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No Power-Washers in Sight as Teens Take on Graffiti

A Toronto high school student puts the finishing touches on her canvas. With all the fuss about Mayor Rob Ford’s war on graffiti lately, teaching high-school kids about spray-painting techniques and graffiti culture seems downright brazen. But that’s not at all how Dragan Grubesic, organizer of the eighth annual Groove and Graffiti workshop, sees things [...]

The Daily Photoist: August 15, 2008

Every weekday morning, bright and early, we feature a photo (or two) from a photographer in the Torontoist Flickr Pool. It’s our way of giving the many excellent photographers in our pool the attention they deserve. Hug Tree BY IZAK_NEUTRON

Tree Huggers to the Rescue

Spacing reports on the fate of the Hug Me tree at Queen Street West and Peter Street after it was found knocked down yesterday. After narrowly avoiding being hacked up by the City’s Forestry department, the tree is back—intact—in the hands of Elicser, the artist who had been painting it for the past few years, [...]

Show and Tell, Now Graduating from Kindergarten

If you own an art gallery in Toronto, you should be sitting up and taking notes from our Facebook event calendar. These days, if you don’t have a) a brand new website, b) a party to celebrate the launch of your new website, and c) a beer sponsor, you’re just playing with crayons in the [...]