Toronto Craft Alert

Those of you on Facebook may have been noticing that a lot of your friends or friends-of-friends profile images are starting to look….awesome.  This is because Shannon Gerard, illustrator and crocheter of sturdy plants, fuzzy foods & facial hair, is promoting her new book by offering portraits for facebook profile pics.  The line up is huge, but last I heard the deal is open until May 4th.  Read on for deets on the book and launch party.

Jim Munroe and Shannon Gerard have a new graphic novel [...]

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Micah Adams, Plain Jane Monument: She’s Had This Burden for Many Years, 2009, brass, 6cm x 4 cm x 2cm.
Photo: Tom Bilenkey

VISUAL ARTS at York Quay Centre
Winter 2010 Exhibitions

Saturday, January 23 – Sunday, April 4, 2010
Main Gallery Hours:
Tuesday and Thursday through Sunday: noon–6pm; Wednesday: noon–8pm;
closed Monday (except for civic holidays).

235 Queens Quay West
Toronto, ON  M5J 2G8
416.973.4600
www.harbourfrontcentre.com/visualarts/yorkquaycentreYQC10_1.cfm

IT’S A BIG DEAL!
Micah Adams, Alisha Marie Boyd, Norah Deacon, Niko Dimitrijevic, Margaret Lim, Shuyu Lu, Amanda McCavour, Adriana McNeely, Rose Angeli [...]

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Miki Sato is a Toronto-based illustrator who uses a mixed media approach to creating her designs. You may have recently seen her work in our inaugural craftoon feature (or take a look here). In this interview with Amy Borkwood, Miki discusses a bit about her process and creative inspirations.

Can you tell me a bit about the process of your work?  How does your work come together, from initial idea to finished piece?

The ideas usually come to me when I let my [...]

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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 [...]

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bbrrrr! grab a cup of tea and please join us for another batch of lovely picks!
happy weekend sweet friends

Amy says:

(image from Daniel Douglas)

1. Jenni Rope

Okay, look at all these books. I’m overwhelmed.

2. Sofia Arnold/Icebear

Other wordly silkscreened prints. Love.

3. Susie Cowie

Vintage-inspired embroidery.

4. Daniel Douglas

This picture is perfection: the tumbledown wood, the yarn-roof, oh!

5. Mariska Karasz

Incredible, [...]

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Arts and commerce collide in Seneca’s new Independent Illustration diploma program

Artists with an edge.

That’s the plan at Seneca College, where an illustration program with an entrepreneurial twist will begin in January.

The only diploma program of its kind in Ontario, the Independent Illustration program offers a unique focus on the business of art.

In addition to learning about traditional art forms such as drawing, painting, mixed media, sculpture and digital media, students will create and register their own small business, have a working website, and have the accounting, marketing [...]

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