Toronto Craft Alert

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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Collaborating with Her Story, Incarnation III by Vanessa Yanow

We posted a call for submissions for HEIR/LOOMS – curated by Torontonian Nicole Dawkins – a few months ago, and it looks like it has come together in to a fantastic exhibition and exploration of themes of textile work and personal history. I wish I could get to Montreal to see it…if you can or are reading from la belle provence, please check it out for me! If you can’t make [...]

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Feel like designing your way into music stardom? Think you can work the logo above into a swank new T-shirt graphic? The folks over at Pop Montreal have devised a contest to help you do those two things! Use one of both of their graphics in designing a new tee and you could win shows tickets and plenty of cred. Check out those celebrity judges, too!

From their website:

Design POP: Open Call for T-Shirt Designs

POP Montreal is pleased to announce our first annual T-Shirt Design [...]

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Artwork by Pin Pals

This just in from Montreal, Puces Pop is adding an early spring show this year in March. The application period is very short, so get on it if you want in.

The application process is very simple and all the instructions and details can be found here.

Let’s go on a crafty road trip, Toronto!

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English message below!

Le soleil est de la partie et le printemps est ici…
C’est le temps pour une nouvelle édition de

Puces Pop Printemps!

Marquez vos calendriers et sauvez la date, cette année, la foire se déroule le 5-6 Juin à la Fédération Ukrainienne.
Nous voulons voir ce sur quoi vous avez travaillé cet hiver !

•    Envoyez nous 3-5 photos qui représentent clairement votre travail.
•    Si vous avez un site Etsy, un groupe facebook, un site internet ou un magasin [...]

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Ctrllab presents

The one night exhibition will be held on evening of Friday the 11th of December 2009.  [...]

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