Thursday, 30 June 2011
New Peeps!!
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Erin and Rachel McCarthy – Random Joy Random Joy is two sisters, Erin and Rachel McCarthy who grew up in the small town of Fergus. Erin is a Sheridan College graduate who studied Illustration and Rachel a graduate from Georgian College who studied Goldsmithing. Together with their love for fashion they combined talents and started designing and creating their very own line of accessories. Everything is one of a kind and made out of recycled fabrics and sterling silver. |
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Carly Mullen – Osprey and Me From a young age Carly has noticed the beauty in the simplest of things like buttons or fishing lures to acorns and seashells. Carly has been taking simple things and creating pieces if her own for several years and has recently found a love for fabric, leather, and any shiny treasures she comes across, melding them together to create little pieces of wearable art. While Carly mainly creates cuff bracelets, she has had fun dabbling in button rings, polymer clay pendants and earrings. Being able to express her creative side in such a way keeps her happy and sane! A beautiful selection of Carly’s wrist cuffs and earrings can be found for sale at RareFunk. |
Monday, 20 June 2011
Square 2 Square
June 13, 2011
Square2Square – Car Free Sundays: www.square2square.ca
We are proud to invite you to participate in a pilot event between the City of Kitchener and the City of Waterloo: Square2Square – Car Free Sundays. The purpose is to create people friendly street space which allows people the opportunity to walk, bike, rollerblade, skateboard, hop, skip or run from Civic Square in Kitchener to Waterloo Public Square.
The Square2Square – Car Free Sundays vision is to help create communities where active transportation is safe, fun and inviting to encourage a healthy, active community.
In Kitchener, Square2Square will begin on Sunday, July 17th. In Waterloo, the festivities will begin on Sunday, June 19th. Live entertainment will be featured in the two city squares as well as on King Street from Civic Square to Victoria Street and along King Street between Victoria and Union Streets.
Free events and music will be held at both city squares while activities such as street scrabble, running tips, bike safety workshops, music and sidewalk art will create a lively, fun atmosphere along King Street.
Event Dates
Kitchener:
Sunday, July 17th - 11:00am to 3:00pm
Sunday, August 14 – To Be Approved
Sunday, September 18 – To Be Approved
Waterloo:
Sunday, June 19th 11:00am to 3:00pm
Sunday, July 17th 11:00am to 3:00pm
Sunday, August 14th 11:00am to 3:00pm
Sunday, Sept. 18th 11:00am to 3:00pm
Street Closures:
Official Square2Square activities will occur between 11:00am and 3:00pm. The event route along King Street will have side streets closed with traffic signals fully operational.
King Street will have a single lane closure (eastbound curb lane) between Union Street and Victoria Street with one lane remaining open for eastbound traffic (to Kitchener) and two lanes remaining open for westbound traffic (to Waterloo). Waterloo Regional Police will be directing traffic at the following locations along King Street: Union Street, Victoria Street and Water Street. This traffic operation will allow the event to take place, while accommodating Grand River Transit to maintain their routes, access to the Grand River Hospital, key businesses and residents along the event route.
Please direct questions you have regarding the street closures to Stephanie Brasseur, Traffic Project Coordinator, City of Kitchener 519-741-2373 or via email at Stephanie.brasseur@kitchener.ca.
Residents:
Come out and join in the fun! This is your opportunity to make King Street and the city squares your playground for four hours on Sunday! If you have questions, you are encouraged to contact Ward 10 Councillor Dan Glenn-Graham at 519-741-3400 or via email at dan.glenn-graham@kitchener.ca.
Businesses’ Participation:
You are encouraged to participate in Square2Square and open on the designated Sunday. If you are interested in utilizing the sidewalk in front of your business and have questions with respect to licensing issues in order to do so, please contact Ms. Pat Harris, Manager of Licensing, City of Kitchener, 519-741-2854 or via email at patricia.harris@kitchener.ca.
Artists and Performers Participation:
If you are interested in contributing to the fun, festive atmosphere and want to participate, please contact Jeff Young, Manager, Special Events, City of Kitchener at 519-741-2388 or at jeff.young@kitchener.ca.
