Toronto Craft Alert

Yarn Bombing at the Textile Museum of Canada

Hello Fellow Yarn Bombers,

We are excited to announce a special project we’re working on with the Textile Museum of Canada. As patrons of the museum we’ve noticed that there is fairly low visibility from street. After talking with one of the museum Board Chairs, and observing the many city bike racks and planter in front of the museum we decided that it would be fun to form a crew and “yarn bomb” the racks and planter.

Yarn Bombing is the act [...]

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image: Reading the Garden, by Josh Thorpe and David Court
on view April 6 – 30, 2010

TORONTO SCULPTURE GARDEN
115 King Street East, Toronto

CALL FOR PROPOSALS
Next Deadline: Submissions received by May 15, 2010

The Toronto Sculpture Garden has been recognized in Canada as a leader in the commissioning of contemporary sculpture since it opened in 1981. Located in an urban park in the downtown core, it serves as a testing ground for artists to explore public space and to address issues [...]

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Project 165 is seeking rental proposals for exhibitions and events in its exhibition site in Kensington Market, for its Spring, Summer and Fall programming periods.

Project 165 is an artist-run hub that exists to catalyze community and genuine collectivity; support the social, creative and professional development of emerging and early-career cultural producers; and challenge the ways in which culture is produced, perceived and consumed.
Project 165 encourages experimentation, innovation and fun!

Exhibitions are scheduled for one- or two-week periods. Project 165 is also available for
one-night events, such as performances, [...]

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PSYCHOGEOGRAPHY WORKSHOP
@ PROJECT 165

This workshop explores the practices of psychogeography, improv, “situationism” and real-world immersive fiction as they relate to personal development and creative urban living. Through a series of improv games, urban explorations, creative case studies and role-playing exercises, participants will work together towards the creation and implementation of an undercover public role-playing scenario. The results of this final scenario will be documented and presented publicly in a casual gallery context. A reception for this presentation will be held to share the transformative magic of the program with [...]

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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 [...]

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Susan Rowe Harrison is part of bookhou featured artist series – come check out her installation in the front window from February 3-28,2010.

Bookhou Shop
798 Dundas Street West
www.bookhou.com

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