This came across my desk and it’s too good not to share:
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This February 2010, Spins & Needles, in collaboration with the city’s National Capital Commission, is calling on artists, crafters and the public, individuals and groups, of all ages, and all creative levels to be part of the Winterlude Urban Cozy Project. Various warm coverings, or cozies, wrapped around trees, lampposts, and other urban elements will be installed on two major festival sites. The intervention will remix warmth, cold, art, craft, music and the city, and also play with traditional images and conceptions associated with a country known around the world for it’s cold weather climate.
Makers from the Ottawa region, across Canada, and around the world are invited to contribute cozies! We want contributions from near and far. They can be traditional knitted/crocheted ones or also more novel creations (e.g. plastic canvas cozy?) Once we receive a cozy, it will be labelled with the maker’s name(s) and city or residence, and installed at one of the two Winterlude sites. We’ll also post a photo with the person’s name, city and website info on the Spins & Needles site and Flickr so that cozy makers can connect with one another. Plus if the cozy is something to talk about, we’ll profile it and the person on the Spins & Needles blog as well!
The submission deadline for cozies is February 1, 2010.
For more information, how to submit and FAQs visit www.spinsandneedles.com/winterlude2010.
