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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.
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(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!
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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
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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
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"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
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ENGAGE WITH CRAFT ONTARIO
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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
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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!
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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 Man, Pitseolak Ashoona, 1965.
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M O N T H L Y P O L L
As a member, your vote effects change.
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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%
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