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Our new public hours are 2pm – 6pm, Tuesday – Saturday.

In order to provide a safe and enjoyable experience, we have put in place new practices and policies.

Arts Response Initiative

The Ontario Arts Council's new $1.6 million Arts Response Initiative is an investment in the diversity and vitality of the arts across Ontario. It supports activities and expenses focused on research, training and planning for ways to adapt artistic practices and activities in response to the pandemic.

The one-time initiative supports individual artists, ad hoc groups and collectives, and arts organizations to carry out their activities in an environment of change and respond to challenges posed by the pandemic. 

CO SPACE

(Wo)man and Environment


Visit the Craft Ontario Gallery until August 19th to see (Wo)man and Environment, a retrospective exhibition by Nithikul Nimkulrat. 

The exhibition aims to illuminate ways in which our everyday lives as individuals with different personalities and temperaments are surrounded by artificial and natural environments

Next Exhibition: 400 Test Tiles, August 22 - 31!

UPCOMING EXHIBITION

Slice

Biodigital Jewellery by Paul McClure

September 5 - October 4, 2020

Craft Ontario Gallery
1106 Queen St. West, Toronto
Attend the reception by appointment

"Slice is a collection of jewellery expressing my fascination with the microscopic realm of the human body." - Paul McClure

Image: 'Slice' brooches, 2020 by Paul McClure

CALL FOR ENTRY

Exhibition Proposals 2021


Craft Ontario is seeking proposals for solo and two-person exhibitions to take place in the Craft Ontario Gallery in the 2021 calendar year.
 

📣Last Call for Applications

Deadline: September 14th, 2020

STUDIO MAGAZINE

Communiqués - Mask Making 


"Sewing is traditionally undervalued as women's work, and the skills, materials, time and effort it costs go unseen."

Gillian Whitcombe explores the pressures, demands and mixed feelings around sewing homemade PPE. 

Communiqués provides a variety of perspectives on how the craft community is responding to the coronavirus pandemic and the ways in which it is reshaping our lives, activities and relationships. - Five new articles!

Image credit: Meg @cookinandcraftin

ENGAGE WITH CRAFT ONTARIO

FEATURED ARTIST IN THE SHOP
Join us in the Craft Ontario Shop from August 13th to September 3rd to see the work of ceramicist Michelle Mendlowitz!
Take a look through our past feature window artists
STUDIO MAGAZINE ONLINE 
See all the new content in the Spring/Summer 2020 edition.
Visit Studio's  Facebook, Instagram and Twitter channels for more!
MEMBER STORIES!
Craft Ontario's social media channels are featuring members - to amplify their voices and showcase their work.
Check in every Thursday on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter for new content.
Image: Yarn Bowl by Aneela Dias-D'sousa
IN THE NEWS
We are delighted to announce that member artist Joon Hee Kim, a past Craft Award Winner is the recipient of the 2020 Winifred Shantz Award, a prize given annually to an emerging ceramic artist!

CRAFT ONTARIO SHOP

Have you seen this year's Dorset Fine Arts Archive Release?

This one of a kind collection features prints by Peter Pitseolak, Soroseelutu Ashoona, Eegyudluk Ragee & Pitseolak Ashoona. Each are limited edition prints and created at Kinngait Studios in Cape Dorset between 1965 and 1979. 

Take a look!

Image: Geese Surprised by a ManPitseolak Ashoona, 1965.
M O N T H L Y   P O L L
As a member, your vote effects change.
 
With Stage 3 of reopening Ontario, have in-person interactions increased in terms of Craft sales and marketing?
a) Yes, clients are more willing to seek out Craft in person.
b) No, most interactions are still taking place online.
c) No, sales and client interactions have not increased in general.
Last Month's Poll Results
Are you feeling comfortable with re-opening measures in your community?
a) Yes, I need to get back to work and get closer to life as usual. 10.5%
b) I am feeling cautious, and am still avoiding public places. 57.9%
c) No, I am not comfortable and feel it's too soon for re-openings. 31.6%
GRANT OPPORTUNITY |  Digital Main Street Ontario Grants for small businesses
Application Deadline: Ongoing
RESIDENCY Alone Together, New Brunswick College of Craft and Design
Application Deadline: Ongoing
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS |  Heintzman House Artisan Craft Show 2020
Application Deadline: Ongoing
RESIDENCY | Lunenburg School of the Arts, Nova Scotia-Winter 
Application Deadline: August 15, 2020
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS 2021 Isabel Bader Fellowship in Textile Conservation and Research
Application Deadline: August 24, 2020
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS 2021 Isabel Bader Graduate Internship in Textile Conservation and Research
Application Deadline: August 24, 2020
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS | Juried Exhibition for BIPOC Artists, Seymour Art Gallery, BC
Application Deadline: August 25, 2020
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS Creative Directions: New Pathways with Lesley McInally
Application Deadline: August 28, 2020
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS |  Aesthetica Art Prize 2021, Aesthetica Magazine
Application Deadline: August 31, 2020
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS |  VAM’s Creative Residency program, Mississauga
Application Deadline: August 31, 2020
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS | 2021 Call for Guest Designers, DesignTO
Application Deadline: September 14, 2020
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS | 2021 Prototype Exhibition, DesignTO
Application Deadline: September 25, 2020
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS | 2021 Thematic Exhibition, DesignTO
Application Deadline: September 25, 2020
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS | 2021 Symposium Towards Inclusive Design, DesignTO
Application Deadline: September 25, 2020
RESIDENCY Caetani Cultural Centre, Okanagan Valley
Application Deadline: October 01, 2020
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS 2021 Call for Independent Projects, DesignTO Festival 
Application Deadline: October 9, 2020
GRANT OPPORTUNITIES |  Toronto Arts Council’s Media Artists Program
Application Deadline: October 15, 2020
GRANT OPPORTUNITIES |  Toronto Arts Council’s Visual Artists program
Application Deadline: Ongoing
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS Wharton Esherick Museum Juried Woodworking Exhibition
Application Deadline: January 4, 2021
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS The Create Day Movement
Application Deadline: Ongoing
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS | Juried Outdoor Exhibition, Queen West Art Crawl
Application Deadline: Ongoing
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS | What are you doing for Craft Year 2020?
Application Deadline: Ongoing
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