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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
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
News

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
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
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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
News

Introducing the Cotton Factory Newsletter!

Download and read our newsletter here: Fabricator First Edition 2018. Featuring articles and interviews, the First Edition showcases HumbleBee Hamilton, Lori Le Mare of Hamilton Aerial Group, a feature written by Warren (CoWork at the Cotton Factory) + more. Join the Cotton Factory mailing list to stay up to date on all Cotton news! Subscribe to our mailing list * indicates required Email…
Robert Zeidler
4 September 2018
Lunch & LearnNews

Lunch & Learn: The Importance of Visual Literacy

Art was our first recorded language, it transcended dialect barriers, and has a greater impact on our ability to understand and feel what is being shared. Sadly, most people today do not know how to properly read this powerful communication system. Our current school system operates under the STEM method, (Science, Technology, Electronics, Manufacturing), because that’s where the trade jobs…
Cynthia Swann
16 July 2018
HappeningNews

Shop the Cotton Factory!

You're invited on the third Saturday of each month (11am-4pm) to view and purchase the work of the artists, designers, photographers and makers that fill the buildings at 270 Sherman Avenue North! After so many of you inquired with us wondering when the Cotton Factory would be open to the public, we decided to make it a regular thing. Whether…
Robert Zeidler
20 September 2017