Toronto Craft Alert

Just got a heads up on this great-looking space opening at the end of the month a mere block away from me (what luck!), right across from Trinity Bellwoods Park. Miracle Thieves will be a craft and design retail space as well as a workshop and community art space. See below for all the deets about their upcoming day-long opening celebration.

Miracle Thieves is a new and exciting multi-purpose creative space. Aside from a curated retail component which exclusively houses [...]

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Behold Sponsor News for April!  (Also, don’t forget that the OOAK Show is on now until Sunday)

Image courtesy of the Textile Museum of Canada

TEXTILE MUSEUM OF CANADA
www.textilemuseum.ca
55 Centre Avenue
416-599-5321
info@textilemuseum.ca

Silk Oasis on the Silk Road: Bukhara
New Exhibition at the TMC Curated by Natalia Nekrassova
March 23 – September 25, 2011
Silk, a precious fibre from China, was for centuries a connecting thread between regions and cultures. Silk Oasis on the Silk Road: Bukhara speaks to the influence of a single site within [...]

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Love and Money
At the Ontario Crafts Council Gallery
December 16-31, 2010
Reception: Thursday, December 16, 7-10pm

City of Craft (in partnership with the Ontario Craft Council) is seeking submissions for a group exhibition that will take place at the Ontario Craft Council Gallery as a part of City of Craft’s 2010 off-site programming. City of Craft is Toronto’s largest independent craft sale and weekend-long event featuring craft-based installations, free workshops, and craft-related programming.

This year’s exhibition will explore the broad relationship craft and [...]

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THE UNCONVENTIONAL SKETCHBOOK: Mixed Media Class with local textile artist, Sharon Epstein

Date: July 5 to July 8, 2010 (Monday-Thursday), from 10:00 am – 4:00 pm daily.
Location: The Contemporary Textile Studio Co-op, 401 Richmond St. West, Studio 109, Toronto
Tuition: $235 + Materials: $65

This course will enable you to make the most out of using a sketchbook practice, develop images, observe and experiment with materials and ideas. Students [...]

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De La Cason Arte Contemporanea is a brand new exhibition space in Venice, Italy and one of the very few in the city that exhibits works by emerging artists.

“From the Great Lakes” will be an exhibition showcasing work by emerging Canadian artists to an international community, curated by Michelle Galletta, an OCAD grad who now lives and works in Venice. This is an open invitation to artists who live in or are from Ontario and are making [...]

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Our next 8 week jewellery making classes will be starting on:

* Thursday June 10th, 2010 (Intro/Intermediate Fabrication)
* Wednesday June 16th, 2010 (Intro/Intermediate Casting)
* Monday June 7th, 2010 (Intro/Intermed Enameling)
* Tuesday June 29th, 2010 (Intro/Intermediate Fabrication)

Our next 1 day jewellery making workshops will be on:

* Saturday June 12th, 2010 (Ring Workshop)
* Sunday June 13th, 2010 (Chain making Workshop)
* Saturday June 19th, 2010 (Enameling Workshop)
* Sunday June [...]

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