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ART: The Institute for Contemporary Culture—the arm of the Royal Ontario Museum responsible for the recent "Unbuilt Toronto" exhibit—initiates phase two of “Housepaint,” an installation that invites Canada’s best street artists in from the cold. The project is a collaborative memorial to Toronto's former tent city, and is intended to continue addressing the issue of homelessness in Toronto. The resulting canvas houses will be auctioned off to raise funds for Habitat for Humanity. Royal Ontario Museum, Roloff Beny Gallery (100 Queen’s Park), 10 a.m.–5:30 p.m., FREE with admission ($22).

ART: Art enthusiast groups City of Craft and the workroom have organized a kid-friendly crafts fair, happening today in Parkdale. Both the workroom (1340 Queen Street West) and the Good Catch General Store (1556 Queen Street West) are having craft sales, each with fifteen local vendors selling their wares. DIY store Shopgirls Gallery Boutique (1342 Queen Street West) will be having a workshop on making sock monkeys, and you can either donate your sock monkey at the end of the workshop or pay $15 to take it with you (all donations and proceeds go towards Clowns Without Borders). Finally, head over to Yoga Queen to wind down with yoga-themed crafts and yoga games. Various locations in Parkdale, 12 p.m., FREE.

Any sweetheart worth his or her weight in Godiva's will tell you that all they really want for Valentine's Day is something from the heart, made by hand. Lovely and true. But did said sweetie specify whose heart? Whose hands?