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Annette Paiement

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OPEN INVITATION – WRITER-IN-RESIDENCE 2021

We are inviting writers living in Hamilton and Region (Six Nations, Branford, Caledonia, Grimsby) to submit expressions of interest to participate in a 6 month writers residency in CoWork at The Cotton Factory. We encourage applications from emerging and established storytellers and creative writers working on fiction or nonfiction. We also encourage applications from published and emerging authors. This residency…
Annette Paiement
27 January 2021
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Pushing Boundaries, José Crespo

José Crespo came for a tour of  The Cotton Factory studios in January, 2020 when he was looking for a space to operate Crespo MediaWERKS, Inc., a successful commercial construction company with a focus on kitchen and interior design. However, since settling into his new studio, and with the onset of a pandemic, he has found himself revisiting his passion…
Annette Paiement
25 January 2021
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THREADS presented by The Cotton Factory

We are excited to announce the launch of  The Cotton Factory Youtube Channel and THREADS, a series of short videos showcasing artists in and around the Hamilton area.  The artists, like spokes on a wheel, or the threads within a tapestry, are a small part of  Hamilton's growing cultural landscape. The project began during the coronavirus lockdown as an effort…
Annette Paiement
2 January 2021
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The Creative Zone, Luso Life

The Cotton Factory was recently featured Luso Life Magazine a magazine designed and written by Portuguese-Canadians giving a view of what Portuguese-Canadians find interesting. You can pick up a copy of Luso Life in CoWork where they are dropped off monthly, or you can sign up for their newsletter on their website. We hope you enjoy the article as much…
Annette Paiement
29 December 2020
ArtTenant Profiles

JOSEPH HARTMAN

We have a number of works hanging currently at The Cotton Factory. A current favourite are the large scale photographic images on view by resident artist, Joseph Hartman. The works, on loan from Stephen Bulger Gallery are images taken in 2018 on Georgian Bay. Hartman’s work arises from his curiosity about the interaction between humans and landscape and how each…
Annette Paiement
21 April 2020
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Shop The Cotton Factory: Artist – Natalie Hunter

Natalie Hunter is a Canadian Artist who grew up in Hamilton, Ontario. Her multidisciplinary practice is concerned with the transformation of materials, objects, and images in ways that evoke an emotive or psychological response in the viewer. In her installations, photographs, and sculptures, she challenges the boundaries between mental and physical spaces, time and memory, material and immaterial, light and…
Annette Paiement
20 April 2020
News

A ZOOM DINNER PARTY WITH CHEF KEN LEFEBOUR

Join us for a dinner party in your own home, with Chef Ken LeFebour. In partnership with The Cotton Factory & Nellie James Gourmet Food To Go HOW IT WORKS: Purchase a Ticket for Chef Ken's prefixed menu on Eventbrite. THE MENU 1st course Coconut Curried Lentils with Blue Benedictine Cheese Main Course Lightly Blackened Chicken with Onion Apple Jus,…
Annette Paiement
17 April 2020
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HUMANIMALS – Artist Julie “Fazooli” Marquis – Art On Our Walls

If you have wandered the halls of The Cotton Factory as of late,  you may have already discovered the fantastical world of Humanimals by creator extraordinaire,  Julie Fazooli Marquis. On her website, Fazooli describes herself as, “Part-Peter Pan and pop surrealist. A multi-dimensional creative who’s primarily fuelled by tacos, and continually encourages collaboration over competition.” What influences her?  “I am…
Annette Paiement
13 April 2020
Faces of the Factory

Pura Vida: Rising Out of The Ashes of Loss

"When my husband Eduardo died, I went to Costa Rica to visit his family. I stayed to take a class at artist Holly Heller’s “Art Retreat Tamarindo” and stayed to do an extra Residency week. The following January I returned, and this time stayed for two months, rented studio space from Holly Heller and painted every day.  The third year…
Annette Paiement
7 April 2020
Faces of the Factory

Reminiscing in the shadows of the past

ART ON OUR WALLS  Leslie Sasaki is a long time tenant at the Cotton Factory.  His studio is located in a quiet corner on the 2nd floor at the cross roads of the Office building and the Dyeworks building.   There are 5 buildings which make up The Cotton Factory complex, each has been named after the work which took…
Annette Paiement
7 April 2020