Toronto Craft Alert

Date: Saturday, June 26, 2010
Time: 10am – 3pm Location: London Clay Art Centre
664 Dundas Street, London, ON
Cost: $135 plus $35 kit fee (18gr bag of PMC+)
**taxes not included
**OCC Members receive a 10% discount off the price of this workshop

Join Shannon Kennedy and Juan Bohorquez of Cynosure Jewelry and discover PMC, a revolutionary clay-like medium that allows you to mould or sculpt pieces as you would soft clay [...]

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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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Saturday, June 19 – 8am-12noon
Did you know June 12-20 is World Wide Knit in Public Week in 2010? Public knitting events will be held around the world.

To participate and celebrate the close connection knitting has to the industrial heritage of the area Cambridge Centre for the Arts Artist-in-Residence Sue Sturdy invites you to join hundreds of other knitters in an attempt to set a new world record for the most people knitting simultaneously!

Where and When?

Civic Square in [...]

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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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Hollie and Jane on White Elephant’s 1st Birthday

Interview by Jen Anisef

When I mentioned a plan to visit friends in Hamilton, everyone crafty that I spoke to told me “you have to go to White Elephant!” (including said friends).  So I went, and I strongly suggest that you believe the hype!  The boutique (located at 152 James Street North) is a perfect fusion of sweet vintage housewares and stylish crafty goods from indie artists near and far (lots of TO talent represented as well as [...]

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Looking for a unique Mother’s Day gift? Or just want to find something really different for yourself?

Come check out over 8400 sq. ft. of original and handmade art, jewellery, toys, clothing, food and more at:

The Creators’ Marketplace Show & Sale
Thornhill Community Centre
7755 Bayview Ave., Markham
Saturday May 1, 2010
12-6 pm

FEATURING:
FREE Parking
FREE Kids Activities
FREE Workshops for guests of all ages!
Balloon art,  Face Painting
Silent auction with proceeds going to the Foundation Fighting Blindness.

MEET:  KURT LEHNER
Animation Artist for Disney, [...]

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