Toronto Craft Alert

In my biased (though I like to think educated) opinion, City of Craft gets better and better each year. To wit, the 2011 show, coming up this weekend (!) features:

• An awesome new space (thanks Thrush Holmes Empire!) to house an expanded rosters of 55 hand-picked vendors of art, housewares, apparel, jewellery accessories, wood work, ceramics, textiles, handmade supplies, paper goods, children’s wares and more hailing from from Montreal, Philadelphia, Rochester, Pittsburgh and (mostly) The GTA & Southern Ontario. Visit [...]
  

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This call for vendors caught my eye in the forum on this first sub-zero morning with its crunchy grass, frosty rooftops, and visual breath. Frostbite feels like a very real possibility all of a sudden. If you make stuff with a dark or slightly off kilter sensibility, hustle and get your vendor app in by Halloween!

Dear Artist,

Plastik Wrap have decided to organize a winter edition of our popular event: The Bazaar of the Bizarre.  As you might now, this popular event [...]

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Growing up as a non-Christmas celebrator, I’ll admit to harbouring a certain amount of cranky attitude about the holiday for much of my youth. A month and a half of tacky tinsel, red and green everything, jammed malls, non-stop Christmas-themed sitcoms, friends being stressed about present-buying (not to mention getting huge presents!) did not inspire holiday cheer for someone watching from the sidelines. My icy Scrooge-like heart experienced a serious meltdown however when I found myself in Prague’s main [...]

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I am always happy to come across craft shows that seem more interested  in creating a fun, creative atmosphere for all involved as than a purely commercial enterprise. Below is an invitation from Melissa, the organizer, for Sale of the Century, going down Tuesday September 20 from 7-10pm.

Work by Janet Macpherson, who will be participating in Sale of the Century

I’m hosting a night of shopping, drinking and eating at the west-end gem of a restaurant, Zocalo.

And i wonder [...]

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Just a quick and timely reminder that apps for City of Craft are due really soon (they will stay open through Midnight EST on August 31, 2011, to be precise).   Read on below for details and instructions on how to apply.  And get on it guys!

Planning to apply to vend at City of Craft 2011?

First, Read the Application FAQ

Then, APPLY!

Questions? Contact [...]

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This will be the first year since it’s inception that I won’t be tabling at Zine Dream– an awesome annual zine fair in the arty and truly underground spirit of Cut ‘N’ Paste– the much-missed and utterly classic zine fair that used to happen at Sneaky Dee’s once upon a time ago. A fun mish mash of art, printed matter, music and performance, Zine Dream never fails to be a great late-summer gathering for print geeks like me. [...]

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