making to create some intricate and impressive short films. I think we should all watch some of her [...]