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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: The Wunderkabinet (deadline: July 23, launches: August 28)

jen — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 13:46:48 +0000

Our dear friend Leah of Toronto Church of Craft and City of Craft is currently living/making cool stuff happen in Berlin. She’d very much like to create some links between the craft worlds here and there – please see her call for your submissions to her latest project below.

Located inside the incredible bastel lounge that is La Bastellerie in Berlin’s Kreuzberg neighbourhood, The Wunderkabinet will house a very special collection of handmade curiosities from parts near and very far.* [...]

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: Gallery 1313

angelune — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 01:13:33 +0000

Gallery 1313 is looking for submissions for the Process Gallery!!
We have 33 feet of running wall to be filled with your work! This space offers artists a place to test out new works that are in the process of development. We encourage all emerging craft, video, new media, installation and performance artists to propose projects for this space.

The rental fee for two weeks is $500. While this may seem like a lot, you don’t have to sit in the gallery, there are no commissions to the gallery and you can [...]

EXHIBITION: Hey Come Inside: Project 165 Open House Weekend (May 28-30)

rosalyn — Fri, 28 May 2010 04:34:08 +0000

Project 165 is pleased as punch to announce Hey Come Inside: a weekend-long open studio art event featuring drawing, painting, installation, video, performance, photography and other work by Project 165’s studio artists, volunteers and other friends.

This is a unique opportunity to gain special insight into the vibrant culture of one of Toronto’s most unique artist-run spaces and to consider that, as art writer Sarah Thornton put it, the studio “isn’t just a place where artists make art but [...]

EXHIBITION: Julia Prime – Arboretum at The Japanese Paper Place (until May 28)

rosalyn — Sun, 23 May 2010 16:21:43 +0000

Julia Prime – Arboretum
at The Japanese Paper Place

A collection of embroidered and printed trees on washi. On display in the Artist Resource Center at The Japanese Paper Place until May 28th.

www.juliaprime.ca

The Japanese Paper Place
9am-6pm Monday to Friday
77 Brock Ave.
Toronto, ON
416-538-9669
www.japanesepaperplace.com

GET SCHOOLED: XPACE Proposal Workshop (June 19)

rosalyn — Sun, 23 May 2010 16:07:50 +0000

XPACE Proposal Workshop
June 19th, 2010 2pm- 4pm

XPACE offers proposal workshops prior to each of our application deadlines. At the workshops we will discuss proposal writing guidelines and tips that attendees can use to develop proposal and grant writing skills. The group discussion and one-on-one conversations will provide you with lasting knowledge that will build your proposal and grant writing skills. This workshop will be lead by XPACE staff, as well as a special guest- to [...]

EXHIBITION: The House that Masons Built house (until May 18)

rosalyn — Sun, 16 May 2010 13:38:18 +0000

Hey Neighbour,
Who said nothing cool happens in the Suburbs? Leave the gallery behind and come check out “The House that Masons Built” at 53 Prince Charles Drive from May 8th ‘til May 18th.

It is widely assumed that people’s identities are defined by the objects they own, what they choose to live amongst in the domestic sphere, and how much of this is represented in public. After years of being altered and re-altered, these histories associated with the Mason family at 53 Prince Charles Drive have been pushed farther and [...]

EXHIBITION: Christina Gapic – Featured Artist at bookhou (April 28-May 30)

rosalyn — Thu, 06 May 2010 13:39:22 +0000

Christina Gapic – Part of bookhou’s featured artist series and part of the Scotiabank CONTACT photography festival
April 28-May 30, 2010

Gapic’s images of India were photographed over a three-year period from 2005 to 2008. The show portrays an intimate view of the country and its people through the artists’ selected works.

bookhou shop
798 dundas street west
toronto, on
416-203-2549
www.bookhou.com

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: 50/50 Juried Art Exhibition (August 1-8, deadline: June 29 or July 3)

rosalyn — Thu, 06 May 2010 13:09:49 +0000

Queen Gallery is accepting submissions to the 50/50 show.
All artwork must be 20” x 20” (including frame, if work is framed) and artists can submit up to three works. Art must be dropped off on Tuesday, June 29th between 11am and 5pm or Saturday July 3rd between 1 and 4pm, along with the signed contract and a $10 deposit. The jury will review the work and the jury’s decisions will be emailed Saturday July 10th. If the work was not selected for the show, it [...]

