The Dollar Shop – call for submissions

The Dollar Shop is a unique retail experience selling great design at affordable prices. Unfortunately it's in Sydney, not Perth but you can still submit products!

It is a collaboration between graphic designers Louise Helliwell and Alex De Bonis and supported by City of Sydney. All products in-store will be created by local artists, designers and creative types with the brief that nothing can be sold for over $20.

They are looking for a wide range of amazing products, for example: clothing, jewellery, bags, stationery, self-publishing, photography, posters, weird machines, instruments, kitchenware, illustration, music, craft, prints, things from far off lands etc. The product has to be designed/made/altered by you. It is a statement about making affordable design without selling yourself cheap.

For more information about The Dollar Shop please visit the website at
dollarshopsydney.com.au or send an email to info@dollarshopsydney.com.au

Made on the Left Christmas drinks

As you may know, Made on the Left has struggled to find a permanent home since the function room at the Hyde Park hotel was turned into a liquor store ;-( 140william was a fantastic location for our winter market but unfortunately it’s not available for our Xmas market like we had hoped.
However, we will be having a Xmas catch up with all you lovely people and we are on the search for a permanent new venue. 
We are also looking for new volunteers, especially in the areas of finance, blogging, marketing, sponsorship, PR or grant writing so if this interests you, we would love to meet you!
The MOTL Xmas drinks will be at the revamped Hyde Park Hotel, from 6pm Friday, 2nd December - it would be great if you can make it to share ideas, catch up with other crafters and have some great food and wine.


xx
The MOTL Team

City of Stirling Networking Evening

Date: Wednesday 7 December 2011

Venue: Alexander Park Craft House – Clyde Road Menora

Time: 7.00pm – 9.00pm

Speakers: James Foley and Norman Jorgensen

RSVP: Monday 5 December 2011 by email or phone (9345 8521)

James is a children’s book author who recently illustrated his first book “The Last Viking” with author Norman Jorgensen. James and Norman will discuss some of their own projects, how they came to be working together and the rewarding process of creating a children’s picture book and seeing it published. The talk will be followed by refreshments and a chance to chat informally to other artists living in and around the City of Stirling.

Montage pop-up shop

Montage Collective is a group of friends who have got together to open a pop-up shop.

As part of the redevelopment of 140 William St, Perth, the designers have been offered a temporary retail space for the artists of Montage to showcase their original works with the aim of reinvigorating and revitalising this unused urban space.

Montage's mission is to create a unique shopping experience using the "pop-up" concept of temporarily appearing in a location before disappearing and then "popping-up" again. They also hope to encourage customers to support local handmade products by West Australian designers.

The shop showcases the handmade designs of the 15 local designers including clothing, jewellery, art, accessories, bags, stationery, toys and homewares.

Make sure you don't miss the chance to visit Montage and support local handmade designers before they close on Sunday 23rd October!

Montage Pop-up Shop
140 William St (corner William & Wellington Streets, Perth)
Trading hours are Mon-Thur: 10-6pm, Fri: 10-8pm, Sat: 10-5pm & Sun: 11-5pm.
www.montagecollective.blogspot.com


Please note Montage is not affiliated with Made on the Left.

Pricing your Product workshop

If you're 18 - 30 years old and want to know more about how to price your products, then you're in luck!

Propel Youth Arts WA are presenting a series of workshops for young creative people: Amplifier 2011 – Business Workshops for Creative People!

Pricing Your Product Workshop
Who: Amplifier is recommended for 18 – 30 year olds
When: Thursday 8th September
Time: 4.30pm – 7.30pm
Where: Northbridge Piazza Community Cultural Room, cnr James and Lake Street, Northbridge (entrance to the room is on the right of the big screen)
Cost: Free

To find out more email Emiko Kinoshita, Programs Coordinator at emiko@propel.org.au or call the Propel office on (08) 9328 5855 or register online.

Applications Still Open for our July Market!

All you delightful crafty people - you now have until this Sunday, 19th June to get those stall holder applications in to our team. Get to it! Winter is the perfect time to rug up and get crafting and making. With a great new venue, the Made on the Left market is going to be seriously splendid!

You can apply HERE. See you soon!

Love,
xx Team MOTL

Colosoul Art Exhibition: Opportunity

COLOSOUL GROUP INC. are holding a fundraiser for the children at the Princess Margaret Hospital Burns Unit.

Colosoul Magazine is an independent youth magazine dedicated to raising awareness about contemporary issues that WA youth are dealing with. Colosoul is designed for young people by young people, who are given the opportunities to excel in the media arts by producing a fresh and vibrant magazine.

In holding this event, we aim to not only provide a platform for emerging WA artists to exhibit and sell their artwork, but to also generate awareness of the obstacles the children at the PMH Burns Unit overcome and to raise money for the unit to go towards better and more resources.

The art works will be by emerging WA artists who will receive 20% of the sales. 60% of the money raised will be given as a donation to the Burns Unit at PMH. The remaining 20% will go back into the mentorship program at Colosoul Group Inc.

COLOSOUL IS NOW LOOKING FOR ARTISTS TO GET INVOLVED IN THE PROJECT

If you would like to be involved, please fill in the application form and email it to art@colosoul.com.au.