Sponsorship Opportunities:
Although Square2Square is a joint pilot event hosted by the City of Kitchener and the City of Waterloo, we are seeking sponsorships from local businesses and individuals in order to offset the associated costs. To find out more about sponsorship opportunities, please contact Ward 10 Councillor Dan Glenn-Graham at 519-741-2300 or dan.glenn-graham@kitchener.ca.
Volunteers:
Square2Square is intended to be a volunteer driven community project sponsored by the cities of Kitchener and Waterloo. If you enjoy being outdoors and interacting with others and are available on Sunday, July 17th for a 2 – 3 hour shift between 11 am and 3 pm, you are encouraged to take this opportunity to volunteer.
Friendly, out-going, and helpful adults or older teens with a parent are welcome to volunteer as marshalls (directing participants at driveways and cross-streets to follow the rules of the road), as runners/cyclists along King St. (providing assistance to marshalls and performers) and as guides in front of Kitchener Civic Square (providing event information and directions to participants). To find out more, please contact Janice Ouellette, Facilitator/Volunteer Resource at 519-741-2227 or volunteer @kitchener.ca.
Thank you for your interest
Square2Square – Car Free Sundays: www.square2square.ca
We are proud to invite you to participate in a pilot event between the City of Kitchener and the City of Waterloo: Square2Square – Car Free Sundays. The purpose is to create people friendly street space which allows people the opportunity to walk, bike, rollerblade, skateboard, hop, skip or run from Civic Square in Kitchener to Waterloo Public Square.
The Square2Square – Car Free Sundays vision is to help create communities where active transportation is safe, fun and inviting to encourage a healthy, active community.
In Kitchener, Square2Square will begin on Sunday, July 17th. In Waterloo, the festivities will begin on Sunday, June 19th. Live entertainment will be featured in the two city squares as well as on King Street from Civic Square to Victoria Street and along King Street between Victoria and Union Streets.
Free events and music will be held at both city squares while activities such as street scrabble, running tips, bike safety workshops, music and sidewalk art will create a lively, fun atmosphere along King Street.
Event Dates
Kitchener:
Sunday, July 17th - 11:00am to 3:00pm
Sunday, August 14 – To Be Approved
Sunday, September 18 – To Be Approved
Waterloo:
Sunday, June 19th 11:00am to 3:00pm
Sunday, July 17th 11:00am to 3:00pm
Sunday, August 14th 11:00am to 3:00pm
Sunday, Sept. 18th 11:00am to 3:00pm
Street Closures:
Official Square2Square activities will occur between 11:00am and 3:00pm. The event route along King Street will have side streets closed with traffic signals fully operational.
King Street will have a single lane closure (eastbound curb lane) between Union Street and Victoria Street with one lane remaining open for eastbound traffic (to Kitchener) and two lanes remaining open for westbound traffic (to Waterloo). Waterloo Regional Police will be directing traffic at the following locations along King Street: Union Street, Victoria Street and Water Street. This traffic operation will allow the event to take place, while accommodating Grand River Transit to maintain their routes, access to the Grand River Hospital, key businesses and residents along the event route.
Please direct questions you have regarding the street closures to Stephanie Brasseur, Traffic Project Coordinator, City of Kitchener 519-741-2373 or via email at Stephanie.brasseur@kitchener.ca.
Residents:
Come out and join in the fun! This is your opportunity to make King Street and the city squares your playground for four hours on Sunday! If you have questions, you are encouraged to contact Ward 10 Councillor Dan Glenn-Graham at 519-741-3400 or via email at dan.glenn-graham@kitchener.ca.
Businesses’ Participation:
You are encouraged to participate in Square2Square and open on the designated Sunday. If you are interested in utilizing the sidewalk in front of your business and have questions with respect to licensing issues in order to do so, please contact Ms. Pat Harris, Manager of Licensing, City of Kitchener, 519-741-2854 or via email at patricia.harris@kitchener.ca.
