A creative portfolio is more than just a showcase of your craft. It’s a window into who you are: your interests, your passions, and your personality. It’s a way of telling a prospective employer — “Hey, I’m not only talented. I actually have interests outside of my talents, plus I’m a delight to be around.” Jan Avendano’s design portfolio does all this, except in a much more elegant and creative way than whatever the hell I just jabbered about. So …
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I recently braved the bone(r) chilling Toronto weather to stop by the opening of Songs that Saved Me, the latest art show put on by the Hunt Club, a studio / art-gallery on College Street. I arrived half-frozen and ready to murder studio director Darlene Huynh for making me do anything in January that didn’t involve sitting at home being depressed. Turns out, the whole point of the show is to get you off of your couch and out of …
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The Medium is the Message Art has the ability to trigger an assortment of responses—visual cues can be the catalyst for unexpected emotions and reactions. Toronto artist, Tonya Corkey, explores this concept of memories and the emotions that art can be a catalyst for. But rather than focusing on simply the visual, Corkey takes her art to another level, using mediums such as lint to further hone in on the idea of memories being fleeting. Corkey answered some questions for …
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Not Just Pretty Things Felix Kalmenson’s installation art and interventions force people to rethink space in the city. —– It is the end of March and Felix Kalmenson sits alone at a small table outside of a Wal-Mart Superstore in Morningside, Scarborough. His table is laden with souvenirs: postcards, coasters, scented candles, photo mugs and a printed rug. Each displaying a picture of a mall atrium and the date 1979-2007, his wares celebrate the life of a dead mall in …
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Since the re-relaunch of site earlier this month, we have been wanting to find a way to share all of the amazing work that we encounter on a day-to-day basis. With the holiday season right around the corner, we thought what better than hosting an online pop-up shop featuring some of our favourite creations from OTMzine alumni and regular contributors. So, we familiarized ourselves with Shopify, reached out a bunch of our friends and built the shop. Like our website, …
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When You’re Blue, Just Add Colour Nicholas Robins shows us that the gold at the end of a rainbow is the rainbow itself. Photographer / Vince Vining —- We’re in it now. There’s no turning back. Sweet summer is long gone and it’s only going to get colder, darker, bleaker, duller, gloomier, (did I mention colder?) from here on out. But before you zombie off into the frigid abyss, you might want to check out Nicholas Robins’ artwork. It could …
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