WHO CAN APPLY?

You can submit a new or existing work (up to 4 works in total, per artist)

You must:

// Live in WA

// Aspire to have a career as an artist or be working in the arts sector

// Be passionate about helping others through art

There is no age limit and students are welcome to apply.

Groups and/or collectives are allowed to apply.

Artist submissions from regional or remote areas of WA are also welcome!

WHAT CAN I ENTER?

Your art submission can be anything from a painting to a sculpture, and of any material. Just bare in mind that it needs to be easily transported.

Includes: painting, graffiti, sculpture, prints, pottery, drawing, illustration, stencilling. If your arts practice is none of these things, feel free to contact us if your art form is not mentioned and see if you’re eligible! However, please note that we are not accepting photography this year.

WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE WORKS THAT I SUBMIT?

If your work(s) are selected by Colosoul Art Exhibition/Auction team, we will exhibition it for free in the city of Perth, alongside the other successful applicants.

On the last day of the exhibition it will be auctioned off to the public, where you will get 20% of the sales and 60% being donated to the Burns Unit at PMH.

WHAT IS THE CLOSING DATE TO GET MY APPLICATION IN?

Closing date for applications is the 20th July 2011.

HOW WILL I KNOW I’M SUCCESSFUL?

Artists who are successful will be notified on the Monday June 13th 2011.

IF YOU ARE SUCCESSFUL YOU MUST ARRANGE A DATE TO DROP OFF YOUR ART TO THE COLOSOUL OFFICE, OR ARRANGE A DATE WHERE WE CAN MEET AND PICK IT UP.

CONTACT

If you have any questions feel free to contact:

Sarah Eve Deaman - Artist Liaison Officer

W: www.colosoul.com.au

E: art@colosoul.com.au

Paper Chain

We love the idea behind this project, so thought we would share it with all of you like-minded people!

collage by sarah jane pell for her paper chain project recipient 

Anyone is welcome to join in. The first Chains began in April 2010, around twenty people became part of the first “chains”. These participants have been making/receiving collage artworks through the post, that's snail mail - old school style! Collages are not limited to paper, (some suggestions have included fabric, photo montage, literary, video or sound collage & assemblage) the only restriction is post-ability!

The lovely folks participating in Paper Chain either create a new work as a “chain starter”, or they are creating work in response to artwork they have received in the mail, as a chain link. Each person is given an address to send their piece to, and so the chain links up. Each person has 4 weeks to create their work.

Paper Chain began as a response to social media, and was first experimented on Facebook. We had such a great response to Paper Chain that we expanded the idea outside of the realms of FB.

We currently have eleven chains creating and mailing artworks across Australia and worldwide! We are interested in the concept of networking/connecting and the physicality and joy of receiving mail. A project where people who are friends, acquaintances and friends of friends interact online, in real time and in their creative capacities. 

To find out more, and see the collages so far, visit --

http://thepaperchain.tumblr.com

and/or

join us at the Paper Chain facebook group
Please feel free to pass this email on to anyone you think may be interested.
If you would like to join the Paper Chain please send an email to clairebushby@gmail.com

Got questions? Ask Claire B clairebushby@gmail.com or Claire C bbearlair@gmail.com 

Outskirts 2011: Call for submissions

On Sunday 25 September the creative hub of Northbridge will come alive for Outskirts, a precinct wide festival celebrating emerging fashion and design. Pop-up stores, artist studios, performance, street stalls, designer sales, workshops and more will take to the streets, as part of Outskirts, which is an event within the Perth Fashion Festival.

Outskirts is a pedestal for upcoming and existing local WA talent - the inaugural 2009 event comprised of over 50 things to do, see and collect, supported over 290 individual creatives and was a huge success for all involved. This year we hope to make it even better by filling every nook in Northbridge with something exciting, and we're hoping that you can be part of making this happen.

You're Invited

We're looking for creative people, businesses and organisations to get involved in this year's Outskirts program.

The scope is huge, and it is really up to what you would like to do to be included. To get you thinking, here are few ideas:

- a pop up store

- take your studio to the street for a day

- a static display of your latest collection

- an exhibition

- a street market stall

- a group activity involving the public (workshop, public art installation, etc)

- a fashion parade

Your concept can be purely promotional - building an image for your brand, or commercial - aiming to make sales on the day.

Submissions are due on 1 July. 

For more information - take a gander at the On William website. 

Made on the Left - Winter Market

There’s no denying it – summer is gone and winter is settling in.  With plenty of chilly weather and (hopefully) rainy days ahead, thankfully Perth can count on another Made on the Left winter market to brighten their grey skies. 

Made on the Left showcases the best independently made art, design and fashion created right here on the left side of Australia. Our next market is going to be in a large new CBD location for one day only 

Sunday 10th July 11-5pm at one40william.

For all of those delightful designers out there - 

the Application form is online now! Pleas apply before 11 June.

The stall fee: $100, with one trestle table provided. There is limited access, being a new inner city location, so please take note that there is no parking on site. There will be lift, stair and elevator access.

We look forward to hearing from you!

XX The MOTL Team