Artists and Performers Participation:
If you are interested in contributing to the fun, festive atmosphere and want to participate, please contact Jeff Young, Manager, Special Events, City of Kitchener at 519-741-2388 or at jeff.young@kitchener.ca.
Sponsorship Opportunities:
Although Square2Square is a joint pilot event hosted by the City of Kitchener and the City of Waterloo, we are seeking sponsorships from local businesses and individuals in order to offset the associated costs. To find out more about sponsorship opportunities, please contact Ward 10 Councillor Dan Glenn-Graham at 519-741-2300 or dan.glenn-graham@kitchener.ca.
Volunteers:
Square2Square is intended to be a volunteer driven community project sponsored by the cities of Kitchener and Waterloo. If you enjoy being outdoors and interacting with others and are available on Sunday, July 17th for a 2 – 3 hour shift between 11 am and 3 pm, you are encouraged to take this opportunity to volunteer.
Friendly, out-going, and helpful adults or older teens with a parent are welcome to volunteer as marshalls (directing participants at driveways and cross-streets to follow the rules of the road), as runners/cyclists along King St. (providing assistance to marshalls and performers) and as guides in front of Kitchener Civic Square (providing event information and directions to participants). To find out more, please contact Janice Ouellette, Facilitator/Volunteer Resource at 519-741-2227 or volunteer @kitchener.ca.
Thank you for your interest
Dan Glenn- Graham Melissa Durrell
Ward 10 Councillor, City of Kitchener Ward 7 Councillor, Uptown Waterloo
Monday, 13 June 2011
Co-op
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| Samantha Hynes joined our Funky team in February 2011 as a co op student from Eastwood Collegiate. Working with us full time, Samantha has brought a fresh, innovative outlook to the store. Samantha hopes to one day become an entrepreneur and own a business in retail of her own. She loves animals, especially her new puppy Ginger and she has an artistic knack for creating beaded animal shape keychains! Samantha will be finished her term with us at the end of June and we will be super sad to see her go. We wish her all the best in her future endeavors and we know this wont be good- bye - she loves the FUNK and we LOVE her!!!! |
Trash Fusion
Friday, 10 June 2011
Wednesday, 8 June 2011
Arts Awards 2011.
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Kerri Mercer - Black Orchid Designs, Tamara Minns - RareFunk, Mandy Richardson - Her Happy Highness and Mandyland Radio |
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| Mandy Richardson - Her Happy Highness and Mandyland Radio, Tamara Minns - RareFunk, Angela Werstine - Contemporary Artist |
Centre in the Square, June 5, 2011
Congratulations to all of the nominees and the winners!
New Peeps!
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| Emma Dines- Bike & Elephant Crafts Emma Dines has been hounded for years by friends to make her crafts and sell them! She has just recently taken the dive into producing crafts to sell and is really enjoying creating her label Bike and Elephant Crafts. Emma studied theatre and creative writing at the University of Waterloo and currently teaches yoga, tends to her garden and dances. She is a founding member of the Spark Poets collective, a secret gang of rowdy girls making art at night in public places. The Spark Poets have had a number of photography exhibits around the KW area and are thrilled to be represented by Emma at RareFunk |
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| Jenna Holtz - Ice Cream For Breakfast When she is not running around in the forest or eating food, Jenna is making vintage-inspired clothes and up-cycling old garments. After finishing her science degree at the University of Waterloo she decided to turn a long-time hobby into something more, and plunge into the realm of clothing design. She is heavily influenced by 1940s, 50s, and 60s fashion because of the way that it flatters the female figure. Her disdain for yucky-feeling fabrics is also evident - all of her creations are lovely to touch, while all itchy synthetic fabrics have been eternally banished from her sewing machine. :-) Someday she hopes to score herself a sweet dressmaker's dummy so that she looks like a real pro when she is working. |
