 Hi, art lovers! | | |  | A very Toronto holiday card by Malika Pannek for the Paperhood. (Malika Pannek) | | | While emailing with Malika Pannek, the illustrator who contributed this month’s featured logo design (find a Q&A with her at the bottom of the newsletter), she mentioned how she usually runs a table at Toronto’s One of a Kind Show around this time of year. And indeed, her paper goods company is at the Enercare Centre this weekend — and it’s hardly the only craft fair on her calendar.
Between my convo with Malika and compiling the CBC Arts gift guide a little while back, I’m reminded yet again that giving artist-made merch for the holidays matters to Canadian makers. And if you’re going that route yourself, CBC Life has compiled an expert’s guide to shopping local. It includes some quick tips for how to find craft sales in your area. TLDR: search social media — which is basically what I’ve been doing the last couple of days. To see my saved posts, just look below. This week’s Eye Candy section could double as a list of all the pop-ups I wish I could browse IRL. | | | | | And because we promised you eye candy ... | | | | |  | Bomemade | | Bomin Kim (a.k.a. Bomemade) is another Vancouver illustrator who’s taking part in Got Craft’s virtual market today. I want absolutely all of Bomin’s cheerful flat-lay posters and cards, and if you, like me, are incapable of choosing just one, the artist’s 2024 calendar might be the best way to go. (Pictured: a page from the 2023 edition, which very clearly rocks.) | | | | |  | Toute | | Artist-run company Toute has a table at Puces Pop in Montreal Dec. 15-17, but they’re already selling their ceramic bonhomme de neige ornaments online. | | | | |  | Aless Mc | | Yum! Clémentines by Aless Mc, who’s at the Expozine fair in Montreal today. | | | | |  | Moniker Press | | Vancouver artist-run centre Western Front is holding its annual Toque Craft Fair this weekend, and Moniker Press is launching its 2024 calendar there today. (As of writing, the cover had yet to be revealed, so here’s a pic of this year’s to give you an idea.) | | | | |  | Sami Tsang | | Remember this interview with Sami Tsang? Sami works out of Toronto’s Harbourfront Centre, and she and the other artists-in-residence are hosting a holiday pop-up there until Dec. 17. More info here. | | | | |  | Courtesy of Ari Bayuaji | | | | | At the dawn of the pandemic, Montreal artist Ari Bayuaji found himself stranded in Bali, but his time on the Indonesian island resulted in an art project that’s been transformative for both him and the people he met there. | | | | |  | CBC Arts | | | | | Drag stars Jinkx Monsoon and BenDeLaCreme are taking their holiday show on tour, and while passing through Toronto, they popped by Here & Queer. | | | | |  | Shea Chang | | | | | | | It’s what Shea Chang is doing every day, and the results are strange and beautiful. Go inside her new solo exhibition, which is now appearing in Hamilton. | | | Share this newsletter | | or subscribe if this was
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