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NOURISH, PHOTOGRAPHY + PHOTOBASED ART CALL FOR SUBMISSION

NOURISH Nourish (verb): to provide a healthy environment for growth, to care for and sustain, to feed and strengthen.  Nourish is an art event that provides the perfect opportunity for photographers and photo-based artists to showcase their work.  All styles are welcome, provided they exhibit a unique and creative approach to the theme. ELIGIBILITY: Open to emerging artists from Hamilton,…
Annette Paiement
2 February 2023
ArtFaces of the FactoryNews

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
ArtEventsHappeningMusicNews

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
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
ArtNewsShop the Cotton Factory

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
ArtShop the Cotton Factory

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
ArtEventsHappening

ROAR, A Night Market, Art + Performance Pop Up Event

roar /rôr/ a full, deep, prolonged cry uttered by a lion or other large wild animal. A loud, deep sound uttered by a person or crowd, generally as an expression of excitement or emotion. To sing or shout with full force, to laugh loudly, to be boisterous or disorderly. ROAR is about courage, empowerment, speaking out, standing up for a…
Cynthia Swann
26 February 2020
ArtEvents

Hamilton Arts Week Launch Party – June 15th, 2019

Enjoy an EPIC outdoor Hamilton Arts Week Launch Party in the Cotton Factory courtyard! A day full of fun and surprises awaits you. A family-friendly arts and music festival all day that shifts into an evening concert with over 20 special guest performers including: Alfie Smith, Tannis Slimmon, Hamilton Aerial Group, Trout Lily, DJ Aerlie Wild, Rod Nettagog, Bel Canto…
Robert Zeidler
5 June 2019
Art

Installation Art: Featuring work by C.Wells

If you've wandered through the Cotton Factory in recent months, you may have seen a large installation on the third floor and wondered what it's all about. The piece is called FORTERRA (2018) and was crafted by C. Wells: "FORETERRA, as both performance and object was created of/from the periphery roads which frame the Cotton Factory - Sherman, Biggar and…
Robert Zeidler
23 July 2018