It’s a Big Deal! at the Ontario Crafts Council, May 6 - 28
It’s a Big Deal!
May 6 - 28, 2010
Ontario Crafts Council Gallery
990 Queen Street West, Toronto
Please join us for the Opening Reception on Thursday, May 6, 5:30 – 8:30 pm
Micah Adams
Alisha Marie Boyd
Norah Deacon
Niko Dimitrijevic
Margaret Lim
Shuyu Lu
Amanda McCavour
Adriana McNeely
Rose-Angeli Ringor
Johanna Schmidt
Patrycja Zwierzynska
Curated by Melanie Egan, Head of Craft and Patrick Macaulay, Head of Visual Arts at Harbourfront Centre.
This exhibition strives to communicate new ideas and shape perceptions about contemporary craft. It is about the opportunity to take risks, to experiment; to investigate and to push an art practice. To venture and to gain! To boldly go!
How Big is Big? What is Big? Is it Big Enough?
The works in this exhibition are about the expansion or extension of ideas.
The ‘acceptable limits of the craft object’ are presented in attention-grabbing ways. The works are bold, gutsy, exuberant, prominent and consequential. The everyday activities and objects in our lives are exalted, celebrated and amplified through ornament, scale or volume. Yes indeed, It’s a Big Deal.
For more information please contact Janna Hiemstra at jhiemstra@craft.on.ca or 416-925-4222 ext 225.
OCC Maker Shaker
May 5th, 2010 7:30pm
Thrush Holmes Empire
1093 Queen Street W, Toronto
THE BIGGEST CRAFT PARTY OF THE YEAR!
It’s all about supporting Ontario’s craft community, and you can get in on the excitement by enjoying delightful drinks and delicious treats while bidding on fabulous one-of-a-kind handcrafted items and gift certificates to the best restaurants and hottest shows in town. Gear up, let loose and celebrate the night away – shake it up with a crafty martini or on the dance floor – either way you’ll help get craft on the map by raising funds in support of OCC programs and exhibitions.
Tickets are selling fast and are only $25 - get yours now!
Learn more and order yours online at www.craft.on.ca/MakerShaker.
Masterworks Southwest
Extended until May 2, 2010
Tom Thomson Gallery
840 First Avenue West, Owen Sound
www.tomthomson.org
Masterworks Southwest offers a glimpse into southwestern Ontario’s thriving world of contemporary craft. Featuring thirty-nine pieces of work from thirty-two artists, this juried exhibition introduces spectators to distinguished creations in all craft mediums. For more information and the tour schedule see www.craft.on.ca/OCC_News/Southwest_Update#Masterworks_Southwest
CraftSmarts
Precious Metal Clay (PMC) Workshop
Date: Saturday, June 26, 2010
Time: 10am – 3pm or 4pm – 8:30pm
Location: London Clay Art Centre, 664 Dundas Street, London, ON
Cost: $135 plus a $35 kit fee (18gr bag of PMC+)
**Ontario Crafts Council 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 and then fire them into a finished silver piece. In this hands-on workshop, participants will learn the basics of construction techniques using wet PMC, rehydrating PMC, textures on wet PMC, hollow forms, carving dry PMC, firing temperatures and methods, metal finishing techniques and Liver of Sulfur patina. Participants will create their own hollow bead and pendant to take home with them at the end of class along with the remaining PMC.
To Register: Call Mary Calarco at 519-841-6481 or email mcalarco@craft.on.ca. Payments accepted are Visa, Mastercard, cheque or PayPal. Find more information here: www.craft.on.ca/Programs/CraftSmarts
CraftSmarts
The Ontario Crafts Council and the Waterloo Community Arts Centre present:
Wet Feltmaking Basics with Andrea Graham
Saturday, October 2, 9am – 4pm
25 Regina Street South, Waterloo, ON
Participants will learn wet felting basics using traditional rolling techniques. We will cover what types of wool to use, how to incorporate other materials, how to lay out the fibres and how to turn those fibres into a sturdy non-woven fabric with endless possibilities.
Pricing details will be released soon. For additional information, please contact Mary Calarco at mcalarco@craft.on.ca.
SewFest West
Friday April 30 – Saturday, May 1, 2010,
Bingemans Conference Centre, Kitchener
Visit the OCC’s Southwestern Regional Coordinator, Mary Calarco, where she will have information available regarding upcoming OCC events in the area. Take a look at our latest edition of Studio magazine, pick up a postcard to Masterworks Southwest, and view some incredible work from our talented fibre members. SewFest West will also have a number of classes running over the two days, including two instructed by OCC members Nancy Yule and Sylvia Naylor. For a full list of classes visit: http://joannescreativenotions.com/web/
Interested in volunteering at the OCC booth for a few hours? Volunteers gain free access to the show. Please contact mcalarco@craft.on.ca
OCC Meet and Greet
Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery
June 5, 2-4pm
Save the date! Our next regional ‘Meet and Greet’ will take place on Saturday, June 5 from 2-4pm at the Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery. Meet with other OCC members from southwestern Ontario, enjoy the current exhibition and exchange business cards. Please click here to RSVP.
The Ontario Crafts Council is generously supported by the Ontario Arts Council and the Toronto Arts Council. The OCC would also like to recognize the Ontario Trillium Foundation, Henry White Kinnear Foundation and McLean Foundation for their support of the Growing Ontario’s Craft Community Project.
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