EXHIBITION: Out of Hand (May 6-14, reception: May 6)

rosalyn — Mon, 03 May 2010 17:58:55 +0000

www.whippersnapper.ca

VENDOR CALL: Make it (June 5)

rosalyn — Sat, 01 May 2010 03:37:47 +0000

Saturday June 5, 12-6pm
Beaver Hall Gallery
29 McCaul Street

We currently have a few tables left for Make It – an arts and crafts show and sale at Beaver Hall Gallery on Saturday June 5th benefitting the Furniture Bank. Please note that we are at capacity for jewelry vendors and are only looking for other types of work. Please contact me for further information.

Contact Info:
Kiran Thind at kiran.thind@rogers.com
facebook group here

NEIGHBOURHOODS: Oakville

nightjar books — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 01:10:55 +0000

Our newest addition to the Toronto Craft Alert line-up, Neighbourhoods will feature the craftiest parts of GTA-and-Beyond neighbourhoods!

By Cait Harben

A few months ago, I graduated from art school and made the move away from my intricately-built support network in Halifax, to my parent’s suburban home in Oakville, Ontario. So far the move has mostly been positive—I work for a great art gallery and maintain a network of arty friends in the Toronto area—but I am often left wondering where all the twenty-somethings have gone, and longing for local organic [...]

CRAFTY HAPPENING: 2010 Arts Open House & Crafts Sale @ Sheridan College, Oakville (May 1)

rosalyn — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 03:04:22 +0000

SHERIDAN ARTS FESTIVAL SHOWCASES UP AND COMING ARTISTS

The School of Animation, Arts and Design opens its doors to the public again this spring for visitors to view some of the finest arts facilities on the continent, speak with student representatives and program faculty and find out why every year 4,000 students choose to attend Sheridan’s 28 programs in animation, arts and design.

See work by students in various programs including Art Fundamentals, Visual and Creative Arts, Crafts and Design: Glass, Ceramics, Textiles, Furniture.

EXHIBITION: things iridescent

jen — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 20:28:39 +0000

Last night while admiring Elly‘s foil stamped holograph Bread Clip earrings by Sandy Plotnikoff (acquired at MADE), Grant , who himself has created a gorgeous iridescent hanging garden currently showing at MADE’s installation space*, mentioned that Sandy has a print show on at an Ossignton gallery.

With a little digging I found that Foil Problem is showing at Hunter and Cook (15 Ossington Ave.) until May 16th.

If you love colour & shiny things like I do, I think this show may really do it for you!

*by [...]

EXHIBITION: It’s A Big Deal! at the Ontario Crafts Council (May 6-28, reception: May 6)

rosalyn — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 21:18:18 +0000

It’s a Big Deal!

May 6 – May 28, 2010
Ontario Crafts Council Gallery
990 Queen Street West, Toronto
Please join us for the Opening Reception on Thursday, May 6, 5:30 – 8:30 pm.

Micah Adams
Alisha Marie Boyd
Norah Deacon
Niko Dimitrijevic
Margaret Lim
Shuyu Lu
Amanda McCavour
Adriana McNeely
Rose-Angeli Ringor
Johanna Schmidt
Patrycja Zwierzynska
Curated by Melanie Egan, Head of Craft and
Patrick Macaulay, Head of Visual Arts at Harbourfront Centre

This exhibition strives to communicate new ideas and shape perceptions about contemporary craft. It is about the [...]

EXHIBITION: New Installation by Grant Heaps at MADE (April 22-June 12, reception: April 22)

rosalyn — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 13:22:39 +0000

MADE presents “Daydreamin’- a Grant Heaps remix”
A new installation by Grant Heaps

Opening Reception at MADE Thursday April 22nd, 7pm to 9pm
Exhibition continues to June 12th

Grant Heaps provides a visual extrapolation of the song Daydreamin’ by Lupe Fiasco. Shreds of fabric discards are stitched together by Heaps in his own lyrical tracing of the scraps of memory and feelings that describe a life.

Lupe Fiasco’s song Daydreamin’ is a record of contrasts: bliss and frustration, loud and soft, beautiful and ugly, reality and perception. Heaps chose to [...]

EXHIBITION: The Reconceptualized Universe of The Anti-Logo League Girls (April 8-May 15, reception: April 8)

rosalyn — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 13:52:32 +0000

Reliquary 5, archival digital print, 32” x 32”, 2008.

The Reconceptualized Universe of The Anti-Logo League Girls

Stephanie Cormier’s Solo Exhibition

April 8 – May 15, 2010
Opening Reception: Thursday, April 8, 2010 6:30-8:30pm

for more details, see here: http://openstudio.on.ca
Stephanie Cormier: http://www.artinteriors.ca/artists/stephanie_cormier

Open Studio is pleased to present The Reconceptualized Universe of The Anti-Logo League Girls, a solo exhibition by Toronto-based artist Stephanie Cormier from April 8 to May 15, 2010.

