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CRAFT SHOW: The Creators’ Marketplace Show & Sale (TODAY!)
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...
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GET TOGETHER: World Wide Knit in Public Day (June 19)
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...
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VENDOR CALL: Art in the Park 2010 – Call for Entry (deadline: May 21)
Art in the Park 2010 – Call for Entry ONE WEEK LEFT TO REGISTER- Entry Deadline: Friday, May 21, 2010 at 5:00 p.m. Annual Outdoor Art Show & Sale Art in the Park is an annual juried one-day...
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GET SCHOOLED: Workshops at Wise Daughters (June)
Wise Daughters Craft Market 3079B Dundas St. W. 416-761-1555 www.wisedaughters.com Summertime Vision Board Workshop Sun, June 6, 1:00 – 5:00 Join life coach Ruth Tamari for this half day workshop...
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GET TOGETHER: Worldwide Knit in Public Day – Guinness World Record Attempt...
Saturday, June 12, 1:00 – 4:00 Junction Square, 2945 Dundas at Pacific The 2nd Sunday in June is Worldwide Knit in Public Day (WWKIP Day for those in the know). The celebration started in Europe in...
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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: From the Great Lakes (August-September, deadline: June 9)
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...
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CRAFT SHOW: Yard Sale Trunk Show (June 13)
It’s almost summertime, and the workroom is hosting another fantastic trunk show! The Yard Sale Trunk Show is taking place on Sunday June 13 from 12-5 pm. More than 15 local crafty vendors will be...
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GET TOGETHER: TTC Knitalong (July 10)
TTC Knitalong The TTC Knitalong is back for 2010! We’re exploring some new features and a few changes to the routes, but basically the goals stay the same: TTC, knit, shop! So save the date Saturday,...
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VENDOR CALL: Meadowvale Village P.S. Fall Fair (September 25)
September 25, 2010, 11:00am to 3:00pm Meadowvale Village Public School, 890 Old Derry Road W., Mississauga, ON seeks vendors for its annual Community Fun Fair. Registration fee is $45 for one 8 ft....
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GET SCHOOLED: Got Zoori?! (June 27)
Date: Sunday, June 27, 2010 Time: 2-5pm Materials: Please bring 3 L-size T-shirts and scissors Cost: $30 (Includes Zoori making instruction) 10 seats available! Please sign up at...
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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: The Wunderkabinet (deadline: July 23, launches: August 28)
Our dear friend Leah of Toronto Church of Craft and City of Craft is currently living/making cool stuff happen in Berlin. She’d very much like to create some links between the craft worlds here and...
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FROM THE DESK OF TCA: Hiatus Hookups
It’s official: We’re on a six month hiatus from posting on the site, to return in January 2011. While we’re off, here are some ways to stay in the crafty loop & continue to spread your own news:...
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CRAFTY CONTEST: Snow Forts! (Deadline: Thursday February 3, 2011 – TOMORROW)
Photo by the P.I.N.E. Project Inspired by today’s snowfall, the awesome folks at the P.I.N.E. Project have created an impromptu snow fort competition. From their website: Here’s our challenge: We’re...
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EXHBITION: Some words on The Wunderkabinet 2 (Berlin, Germany)
Since we were on hiatus during the first round of Leah Buckareff’s (co-founder of the Toronto Church of Craft & City of Craft alike and all around crafty champion) wonderful Wunderkabinet...
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IT CAME FROM THE FORUM: Affordable Artist Space – Aardvark Collective
Affordable artist space can be so hard to find in Toronto’s totally inflated real estate market, so kudos to the Aardvark Collective for taking action to provide an accessible option. Artist...
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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: Good Work at the Textile Arts Centre, Brooklyn...
I found this great looking call this morning on ArtClothText, a fantastic textile/craft blog out of Alberta. The deadline is coming up fairly soon, so if this exhibition’s theme grabs you, hop to it...
