CRAFTY CHAT: Craft and Culture: Making Things with Rachel MacHenry at OCAD University (January 17th, 2012; 6:30-7:30pm)

by tara

Jan 16th, 2012

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I went to a couple of CraftTalks- a lecture and panel series co-presented by OCADU and the Ontario Crafts Council- in 2010 and took an indescribable amount of knowledge and inspiration away from them. For some reason (homework and general school-related chaos, perhaps?) I ended up missing 2011′s lineup of talks altogether. 2012 is another year, and I’m excited to be attending the first of many scheduled CraftTalks tomorrow evening. The speaker is textile artist and educator Rachel MacHenry- find all [...]

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CRAFTY HAPPENING: Miracle Thieves Winter Launch (December 3, 2011; 7pm)

by tara

Dec 2nd, 2011

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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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EXHIBITION: 2011 Pangnirtung Tapestry Collection at The Guild Shop (November 17-December 24, 2011; Reception: November 17, 5-9pm)

by tara

Nov 15th, 2011

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Thoughts of the Owl (2011); image courtesy of The Guild Shop website.

In a Canadian Art History class last year, I was lucky to learn about the Inuit printmakers of Cape Dorset, on Dorset Island in Nunavut. Cape Dorset is known as the “Capital of Inuit Art,” and is well known for its rich history of stone lithography, drawing, carving and handicraft. Similarly, Pangnirtung– on Baffin Island– is known for its weaving studio, which was established in 1970. The exhibition below will [...]

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CRAFTY HAPPENING: 1st Annual DuWest Art Gallery Crawl (November 26th, 2011; 12pm, 1pm and 2pm)

by tara

Nov 11th, 2011

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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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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: Penpal Adventures! A Curated Zine on the Experiences of Girls as Penpals (Deadline: February 1, 2012)

by tara

Oct 12th, 2011

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Having pen pals and being one was such a huge part of my life as a teenager who made zines– a practice that was, in the [...]

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QUESTIONS FOR CRAFTERS CHEONGJU: Robyn Love

by tara

Sep 23rd, 2011

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Robyn lays down The Knitted Mile in Dallas, Texas (2008)

Greetings, readers! Welcome to the first installment of a short series of interviews with a few of the talented craftspeople taking part in this year’s International Craft Biennale in Cheongju, Korea, which opened just a few days ago. There are 8 Canadians taking part in the festivities this year– one of them being Robyn Love, who was invited to the Biennale to create an ambitious site-specific installation. Robyn is an [...]

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