The Artist Project celebrates its 5th year featuring original works from over 200 carefully juried, independent contemporary artists. Artists from a variety of geographic and creative backgrounds will converge and connect with patrons looking to get a glimpse of tomorrow’s Art Stars. From seasoned collectors and first time art buyers, to gallerists and interior designers, visitors will find this art fair a rare opportunity to meet and purchase directly from Canadian and International artists. Note
It’s that time of year again: CAROUSEL is participating in the latest “Buy 2, Get 1 FREE Offer”, a fabulous deal on Canadian magazines. A wide range of Canada’s magazine publishers have come together to bring you this remarkable offer, which you won’t find anywhere else. Subscribe to any 3 of the nearly 200 magazines offered, pay for only 2! Your free subscription will be your lowest-priced subscription — you pay only for the other
Liisa Ladouceur is a Toronto-based music and unpopular culture journalist, a poet and a Goth. She has examined the subculture for various publications, has been called upon as a recognized Goth expert for television like MuchMusic, CTV, TVO, and Newsworld, and hosted the sold-out Gothic Toronto literary event for the Luminato Festival. She is currently known as the Blood Spattered Guide music columnist for Rue Morgue magazine, the world’s leading publication on horror in art
Do you know the work of Fausta Facciponte? Fausta Facciponte is an emerging artist who uses a variety of photographic techniques, including traditional film-based and modern digital processes. Her work has been exhibited in Canada and internationally. A portfolio of Facciponte’s photographs appears in CAROUSEL 27, our most recent issue. For our readers in Toronto, note that Sleepy Eyes, Fausta’s newest exhibition of large-scale photographs, is opening at Stephen Bulger Gallery on Sat Sep 24
Tor Lundvall is an artist and musician living and working in New York — we interviewed him back in CAROUSEL 24. Congrats to Tor, whose beautiful cover artwork graces the cover of “The Cruellest Month”, the latest album by UK neofolk group Sol Invictus (their 17th studio album). >>> To purchase CAROUSEL 24: go here >>> For more information on Tor Lundvall: go here >>> For more information on ‘Sol Invictus’: go here
Currently, in the CAROUSEL Superstore we have several wonderful books by author/artist gustave morin — available in limited quantities! This Windsor, ON visual poet’s compelling work has appeared within the pages of CAROUSEL on numerous occasions (in issues 17, 18, 19, 20, 23 and 25, for those counting). Here’s an apt description of him, taken from the Ditch Poetry website: “a para-literary agent provocateur since his teens – published widely, if obscurely – (morin) has
The mega-chain bookstores are okay for catching up on Oprah’s latest picks and grabbing a copy of Gweneth Paltrow’s latest cookbook, but what if you want something a tad more unique? Something local, perhaps? The Small Press of Toronto (SpoT) Book Fair is just what the bibliophile ordered. The spring fair will feature zines, graphic novels, children’s books, magazines, chapbooks, and comics from local and cross-Canada authors and publishers. Come out to Hart House (7
After 7 1/2 years of publishing, Toronto’s Misunderstandings Magazine is ceasing publication, as its editors move on to other projects. This little publication, which straddled the line between zine culture and Toronto’s more mainsteam literary community, positioned itself as a playful journal striving to introduce and foster emerging writers and showcase them alongside some of Canada’s best talents. Despite limited resources, MM’s editorial team of Jim Johnstone, Vicki Sloot and Ian Williams nevertheless were able
Do you know the work of Larry Eisenstein? Larry Eisenstein is a Toronto-based visual artist obsessed with making strange marks on paper. Through countless drawings of free-form viral shape-clusters, he compulsively exploits line and explores form. These works offer magical peeks into mutant worlds, densely rendered at small scale in high detail. A portfolio of Eisenstein’s recent work appears in CAROUSEL 27, our current issue. For our readers in Toronto, note that dozens of Eisenstein’s
Taking place during TCAF in The Bram and Bluma Appel Salon on Toronto Reference Library’s second floor, BLESS THIS PRESS features 2 days worth of avant garde comic creators, print makers and illustrators; curated by and featuring Ginette Lapalme, Chris Kuzma and Patrick Kyle of Wowee Zonk. Be sure to visit the room both days, as exhibitors will be rotating! Exhibitors on Both Days: Wowee Zonk (woweezonk.com) Michael Comeau Lala Albert (plslala.com) Closed Captioned Comics
Hello readers — here’s a Toronto event worth supporting! Narwhal Art Projects and Invisible-Friends.com are excited to host Toronto Hearts Japan, a fundraiser and exhibit. All proceeds will be donated to The Red Cross and to helping rebuild the Birdo Flugas Artist Centre and Community in Shiogama. The Toronto Hearts Japan Exhibition and Silent Auction runs for 5 days from Thursday March 31 to Tuesday April 5th at the Gladstone Hotel, 2nd floor. It features
CAROUSEL 27 (Summer 2011 issue) out in mid-April This forthcoming issue of CAROUSEL MAGAZINE features work from the following writers and artists: Shelley Banks • derek beaulieu • Dick Capling • Larry Eisenstein • Fausta Facciponte • Joel Fishbane • Laurie D Graham • Sandra Jensen • Jim Johnstone • Adrienne Kammerer • Drazen Kozjan • Jennifer Linton • Luke Painter • Nicole Pakan • Tom Prime • Retchin Pump • Yi-Mei Tsiang • Howie
Thu Apr 07, 2011/ 7:30pm @ The Black Swan 154 Danforth Ave Toronto, ON The evening will feature readings by contributors: Laurie D Graham / Julie Cameron Gray / Jim Johnstone / Christine Walde / Natalie Zina Walschots / Liz Worth + surprise guests! SPECIAL EVENT OFFER — please note that since we did not have a public launch of CAROUSEL #26, we hope you’ll support us by picking up both 26 and 27 together
Buffalo Small Press Book Fair Mar 19 /2011 (12 – 6 pm) @ Karpeles Manuscript Library (UPSTAIRS) 453 Porter Avenue / Buffalo, NY If you are in the Buffalo area on Saturday March 19th, the Buffalo Small Press Book Fair is a FREE one day event that brings booksellers, authors, bookmakers, zinesters, small presses, artists, poets, and other cultural workers (and enthusiasts) together. Over 100 vendors! Note that CAROUSEL will be present, and it will
Congratulations to Toronto-based artist Fiona Smyth (who we profiled/interviewed back in CAROUSEL 25) — she has just released her first graphic novel, The Never Weres, a youth-oriented science fiction tale where three teens become humanity’s only hope for survival. The Never Weres is a 6.75″ x 9.25″ book, 256 pages, b/w interior, and is being released by Annick Press in both softcover and hardcover editions. On Sunday, March 13, 2 – 5:30pm, The Never Weres
Do you know the work of Xavier Barrade? Xavier Barrade an artist and art director living and working in Paris, France. His page work, Trou, appears in our current issue. >>> To purchase CAROUSEL 26: go here >>> For more info on Xavier Barrade: go here
Do you know the work of Tin Can Forest? Tin Can Forest (Pat Shewchuk and Marek Colek) are a Toronto-based artist collaborative working in film and print. Besides their recent appearance in CAROUSEL 26, their work has also appeared in publications such as The New Yorker, Communication Arts and Oaken Throne. In 2008, Drawn and Quarterly published Tin Can Forest’s first art book, POHADKY; in 2010, Koyama Press published their second book Baba Yaga and