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René Trim's Arts & Crafts: Massive summer craft show at Kanata Target location

Two local show organizers, Creative Creations Events (Carleton Place) and the OVCC (Ottawa) have joined forces to create one of the largest summer craft shows the city has ever seen. Scheduled for July 25 and 26, the event - entitled “HOMEmade Sizzle” - will be held at a location where one would normally not expect to find local artisans and crafters: the former “Target” store at the Hazeldean Mall in Kanata. ...

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René Trim’s Art & Crafts: Citizens of Craft movement

March 14 was a big day for Craft Ontario, as it marked the official launch of the non-for-profit’s “Citizens of Craft” movement which is aimed at reclaiming the word “Craft”. The push for the movement came after Craft Ontario, in partnership with Canadian Crafts Federation and all provincial and territorial craft councils in Canada, started to become concerned that the ‘craft’ designation was becoming synonymous with large corporations pushing the idea of handmade. ...

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