Stephanie Cormier’s Anti-Logo League Girls are warriors created from society’s detritus. Fashioned from appropriated advertising images and [...]

EXHIBITION: Barbara Di Lella at Bookhou (March 31-April 25)

rosalyn — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 13:30:24 +0000

Barbara Di Lella – part of bookhou’s featured artist series
March 31-April 25

artist statement:
Since almost forever I have been drawn to the process of aging: from the weathered and layered flaking paint on old wood to the faded and yellowed pages of time-worn books. I am intrigued by the past, the secrets of history and the hidden stories within people and objects that have lived before I was born.

The images, colours and textures I choose are derived from the part of me that has no thought. They are compilations [...]

EXHIBITION: Jason McLean at Jessica Bradley Art + Projects (March 20-April 17)

rosalyn — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 12:20:43 +0000

Jason McLean, Nothings Going to Change Me World 2008. Acrylic Ink and collage.

Since 2005, the gallery has included Jason McLean’s work in two group exhibitions. Jessica Bradley Art + Projects is now pleased to present McLean’s first solo exhibition in Toronto.

Jason McLean’s diverse practice encompasses drawing, sculpture, installation and sound, as well as various collaborative projects and performances. He is also well known in the international zine and underground comic book community and has participated in Paul Butler’s renowned Collage Party. McLean developed his practice in Vancouver where [...]

EXHIBITION: Atlas Findings @ Narwhal Art Projects (reception: April 1, show runs April 1-May 2)

jen — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 18:33:55 +0000

Sooo excited to see some Megan Whitmarsh (pictured below) live! The rest of the show looks pretty great too….

Narwhal Art Projects is pleased to present Atlas Findings, a group exhibition negotiating new possibilities in modern landscapes. Leon Benn, Jacob Whibley, Megan Whitmarsh, Paul Wackers, Tessar Lo and Peter Mettler offer peripheral views from distant lines, sharing explorations of modern landscapes through painting, collage, embroidery and film. Their constructed environments form six unique visions of the world surrounding us, communicating unique perspectives ranging from joyful optimism, futuristic imaginations, deep introspection, insightful [...]

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: Calling all artists working in Textile & Fibre Mediums! (November, deadlines: April 30)

rosalyn — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:38:04 +0000

Gladstone Hotel Presents
pieceWORK
A “Pop-Up” Sale Of Textile And Fibre Arts

Event Dates: Nov 26-28, 2010

The Gladstone Hotel is renting second floor exhibition spaces to individuals or
groups of artists interested in setting up three-day “pop-up” shops to sell textile and fibre based work including wearables, jewelry, and home décor items. We’re looking for a diverse group of artists who can produce high quality multiples or short run production work specifically in fibre based mediums.

• Coincides with the opening weekend of Hard Twist, the [...]

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: Art & Science Fair at the Harbourfront Centre (May 8, deadline: March 26)

rosalyn — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 21:25:41 +0000

Too Cool For School
Art & Science Fair

Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, May 8, 2010

The Too Cool For School Art & Science Fair is an interdisciplinary project in which people from all walks of life come together in a convergence of art and science. The event is structured just like a school science fair participants will display their projects on rows of tables, and will be on hand to discuss their work with the public. The difference is that this event is as much as art as it is about [...]

EXHIBITION: Review of It’s A Big Deal! @ Harbourfront Centre

nightjar books — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 01:14:32 +0000

Review by Tara Bursey

It’s A Big Deal!
Harbourfront Centre
January 23- April 4 2010

Curated by Melanie Egan, Head of Craft and
Patrick Macaulay, Head of Visual Arts

“How big is big? What is big? Is it big enough?” These are the questions Melanie Egan and Patrick Macaulay ask of both exhibiting artists and viewers in their curatorial statement for It’s A Big Deal!, currently showing at Harbourfront Centre. This exhibition focuses on new work by selected residents of Harbourfront’s Artist-In-Residence program.

Egan and Macaulay’s [...]

CRAFT SHOW: The Artist Project (March 4-7)

rosalyn — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:47:33 +0000

SAVE THE DATE: THE ARTIST PROJECT TORONTO IS ALMOST HERE!

March 4-7, 2010 | Queen Elizabeth Building, Exhibition Place

•   Meet & buy from 175 juried contemporary artists
•   Explore Installation Alley presented by Heineken
•   Tour the Video ArtBox curated by Median Contemporary
•   See 18 of the country’s best emerging Untapped Artists
•   Enjoy free lectures & docent-led art tours

Tickets On Sale Now!
Opening Night Party $25
Adult Admission (Fri-Sun) $12
Seniors/Students (Fri-Sun) $8

Visit www.theartistprojecttoronto.com for special ticket offers and more information.

