Craft Shows Canada

Staying healthy as a crafty family

While arts and crafts are great fun, and are certainly intellectually stimulating, you have to admit that they’re not the best way to keep your waistline in shape. All of that sitting around certainly isn’t great for burning calories, and the constant flow of treats your crafty friends endlessly try to tempt you with can put you right in the danger zone! However, there are a few simple steps that you can take to ensure that your crafty family stays More

Get ready for spring

Phew – Christmas over and done with for another year! All our hand-made decorations were taken down yesterday and I was very proud that they all survived the whole holiday period without any disasters! Some have been put into boxes for next year, but I think some of the paper chains might be a bit too delicate for storage, so they’ve gone into the recycling.

Anyway, all my presents were a great success, including the Argos discount vouchers I sent More

Christmas Crafts

Well, we can’t ignore it any longer. Christmas is indeed coming. I usually refuse to even contemplate the festive season until December, but I have a lot of people coming over for dinner this year and am visiting a lot of family over the next couple of weeks, so my extensive preparations have all been moved forward.

And that includes all the fun stuff! I might hate Christmas shopping and be a fairly reluctant Christmas chef, but I love all More

Why Not Make DIY Style Craft Frames?

Choosing the picture frames for your paintings is one of the funnest things you can do. You’ve done all the hard work, finished with sweating over how you want your finished piece to look, and now it’s time to add that last finishing touch and make it look so professional that gallery owners jump almost out of their skin when they see the unbelievable work you have created.

But hold on there Miss / Mister. Maybe don’t rush out there More

Don’t Do A Derek!

I have many friends who create. They are some of the best people I know, and some of the finest people to hang around with. But alas they do sometimes need to be reminded of something: it’s all good and well to make fun things, but if you are trying to actually SELL them then it really is business. If you don’t consider the business side of things then really, you may as well not actually bother in the first More

Tips From Me

Now, as much as I care about my trusty argos discount codes (the things I enter online which enable me to buy argos presents a bit cheaper and then send to all my English friends just to remind them that I am still their friend!), I care about my fellow Canadians. And I especially care about them if they are into the whole arts and crafts movement like I am. With this in mind, dear reader, allow me to elaborate More

General Idea

General Idea is an artistic project by three Canadian artists that had been developed for the period between 1967 and 1994 – the artists were the famous Felix Partz, Jorge Zontal and AA Bronson who started their mutual work in Toronto. The artistic product they were releasing was mainly aimed to develop and influence the media arts – these included different presententions, developments on TV shows and designs of different public art projects.

The artists started working being influenced by More

George Bures Miller and Janet Cardiff

George Bures Miller and Janet Cardiff are considered to be among the most innovative canadian artists and to have been valuably contributing to the contemporary Canadian art. Many people suppose that their mutual work and styles are among the most influential artistic styles gathering force and more and more audience. Their books focus on the extraordinary approaches in art, the new opportunities in front of the art development and their experimental artistic performances.

Miller and Cardiff represented Canada in the More

Canada and the Arts

If you are an art enthusiast travelling around the world and come to Canada you will be in for a treat. There are lots of art shows and entertainment available. You can be spoilt for choice especially in the major cities. There are lots of galleries, art shows, dance and music venues and travelling shows to visit.

Some of these are world famous. Cirque du Solei actually began in Montreal, Canada and is still based there. Cirque du Soleil can More

Emily Carr

Emily Carr is one of the most prominent artists in the modern Canadian Culture. Born in 1871, she had a traditionally artistic personality and she would stay remembered mainly for her late work that borught her international fame even after her death in 1945. She still remains one of the mos successful female artists of all times and her paintings are among the most expensive art works made from women. Many institutions in Canada, including an art University, are named More