Deliah's Dolls

Colouring Contest!

A version of Jibby's bike with a new colour palette.
















Crayola suggests a cross-hatched and speckled dragon.

Behind the Green Door

Current Environmental Art Projects:
Noel Harding's Green Corridor

Presently working in partnership with University of Windsor visual arts professor Rod Strickland, plans for a “Green Corridor” linking Canada with the United States, have begun to take shape. The redevelopment project proposes to increase environmental awareness through the education and engagement of the public. Information displays and research sites will be set up along the corridor, itself a re-visualization of the urban landscape (The grey expanse of concrete that spans between Windsor and Detroit cries out desperately for rejuvenation). Projects currently in the developmental stages include the Nature Bridge, green roof elevations, an ecohouse, river turbines, and environmental monitoring.

View the link below for further details:
http://www.greencorridor.ca/










Huron Church Road Pedestrian Overpass Nature Bridge

Overdue Media

Unshelved
A comic strip about the library!
http://www.overduemedia.com

And a book truck-decorating contest!
http://www.overduemedia.com/blog.aspx?post=745

Wowee!

Toronto Graffiti

Notable Tags and Murals

Christie and St. Clair
An endless horizon painted on a rickety fence, in basic representational hues. The fence encloses an area which has been under construction for quite some time. A posted proposal describes the artists' studios that are to replace what was once a TTC streetcar lot.

Toronto Graffiti

Notable Tags and Murals

Shaw and Dupont
Beautifully garish underwater and garden scenes, depicting an idyllic Canada.

FREITAG

Neat New Bag!
Made of recycled truck tarpaulins, bicycle inner tubes, car seat belts, and used airbags, this little courier bag is waterproof and stylish! All FREITAG bags are designed and produced in Zurich (click on the link and have a look at the flagship shop - the store is made out of stacked shipping containers). If you desire, you can have a say in the design yourself and choose the chunk of tarpaulin from which your bag is cut. Mine was bought pre-made and selected by Jeremy (a fine choice of complimentary blue and yellow lettering on white).

Can you spot the difference?

Joe Fafard's The Pasture, a public sculpture garden in Toronto's downtown financial core, is grazing ground for bronze cattle and picnicking office clerks alike. Fafard is an internationally renowned Canadian sculptor, and a recipient of prestigious awards including the Order of Canada (officer) in 1981 and the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada Allied Arts Award in 1987. His works have been exhibited across Canada, and are part of major collections including both The National Gallery of Canada as well as The Montreal Museum of Fine Art. Just a few short city blocks north of Fafard's mock rural haven is a second set of sculpted cattle. The Sheraton Le Biftheque steakhouse boasts a handsome herd of colourful cows, a precursor to the tacky Toronto public works painted moose campaign, circa 2000 (backed of course by former mayor Mel "Bad Boy" Lastman). Larger-than-life-decorated-animal public works displays have been a global-affliction since 1998; Chicago's "Cows on Parade" (originally presented in Zurich, Switzerland) inspired Toronto's "Moose in the City", Preston's "Baa-rilliant Public Art Exhibition", and Surrey's "Spirit Bears in the City" to name but a few. Why are the Biftheque sculptures magnet to tasteless tourist snaps while Fafard's works are awarded critical acclaim? One herd is granted Public Art status while the other exists chiefly within the advertising realm, albeit the kitschy landmark variety. Perhaps it is award enough for the anonymous sculptor of the Biftheque bovines to know that likely millions of photos of the works exist. Why, I fumbled across this one by sheer accident:


"Don't forget - everyone knows someone who loves Le Biftheque..."