EXHIBITION: What’s Happening at the Ontario Crafts Council (February-March)

rosalyn — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 23:55:57 +0000

EXHIBITION:
Let Them Eat Cake

February 4 – March 21, 2010 at the Ontario Crafts Council Gallery
Please join us for the opening reception on Thursday, February 4, 5:30 – 8:30 pm

An Exhibition of Fine Sterling Silver Objects to Adorn the Home and Body

Susan Watson Ellis and Todd Jeffrey Ellis together have over 50 years of experience in the metal working field. Jovially named Let Them Eat Cake, the exhibition shows off individual directions in their works as they have evolved since moving from their cramped Toronto Studio [...]

SUPPLY YOUR HABIT: Wing Ding Friday – Art Supply Xchange @ XPACE (January 29)

jen — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 15:07:34 +0000

Art Supply Exchange!
XPACE Cultural Centre presents our 2nd Wing Ding Friday – Art Supply Xchange!

Date: Friday, January 29th

Drop in anytime between 6-8 with any supplies that you don’t need/use anymore and check out what everyone else has brought, you never know what you’ll find!

Bring something, take something! Free!

XPACE Cultural Centre
58 Ossington Ave
Toronto, ON
www.xpace.info
416.849.2864

EXHIBITION: Body + Object at the Ontario Crafts Council (January 5-31, reception: January 20)

rosalyn — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 02:14:12 +0000

Body + Object
January 5 – 31, 2010

Please join us for the opening reception on  Wednesday, January 20, 5:30 – 8:30 pm

As a participant in the Toronto International Design Festival, the Ontario Crafts Council is pleased to present Body + Object, an exhibition featuring the work of seventeen artists who explore the relationship between the body and the many forms in which it can ornament, present and represent itself. The body is perhaps today’s [...]

EXHIBITION: Field Notes @ Industtrees (January 15-February 12, reception: January 15)

rosalyn — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 14:21:37 +0000

Field Notes :: Jan 15th – Feb 12th @ Industtrees

No matter what advances we make as a species, most of us still revert back to the ol’ pen and ink to document our thoughts, ideas and dreams.

“Field Notes” brings together a slew of new work by Adrian Forrow, Kellen Hatanaka and Jim Mezei that is inspired by thier own individual approaches to the note-taking and creative process. From direct observations to completely abstract thoughts, all of [...]

EXHIBITION: Body + Object (January 5-31, reception: January 20)

rosalyn — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 20:21:16 +0000

BODY + OBJECT
January 5 – 31, 2010

Please join us for the opening reception on Wednesday, January 20, 5:30 – 8:30 pm

As a participant in the TIDF, the Ontario Crafts Council is pleased to present Body + Object, an exhibition featuring the work of eighteen artists who explore the relationship between the body and the many forms in which it can ornament, present and represent itself. The body is perhaps today’s most ubiquitous cultural object, especially in its use to [...]

EXHIBITION: From Me To You @ Show & Tell Gallery (Until January 29, 2010)

jen — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 14:43:50 +0000

Show & Tell Gallery is proud to present “From Me To You” a holiday group show featuring a selection of unique paintings, prints, and sculptures. This international exhibition will showcase over 20 artists that span the globe from North and South America, Europe, and Japan, many of which have not had the opportunity to show their art in Canada before.

Exhibiting artists include:

Rey Ortega
Ryan Bubnis
Andrew Pommier
Shen Plum
Alena Skarina
Tara Lees Azzopardi
Nick Fox
Rosemary Travale
Anthony Gerace
Le Merde
Alexei Vella
Deth P Sun
Anna Chambers
Elicser
Fernando Chamerelli

CRAFT SHOW: 3rd annual G(ift)hunting @INDEXG (December 2009)

jen — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 00:12:26 +0000

Give a Gift of Art this holiday season. INDEXG is hosting its 3rd annual G(ift)hunting until Dec 24. This year we have special highlight events happening each Sunday. Affordable goodies at our artshop for art lovers, special discounts on Sundays.

Admission is free, complimentary coffee and cookies (coffee sponsored by Mrs Beans, the founder of Roast Art).

Week 1 Dec 8 through 24
BUTTONMANIA
Featuring over 20 artists, it garnered a rich variety of expressions. Buttons range from original, one-of-a-kind creations to multiples of drawings, etchings and photography. You will also find pins made [...]