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OPEN STUDIOS

Join us on Sunday, October 23 from 11 AM until 4:00 PM when some of The Cotton Factory Tenants open up their studios to the public. Meet in the Cotton Factory Parking Lot where volunteer greeters will be ready to meet you and direct you to the "Meeting Place". You may sign up for a Tour when you arrive. Tours run at the…
Robert Zeidler
19 October 2016
NewsWorkshops

LIFE DRAWING in THE COTTON FACTORY

Tuesday Evening Drop In Life Drawing Sessions hosted by Artist, Avery Tanner Start Time: 7:00 PM          End Time: 10:00 PM Drop In Welcome!   Cost $10.00 per session   Materials Additional $3.00  Life Drawing is fun and an important form of exercise for the visual artist. It flexes and tones the ever important rendering muscles. The training…
Robert Zeidler
19 October 2016
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PEACE BY PIECE: Stitching Together Canadian Stories

In order to celebrate Hamilton's past and Canada's 150th birthday, the Hamilton Halton Brant Regional Tourism Association in partnership with The Cotton Factory will launch a month long exhibition in July to celebrate Canada's rich and diverse cultural history. A Stitch in Time, Piece by Piece is an exhibition showcasing artist Esther Bryan's project, The Quilt of Belonging. The Quilt…
Robert Zeidler
19 October 2016
News

Steeltown’s New Appeal

BY NEIL SHARMASPECIAL TO POSTMEDIA NETWORK FIRST POSTED: FRIDAY, APRIL 15, 2016 01:42 PM EDT | UPDATED: FRIDAY, APRIL 15, 2016 01:46 PM EDT - Excerpt from the Toronto Sun Newspaper Steeltown is reinventing itself by looking to its future for inspiration, ingenuity, and industry, rather than its storied manufacturing past. And in doing so, the one-time steel capital of Canada is turning…
Robert Zeidler
16 June 2016
News

Coworking

2016 - What the New Year has in store. Written by Ale Calle As the New Year begins, we look back at the many things we have accomplished in the past year and set goals for the year ahead. Here at The Cotton Factory, we are happy to say that 2015 brought many good things and big changes to our…
Robert Zeidler
17 January 2016
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Zekar Photography

TENANT HIGHLIGHT:  This month we caught up with our tenants, Zekar Photography to reminisce about their time at the Cotton Factory and to ask about what they do, and how they do it. Zekar Photography specializes in wedding photography and wedding photojournalism. Their office is located in the Dyeworks building Cotton Factory.  Mike Tigchelaar is the lead photographer at Zekar Photography.…
Robert Zeidler
13 January 2016
News

IN THE NEWS

Event-hosting adds joie de vivre to reborn industrial buildings JENNIFER LEWINGTON HAMILTON - Special to The Globe and Mail Published Monday, Sep. 07, 2015 6:00AM EDT  (Reposted 16.09.2015) Globe & Mail, Report On Business When producer John Smith was scouting venues for a promotional video shoot for the rock band Born Ruffians, he chose a 1900-era former cotton textile factory in…
Robert Zeidler
16 September 2015
News

The Medium is the Message

    INTRODUCING ADAM MATAK Adam Matak is an independent Fine Art professional who has been displaying his graphic, comic-book/cartoon-like art pieces at a number of museums and galleries for over 12 years. Creating projects that stand out, while simultaneously giving viewers something to think about and entertain themselves, is not easy. However, by using non-traditional fine art tools such…
Robert Zeidler
16 September 2015
News

Tenant Feature: VERITY CREATIVE

From July 10 to 26 Ontario hosted the largest multi-sport games ever held in Canada. Hamilton became host city to one of the Games most popular sports: soccer. The Pan Am Games were more than just about the games, it also participated in some amazing cultural programming. Cotton Factory tenants Verity Creative were contracted by Pan Am to produce a…
Robert Zeidler
13 August 2015
News

Cotton Factory Open House

It doesnÂ’t take much to wow people when they walk through the doors of 270 Sherman but on the Thursday evening of 30th October, we wanted to be sure to leave an impression with our guests. Thanks to the Hamilton Chamber of Commerce, we were able to do an Open House in tandem with their monthly Business After Business event enabling…
Robert Zeidler
2 December 2014