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GET SCHOOLED: Upcoming Craft Workshops at Harbourfront Centre (April-June 2011)
With everything that goes on in this city for culture vultures and art/craft fiends, it’s easy to take things for granted. Take craft workshops at Harbourfront Centre, for example– there are an...
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CRAFTIVISM: Ashita: Artists For Japan (Tuesday, March 29, 2011, 7pm)
Here is another art event that has been put together to benefit Japan. This one is a one-night gathering of music and performance art. Galleries such as Art Metropole and Magic Pony have donated books...
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FROM THE DESK OF TCA: Kickstart Becky back into crafty action! (deadline to...
A still from Becky’s Kickstarter video. Watch it here! If you’ve engaged in grassroots craft activity in Toronto (or hell, Bruno, Saskatchewan or Arlington, Virginia), you’ve probably encountered...
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FROM THE DESK OF TCA: Last days of Becky’s kickstarter campaign DONATE by...
Rust in Pieces, Boris Carloff by the men and women of the Misanthrope Specialty Co. You may recall this recent post about Becky’s Kickstarter drive to raise funds to embark on her seasonal craft...
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CRAFTIVISM: Mayday: 1001 Chairs For Ai Weiwei at the Chinese Consulate...
Ai Weiwei poster courtesy of dangerousminds.net Many of us in the art and craft community have heard about the situation in China involving the arrest of renowned contemporary artist and activist Ai...
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CRAFTY HAPPENING: Take Off Your Clothes Clothing Swap at Trinity Bellwoods...
Talk about a dream come true…an enormous, weekend-long clothing swap happening right at the top of my street! This is one event that my shopping-o-phobic beau is just as excited (if not even more...
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GET TOGETHER: The Great TTC Knitalong (July 9, 2011)
We have all been there, stealing surreptitious glances at a stranger’s knitting across the subway aisle. Or perhaps you have been the one subtly ogled as you crochet hook bobs and weaves its way to...
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QUESTIONS FOR CRAFTERS CHEONGJU: Robyn Love
Robyn lays down The Knitted Mile in Dallas, Texas (2008) Greetings, readers! Welcome to the first installment of a short series of interviews with a few of the talented craftspeople taking part in...
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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: Penpal Adventures! A Curated Zine on the Experiences of...
Image courtesy of Chuckman’s Other Collection (Toronto Postcards) Volume 5 Having pen pals and being one was such a huge part of my life as a teenager who made zines– a practice that was, in the [...]
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CRAFTY HAPPENING: 1st Annual DuWest Art Gallery Crawl (November 26th, 2011;...
Claude Grenier, Traffic, 2011. Image courtesy of Meredith Keith Gallery The Dundas BIA is behind a new gallery crawl series that will focus attention on the galleries of the Dundas West/Brockton...
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EXHIBITION: 2011 Pangnirtung Tapestry Collection at The Guild Shop (November...
Thoughts of the Owl (2011); image courtesy of The Guild Shop website. In a Canadian Art History class last year, I was lucky to learn about the Inuit printmakers of Cape Dorset, on Dorset Island in...
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CRAFTY HAPPENING: Miracle Thieves Winter Launch (December 3, 2011; 7pm)
Miracle Thieves is a itty-bitty little shop with a big heart. Since opening last summer on Crawford Street, they have done a lot of really wonderful things on top of being a shop of handmade wares– a...
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CRAFTY CHAT: Craft and Culture: Making Things with Rachel MacHenry at OCAD...
I went to a couple of CraftTalks- a lecture and panel series co-presented by OCADU and the Ontario Crafts Council- in 2010 and took an indescribable amount of knowledge and inspiration away from them....
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FROM THE DESK OF TCA: Kid Icarus fundraising campaign (ends October 10, 2012)
Hi guys, long time no post! Hope everyone is feeling their craft jones return after a long hot summer and are getting stoked for cozy nights in with tea, afghans, animals-of-choice, and a knitting...
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