Odder Seeds

💐Serving as a launchboard for Odder Seeds’ upcoming project ‘Homegrown: An Artists’ Harvest’ at the Hamilton Farmers’ Market, design and contribute a flower that will join one of the collective paper bouquets that will be sold at a culminating show in October, with proceeds going towards growing the future of Odder Seeds. And stay tuned for further details on Homegrown, coming next week… 👀

🌱 Available during drop-in crafting hours this SuperCrawl Weekend, roughly 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. at [e]colodge CoLodge | Hamilton

☀️ART TOGETHER NOW!☀️

What a day! Thank you to everyone who came out or stopped by and made some art, and the biggest possible thank you to our incredible artists and creative station facilitators (tagged below-give them a follow!) And of course, thanks so much to the City of Hamilton City of Hamilton Public Art Downtown Hamilton BIA and their amazing event support crew for making this event possible 💕

PAU・THE・REBEL
J.Avolio
Jessica Rose
Ting | Cyanotype Artist
Just Rose
Dee
kit 💐

🌟ART ACTIVITY FEATURE: POSTCARDS TO STRANGERS: MAKE + SWAP🌟

Using provided art and writing materials, create an artist’s postcard to give to a stranger! Swap with them directly or take one and leave one in the trading pile. Don’t forget to leave your name and a message on the back 💌

Additionally, make sure you come to the Odder Seeds station to pick up an Artist’s Scavenger Hunt (completed pages receive a free Odder Seeds sticker!), shop a selection of works from odderseedsonline, and add your face to our King William Collective Portrait!

🌞Stop by King William on Saturday, August 29 to take part in 9+ FREE art activations hosted by talented local artists! Suitable for all ages and experience levels- whether you’re 8 or 80- come by to make some art, connect with other creative Hamiltonians, and shop original artworks and artist products 💕

🎪ART TOGETHER NOW!
🗓️Saturday, August 29
🕰️11 am - 5 pm
📍King William from James to Hughson
💗Possible thanks to support from the City of Hamilton City of Hamilton Public Art

🌟ART ACTIVITY FEATURE: KALEIDOSCOPE COLLAGING🌟

Contribute to a community art project involving the act of large-scale collaging on mirrored surfaces, leaving space for reflection, and observing the ever-changing nature of the spaces in-between.

Dee is a multi-disciplinary artist from Hamilton, ON who believes in seeing the art in ordinary spaces. Through various mediums, they hope to promote the spirit of community and collaboration.

🌞Stop by King William on Saturday, August 29 to take part in 9+ FREE art activations hosted by talented local artists! Suitable for all ages and experience levels- whether you’re 8 or 80- come by to make some art, connect with other creative Hamiltonians, and shop original artworks and artist products 💕

🎪ART TOGETHER NOW!
🗓️Saturday, August 29
🕰️11 am - 5 pm
📍King William from James to Hughson
💗Possible thanks to support from the City of Hamilton City of Hamilton Public Art

🌟ART ACTIVITY FEATURE: COLLAGE + CREATE PINBACK BUTTONS🌟

Drop into a low-stakes creative space where you can experiment with collage, doodles, and found materials to design your own wearable pinback button! No experience necessary and no supplies required- just bring yourself and your imagination.

PauTheRebel is an emerging visual artist & arts worker currently based in Hamilton, ON. They work in various mediums, including drawing, painting, and mixed media.

🌞Stop by King William on Saturday, August 29 to take part in 9+ FREE art activations hosted by talented local artists! Suitable for all ages and experience levels- whether you’re 8 or 80- come by to make some art, connect with other creative Hamiltonians, and shop original artworks and artist products 💕

🎪ART TOGETHER NOW!
🗓️Saturday, August 29
🕰️11 am - 5 pm
📍King William from James to Hughson
💗Possible thanks to support from the City of Hamilton City of Hamilton Public Art

🌟ART ACTIVITY FEATURE: LET’S GET CREATIVE: SUSTAINABLE FRIENDSHIP BRACELETS🌟

Friendship bracelets are fun to create and swap. However, plastic beads and other art-making materials can have a significant impact on the environment. Join children’s book author Jessica Rose to make junk jewellery using biodegradable materials like pasta, recycled or repurposed beads, and other sustainable materials. Suitable for all ages!

