I received an E-mail (sometime in the summer) from Jasmin Dosanj, a photographer who was born in the UK, travelled to Calgary to attend the Alberta College of Art + Design (ACAD) where she got a BDes in Photography and now lives in Toronto where she is establishing herself as a photographer. Welcome!
(sidenote: the more I see it, the more I’m getting used to the glamourous idea of a turban…)
Toronto’s fashion industry, media, and art curators schmoozed among 250 flying “Butterflettes” at Seven Continents last night for the Bamboozle event featuring the large-scale art of Toronto-based artist Jessica Gorlicky.
Entitled Paint My Candy, this latest collection by Gorlicky is vibrant, colorful and full of whimsy – many painted on floor to ceiling canvasses! Some of her other work is now showing in over 20 locations across Canada, including trendy restaurants, cafés, fashion boutiques, and art galleries (check her site for details).
BAMBOOZLE was organized by Seven Continents, an organization that makes/sells/sources retail presentation items. The event was in “celebration of art and fashion in its many incarnations” and held to announce the grand opening of SEVENup Retail. Also on display were four “Pop Shops” featuring installations by Cindy Rendely OBJEX for jewellery, Cydelic by Chorin for accessories, Provocative for lingerie, and X-Crated for shoes.
Image credit: BK Photography by Brigitta
You may have seen Toronto-based illustrator and Sheridan grad Melinda Josie’s kitty illustration’s in the current Little Burgundy campaign (shown). She works as a freelancer illustrating children’s books, doing editorial work, creating textile designs, and making fine art for gallery shows and commissions – but I think she’s on to something with these fashionable cats!
Another Toronto resident who also studied at Sheridan (Interpretive Illustration) is illustrator Chloe Cushman – her well-dressed subjects happen to be giraffes and lions – love it!
Interactive Art Installations at [FAT] 2011
April 26, 2011 – April 29, 2011 from 6PM-12AM DAILY
99 Sudbury Street, Toronto
If you don’t know, the Dressing Room Projects during the four nights of [FAT] are interactive rooms of art – or performance – or a social experiment of some sort. And usually loads of fun! For 2011, there are seven rooms and the following artists will be participating:
ANDREW OWEN A01
http://www.A01creative.com
BEBHINN JENNINGS
ERIC CHEUNG
http://www.at-aw.com
JOANNE JIN & LENA CHUN
http://www.lenaccc.com
JOHANNES ZITS
http://www.johanneszits.com
KELLY HENDERSON
SLAVICA PANIC & DAVID ANDERSON
http://www.hellogorgeous2010.com
ZORICA VASIC
http://www.zoricavasic.com
ADVANCE TICKETS
$25/ Day Pass
$70/ Week Pass
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Slinky/MOOG Audio: 442 Queen St West, 416-603-2600
Nathalie-Roze & Co.: 1015 Queen Street East, 416-792-1699
Method Lab: 148 Augusta, 416-875-6781 (Wed-Sunday)
Shop Girls: 1342 Queen Street West, 416-534-7467
$30 at the door/Day Pass
$70/ Week Pass
Submerged Elegance Underwater Series – Sustainable Fashion Photography by Toronto photographer Meaghan Ogilivie.
See Meaghan and her work at [FAT] – Toronto’s Alternative Arts & Fashion Week featuring fashion, art, photography and music, April 26-29, 2011.
A lover of music, fashion, architecture and good wine, Canadian photographer Richard Bernardin ‘never hates’ – perhaps this positive outlook is part of what makes his visionary fashion photography so beautifully dramatic.
He’s shot ads for many many fashion brands (Le Chateau, Nada, Alberoni); has had work in exhibits and galleries; and is regularly published in many fashion magazines including FASHION, FQ, Elle and LUSH.
Check out his site to see so many beautiful photos >> http://www.richardbernardin.com
Have you seen this?
I love it – a site where everyday, creative people can actually make their own beautiful ‘bookstore quality’ books – and then promote and sell them through the Blurb Bookstore.
There have got to be thousands of books – mostly photography, covering everything from travel to sports to weddings; art, crafts, architecture, etc…
There are soooo many books to look through – and before I spend anymore time flipping through – let me share some I found:
Danielle Meder’s (finalfashion) Paper Dolls
From The Pages Of The Barefootpilot.blogspot.com
Paule Trudel Bellemare is a FIT trained fashion illustrator living in Montreal, with a client list that includes many children book publishers and TopShop designer, Norwegian Wood. She sometimes exhibits her work in art shows and is even represented by an agency.
She recently produced a good-quality, 9×17″ 12-month calendar of new illustrations – and although it retails on her Etsy site for $50, it’s a great way to support local artists.
