That’s right, folks. LFO is gearing up for our spring edition of Tarts n’ Crafts. You’re not going to want to miss this one! We’ve got new and returning vendors from Ottawa, Gatineau, Montreal, Toronto, Kingston and more!

In honour of Mother’s Day, LFO is donating $500 of the proceeds to Mothercraft Ottawa’s Birth and Parent Companion Program. The remainder of the profits go to fund events supporting women in the arts throughout the year.

LFO Tarts n’ Crafts
Saturday, May 8, 2010
Jack Purcell Community Centre
10:00 am to 5:00 pm
$2 admission

Featuring our Awesome Vendors:

Noémiah Bijoux, Pica Jewellery, Loot By Stina B, mchenwears, Birds In Trees, Damned Dollies, InfinEight Jewellery & Accessories, Tangente, Haley By Hand, Julie Webb Photography, Paul Sharp, This Ilk, Anne Wanda Tessier, Alejandra Cadena, Purple Urchin Soap, Sandra Tatsuko Kadowaki, Salvage Designs, Rita Montminy, Estrella, justaddwatersoap, Rubyben Jennings, ohmyampersand, Sel&Vinaigre Sérigraphie, coucou salut, PR Design, Karin Norstrom, fabricawakuwaku, Elizabeth Duran, Daphna Lewinshtein, Mains de Mariposa, Ingrid Moss, B the Balm, Wai-Yant Li, Alice Jarry Sérigraphie Cinqunquatre, Supayana, Nassim Naturals, Rockalily Burlesque, roadkillroadkill, Mathieu Mudie & Rachel f, Noujica, Mizdragonfly, abi lyon wicke, dragonfly dreamers, MOLYKULTE, La Petite Bohème, Glengarry Gardens, Three Cheers Cupcakes, Fish on Fridays, Beadworks: Operation Come Home, Dita & Bella, Meeka’s Creations, koko chocolates, Broundoor, Just B Designs, creation kazak, Missy Industry, Chelsy Anne, WORN Fashion Journal.

LFO Presents

Sister Spit: The Next Generation!

Sunday April 25, 2010 @ 7pm

Club SAW

67 Nicholas, Ottawa

Tickets $8 in advance, $10 at the door

Advance tix can be purchased at:
Octopus Books (116 Third Ave)
Venus Envy (320 Lisgar)
The Carleton U GLBTQ Centre (Unicentre Building, Carleton campus)

The legendary, raucous, rowdy performance gang, Sister Spit, lands in OTTAWA with a vanload of queertastic brilliance! Don’t miss this multimedia explosion of zinesters, fashion plates, slam poets, novelists, performance artists, poets and fancy scribblers. Featuring queer luminary Michelle Tea, legendary trans film director and screenwriter Silas Howard, queer graphic novelist and anti-racist activist Elisha Lim, lesbian slam-poet/performance artist Lenelle Moise, trans psychic memoirist Len Plass, queer zinester/portraitist/graphic novelist Nicole J. Georges, and Power Point loving shape-shifter translady Annie Danger!!

http://radarproductions.org/WhosInTheVanUSTour.html

That’s right, folks. LFO is pleased to announce the call for applications to our spring edition of Tarts n’ Crafts. You’re not going to want to miss this one!

Tarts n’ Crafts
Saturday, May 8, 2010
Jack Purcell Community Centre (location subject to change pending availability)
10:00 am to 5:00 pm

To meet your tabling requests, we’re offering the following options:

A. Rental of 5X2 ft table – $30
B. Rental of 5X2 ft table plus additional room for your own rack – $35
C. Rental of 5X2 space (you bring your own table or rack) – $25

Please send an e-mail application to ladyfest_ottawa_crafts@hotmail.com with the following information:

Your name and contact info (e-mail, phone number, website)
A brief description of you and your product
Approximate price point of your product
Photos of your work (no more than 5, please)

Because of the overwhelming demand for tables, LFO will jury all Tarts n’ Crafts applicants based on the following considerations:

Is it a good fit with the LFO mandate? (www.ladyfestottawa.com)
Is the product well-made, with a DIY, edgy aesthetic?
Do the crafters chosen strike a balance between local, regional and national representation?
Do the crafters chosen represent a variety of products?

LFO is an inclusive, feminist organisation. We feel that providing a venue for women artists counters the obstacles and discrimination that women often face, including sexism, homophobia and racism.

*** Please provide all info in the body of your e-mail. Do not submit applications in Word or PowerPoint format. ***

Write us with any questions you have about the craft sale. And, of course, apply quickly! The deadline for all applications is March 14. If accepted you will receive a confirmation e-mail by March 27.

Please be patient, we’re still in the process of moving things around.

xo