arts/media

Imagining Africa: El Anatsui brings his metal tapestries to ROM

Three Continents, 2009 by El Anatsui

Ghanaian sculptor Brahim El Anatsui's father was a master weaver who taught the tradition of strip-weaving Kente cloths to his sons. This textile technique has become a staple of El Anatsui's art: he amasses and refashions the debris from his community to create majestic, visual narratives that address his personal history and global issues like environmental sustainability. The North American premiere of his four-decade career retrospective When I Last Wrote to You About Africa is at the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, having been extended to Feb. 27.

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Sarah Laskow

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Barking Dog Xmas Art Sale

We invite you to join us for the Barking Dog Xmas Art Sale.
Nov 28 2009 - 11:00am
Nov 28 2009 - 4:00pm

Location

Bearbait Studio
122 Falaise Road
Whitehorse, YT
Canada
60° 44' 14.2332" N, 135° 5' 33.8568" W

We invite you to join us at the 2nd annual Barking Dog Art Sale! Some of the objets on offer will include: glorious glasswork; vintage cloth gift bags and cards; hand-painted clothing ; quirky photo cards; silkscreen prints by our host Tanya Handley; and, much much more... check out the fabulous invitation designed by Ms. Handley.

Contact name: 
Tanya Handley or Meagan Perry
Contact email: 

Clothing swap party

Aug 15 2009 - 12:00pm
Aug 15 2009 - 4:00pm

Location

St. Stephen-in-the-Fields Church
103 Bellevue Ave.
Toronto
Canada
43° 39' 21.6576" N, 79° 24' 14.6664" W

Just show up with your unwanted (but clean & good quality) clothes, and leave with a newly revamped wardrobe!

There will be yummy snacks courtesy of Miss Cora’s Kitchen, on-site alterations and – of course – tons of clothes! You can also look forward to workshops.

All clothing, shoes jewellery and other accessories (but no socks and undies please) which are clean and in good condition are welcome.

If you’re in need of a wardrobe upgrade, but have nothing to contribute, it’s just an extra five bucks.

At the end of the day all unclaimed clothing will be donated to local charities.

Reuse fair at North Glenora Community

May 9 2009 - 10:00am
May 9 2009 - 3:00pm

Location

North Glenora Community League
13535 - 109A Avenue
Edmonton, AB
Canada
Phone: 780.451.0809
53° 33' 20.7792" N, 113° 33' 25.992" W

A Reuse Fair is a one-day community event where unwanted but reusable household items are collected and passed on to charities, non-profits, artisans and schools that need them.

Clean out your clutter and pass it on at a Reuse Fair. This is a great opportunity for anyone to divert waste from Edmonton's landfill while helping out community organizations.

 

E-waste and Recycling with Free Geek

Here's a bit of a change of pace: a video by Vancouver highschool students about e-waste. That's old cell phones, Blackberries, computers etc., that get worn out, broken and thrown away. Do you know where they usually go to get recycled? Most companies that use the term 'recycling' for what they do with e-waste are actually shipping it to developing countries, where the valuable materials and components are harvested using very unsafe and polluting processes.

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