Toronto Craft Alert

Knit #1 by Lyn Carter courtesy of the Ontario Association of Art Galleries website.

Did you know that Cambridge Galleries are super into textiles? Hosts of the annual Fibreworks juried art exhibition, Cambridge Galleries frequently features exhibitions of Canadian textile artists (notably Lyn Carter and Anna Torma) and also have an very impressive amount of contemporary textile work in their permanent collection. Catch a glimpse of some of their collection in the exhibition Select Works, opening this Tuesday. A [...]

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Years ago when I lived in Montreal, one of the best things about strolling around my neighbourhood was checking out the gig posters that changed regularly on telephone poles, mailboxes & in cafe windows.  A handful of extremely talented and visionary screenprinting artists used the streets as their gallery, and truth be told, sometimes their vision trumped basic communication about who was playing and when and where – though nobody seemed to mind.  Seripop was definitely at the vanguard of this poster art movement, and it [...]

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The Junction is absolutely jammed with exciting design & craft shops and creative celebrations of late, so it was more of an ‘awesome, of course’ than an ‘no, really??’ when Amanda alerted me to to the fact that a ARTiculations, a cute new art supply store/workshop space/exhibition venue has opened there.

You can catch Amanda’s window installation and gallery show in the space until January 20th, check out the ARTiculations blog for upcoming workshops , and pop in to the [...]

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Julie Moon, Shazzam II.  Image courtesy of Katzman Kamen Gallery.

I feel like its been almost impossible to keep on top of all the amazing exhibitions happening across the city over the past month or so. Here is yet another one– a three person show with crafty ceramicist extraordinaire Julie Moon, along with two drawers I was not previously familiar with, Crystal Liu and Rajni Perera. Hot tip: Julie Moon will be selling her wares at this year’s City [...]

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Photo Courtesy of the Communication Art Gallery website.

I just read a short review on Akimblog of this knitty little exhibition of work by none other than local craft hero Kristin Ledgett of The Knit Cafe! I’m kicking myself about not finding out about this sooner. The show comes down in just a few days, so race over to Harbord Street and check it out before it disappears.

Kristin Ledgett
Bones and Bluster
Solo Exhibition at
Communication Art Gallery

Kristin Ledgett has [...]

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I admit to being a little out-to-lunch when it comes to keeping informed about The Power Plant‘s programming. I can’t for the life of me remember where I found out about it, but I came across this neat little bookmaking workshop for kids that will be happening there this weekend. Cheers to The Power Plant for spreading the artists’ book gospel to people of all ages!

POWER KIDS: Make a Book

Taking cues from Derek Sullivan’s interest in books [...]

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