Wowee Zonk is a comic book anthology started in 2008 by 3 illustration students attending The Ontario College of Art and Design. Inspired by contemporary avant-garde comics, the publication was created as an outlet for the multitude of upcoming artists in Toronto working with visual narrative.
We’ve just received the following from them:
Black Mass #1; Black Mass #2; College Type Funnies; Wowee Zonk #1; Wowee Zonk #2
What I See
An Art Show Curated By Pierre Richardson
5 - 28 February 2010
Opening Party: Friday, February 5th, 7pm
This show will have some of North America’s best young talents, with everyone connected by the freedom in their minds. Working in the mediums they feel will have the most impact for the project these artists utilize the mediums of drawing, painting and print making to create amazing pieces of affordable artwork.
Artists will include:
Pierre Richardson (Ottawa)
Michael Deforge (Toronto)
Lisa Czech (Montreal)
Walter Scott (Montreal)
Seripop (Montreal)
Ben Jensen (Ottawa)
Lizz Hickey (Ottawa)
Jesjit Gill (Toronto)
Adam Saikaley will be performing a set of experimental music to treat your ears via four VCR’s and a few mixers.
Please come out and support!
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Canteen Art Shop + Gallery
238 Dalhousie Street
After Shaun Robinson received his diploma in television production at the Southern Institute of Technology in Calgary, he worked in a variety of roles on the production of international and national television advertisements for high profile clients such as BMW, American Eagle, Macy’s and Volkswagen, in Calgary and Vancouver.
In 2006 Shaun began focusing his attention towards photography. As he developed narratives in his photography he started catching the eye of art directors and began shooting for magazines such as Where, Avenue, and Fashion as well as for clients such as The United Way and Arts Scene in Calgary.
In 2009 Shaun moved to Ottawa to study at the School of the Photographic Arts: Ottawa polishing his skills and learning new photographic techniques. He recently won the 2009 North American Harmon Student Photo Competition.
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With many people in this day in age looking to the future or thinking about the past, Street Style is an ongoing project meant to create awareness of the present. These photographs are taken in different locations around Canada to document the places we live in, how we live in them.
Street Style will be on display for the month of February.
“Albert”
“Berri”
“Rideau”
“Ste. Catherine”
“Wellington”
“Westerner”
**All the above images are limited to a series of 10; matted and framed for $90. To make a purchase please get in touch with us at (613) 216-0083 or send us an email**
5 days ago • 0 notesColor Ink Book is a DIY art periodical which will help fuse artist and art enthusiasts. As well as become a 101 for introducing children to modern art and artist. We currently have Volumes 1 to 5 in stock. Only $12 each!
The very first 100% customizable designer plush platform toy is here! Your Plushform is ready to go right out of the box, so all you need is your imagination and something to mark with. Think all of the best things about D.I.Y. vinyl, except squishy.
Plushforms are suitable for brush painting, spray painting, markers, pencils, pens, additions via sewing, appliqué and other additive methods, and much more. The possibilities are limitless, so be sure to check out the Community section at plushform.com/community for examples of innovative designs using the Plushform shape, and the Tutorials section at plushform.com/tutorials for handy step-by-step instructions.
You don’t need to be a movie star, a cartoon character or a member of a rubbish band to be immortalized in doll form. You just need to get your hands on the one and only Youdoodoll!
Youdoodoll is the first ever make your own mini-me kit! You can create a youdoodoll of yourself, your boyfriend, girlfriend, mum or dad, siblings or anyone! The youdoodoll is the most unique creative novelty gift you can give to someone for their birthday, christmas, or just because you want to give them a cool funky present!
Included: 1 Blank Youdoodoll, 1 Youdoodoll t-Shirt, 1 set of skirt + trousers, 1 iron on transfer sheet, full instructions.
The make your own mini-dog kit! Choose your furry friend from the youdoopets website or use a photo of your own dog!
Love it. Pet it. Hug it. Cuddle it. Play with it. Look after it.
Included: 1 blank Youdoodog, 1 Youdoodog t-Shirt, 1 collar, 1 iron on transfer sheet, 1 kennel, full instructions.
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ARTas1® is a “look book” of contemporary artwork from Japan. Each artist occupies 2 to 4 pages that feature some of their favorite recent works, a mini-bio, lists of awards & clients, and e-mail contact information. Offering both up-and-coming artists and household name artists (in Japanese households).
Mediums include everything from traditional sumi, oil, acrylics & pastels to cutting edge 3DCG, weaving, photography and more. The wide range of styles and mediums makes this book an endless supply of inspiration & fun. It’s printed in Japan by Toppan so the quality is superb.
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This big, hardcover Mark Ryden book is the exhibition catalog from “The Tree Show” at the Michael Kohn Gallery in Los Angeles, California. It features paintings, drawings, and sketches, as well as some documentary photography of sculptures, installations, and the artist at work. Creepily cute depictions of interactions between trees, little girls, toys, dolls, iconic figures, and more. Hardcover, color. 180 pages.
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Baseman gets perverse with nature in his book My Hunger For Venison. This beautifully printed book contains all of the fine art drawings from Baseman’s Venison show in Barcelona. The drawings are meticulously reproduced at actual size, making the book a bound portfolio of art prints. Four full colour paintings are also featured. Bonuses include a spiffy spot varnish on the cover and a miniature reproduction of Baseman’s personal sketchbook tucked inside like a Cracker Jack prize. Hardcover, 64 pages.
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