Jessica Rose is a writer, editor and arts organizer who lives and works in Hamilton. Her first book, Let’s Get Creative: Art for a Healthy Planet, was named a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection and a Children’s Nonfiction Honor Book by the Nature Generation’s Green Earth Book Award.

🌞Stop by King William on Saturday, August 29 to take part in 9+ FREE art activations hosted by talented local artists! Suitable for all ages and experience levels- whether you’re 8 or 80- come by to make some art, connect with other creative Hamiltonians, and shop original artworks and artist products 💕

🎪ART TOGETHER NOW!
🗓️Saturday, August 29
🕰️11 am - 5 pm
📍King William from James to Hughson
💗Possible thanks to support from the City of Hamilton City of Hamilton Public Art

🌟ART ACTIVITY FEATURE: QUIRKY CARICATURES🌟

Free, fun, and quirky 6x9” portrait caricatures from local artist Rose Lemieux!

Rose Lemieux is an emerging mixed-media collage artist and caricaturist rebooting her love of creativity and all things art from a background in interior design.

🌞Stop by King William on Saturday, August 29 to take part in 9+ FREE art activations hosted by talented local artists! Suitable for all ages and experience levels- whether you’re 8 or 80- come by to make some art, connect with other creative Hamiltonians, and shop original artworks and artist products 💕

🎪ART TOGETHER NOW!
🗓️Saturday, August 29
🕰️11 am - 5 pm
📍King William from James to Hughson
💗Possible thanks to support from the City of Hamilton City of Hamilton Public Art

🌟ART ACTIVITY FEATURE: PAINTING WITH SUNLIGHT: BOTANICAL CYANOTYPE BOOKMARKS🌟

Discover the magic of painting with sunlight! Create your own one-of-a-kind botanical bookmark using real leaves and flowers with the nearly 200-year-old cyanotype process. No art experience needed—just bring your creativity and curiosity!

Ting Yang, or Ting | Cyanotype Artist , is a visual artist working in cyanotype and mixed media. Inspired by nature, Yang explores resilience, belonging, and human connection through sunlight-based processes ,hand-collected botanical forms, and the distinctive Prussian blue tones of cyanotype. Influenced by Chinese floral art and Japanese Ikebana, her practice reveals nature’s quiet poetry and invites moments of stillness and reflection.

🌞Stop by King William on Saturday, August 29 to take part in 9+ FREE art activations hosted by talented local artists! Suitable for all ages and experience levels- whether you’re 8 or 80- come by to make some art, connect with other creative Hamiltonians, and shop original artworks and artist products 💕

🎪ART TOGETHER NOW!
🗓️Saturday, August 29
🕰️11 am - 5 pm
📍King William from James to Hughson
💗Possible thanks to support from the City of Hamilton City of Hamilton Public Art

🌟ART ACTIVITY FEATURE: BAD ADVICE ORACLE 🌟

Part tarot booth, part roast- a walk-up card-reading ritual where we give each other terrible advice. Join us as we use “bad” advice to challenge ourselves and each other to be creative, use counterpoints as a way to solidify intuition, let out some rage or true feelings, and encourage real-time vulnerability..

J.Avolio is the multidisciplinary artist behind Liminal States // J.Avolio , a creative practice exploring the thresholds between work and rest, rejection and creation, and the unseen and realized. Grounded in soft futurism and collective liberation, J’s work aims to transmute complex topics into hope, bridging aesthetics and purpose to help abolish the systems that
attend us.

🌞Stop by King William on Saturday, August 29 to take part in 9+ FREE art activations hosted by talented local artists! Suitable for all ages and experience levels- whether you’re 8 or 80- come by to make some art, connect with other creative Hamiltonians, and shop original artworks and artist products 💕

🎪ART TOGETHER NOW!
🗓️Saturday, August 29
🕰️11 am - 5 pm
📍King William from James to Hughson
💗Possible thanks to support from the City of Hamilton City of Hamilton Public Art

🌱greetings from [e]colodge🌱

snippets of the opening of [e]colodge during the final art crawl of the summer! thanks to everyone who stopped by and especially to Dee and lliam for their work on bringing this world to fruition.

this is only the beginning. stay tuned for more missives and to find out how you can join the journey ✨