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| Dan Rivero - Artist When Dan is not working as a chef to earn his bread and butter, he paints. Dan’s style ranges from abstract to pop-art mixed with elements of surrealism. Punk rock and early NY graffiti (Dondi), Andy Warhol, and vibrant Latin murals (influences from his Cuban heritage) are his biggest inspirations. Although Dan has no formal training in art – it has been self taught and engrained from his early teens sketching and working with spray paint. Eventually Dan got involved in the art scene in high school doing presentations on graffiti for Arts Celebration week. More recently he has been using acrylic in combination with spray paint and oil on canvas. Dan has participated in fundraisers, exhibiting his pieces at The Skydragon Café, Parkview Nursing Centre and Touche nightclub. Dan’s work has been on Exhibit at The Pepperjack Café, Atomica Tattoo, This Ain’t Hollywood, and The Casbah Music Venue. More recently Dan has been busy operating his own business (Abstract Visions) from home producing custom art for homes and commercial spaces as well as dabbling in some live music and band photography. A selection of Dan’s paintings can be found for sale at RareFunk. |
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| Michelle Popp – ErosDIY Michelle has been sewing from a young age when she would watch her mom and from there, taught herself. She enjoys making her own patterns and designs from as many different materials that she can find. Michelle loves shopping vintage and using old things to make something new and interesting. Victorian is something that catches her eye the most. She loves working with color and texture to create unique fashions. Most of her creations are few of a kind but she does take custom orders and can often recreate her designs in different sizes. A unique selection of Michelle’s designs can be found for sale at RareFunk. |
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| Megan Philbin – Rejected Clothing The Rejected clothing line is by designer Megan Philbin, of St Thomas Ontario, a small, yet eclectic town with an active punk/industrial/metal scene. Her favourite designers are the influential Vivvienne Westwood and Betsey Johnson. Established in 2005 and normally sold exclusively online, anyone can show their playful side with this line of unique fits and embellished details. The clothing line strives to be fun, flirty, quirky and sexy, with clothes and accessories that can be mixed and matched for day or night time, dressed up or down, and look great on ANY body type. Every season boasts pieces that range from soft and comfortable, to funky and eye-catching. A fabulous selection of Megan’s clothing can be found for sale at RareFunk. |
Maggie Krawczyk is a self taught artist, specializing in the creation of unique jewellery. In 2007 Maggie started her first business, Neogami Origami Jewellery and now has her work being sold in several boutiques, online, and at local craft shows and events. In 2010 she came in to possession of over 100 vintage pornographic novels, and got to work right away finding a purpose for them. After much design and debate, XXXLittWear came in to being! Maggie now creates simple yet shocking pendants, rings, and cuff links all featuring original excerpts from vintage adult novels, and bearing the XXXLittWear logo.
Ruth views writing artist biographies about herself as a chore. There’s only so many creative ways to describe being crafty, cheap and a thrift store goddess living in suburban Winterpeg, Canada. Ruth views musty abandoned books and bags of industrial obsolescence as a challenging way to keep her Etsy store stocked. Her children are mostly embarrassed, as teenagers tend to be, and her husband will look the other way if she brings him a cold one first. The dog is fine with it all. Ruth likes to keep things from ending up in the trash and has a special relationship with a few factories that feel sorry for her and would rather set the rapid technology change induced trash aside, than rescue her from the trash bin, again. A selection of Ruth’s computer component jewellery and pin back buttons are available at RareFunk.
| Lisa Roussel – Mosaic Ma Vie In recent years, Lisa Roussel, also known as "Granny" has found herself in the unique position of raising her first grandchild. Although raised in three separate Ontario cities, Kitchener has always been the true home of her heart, and after fifteen years away she decided to return in 2010. Admittedly a tad eccentric & hugely creative, that creativity was stunted through her early years by parents who refused to allow her to take art classes in school. In her adult years she has dabbled in many differing arts, from quilting and sewing, to creating her own stencils and altered books, and even recreating furniture. In 2002 while browsing Ebay she stumbled upon a corner nicknack shelf mosaiced in vintage china, and found herself enthralled by this unique art form. Still to this day, Lisa has not taken any formal art training, but rather has researched through books as well as the internet to obtain the skills she has achieved after rigorous trials and errors. Truly passionate and a bit obsessed by mosaics Lisa deftly and fearlessly scoops handfuls of broken china or glass while creating and prefers to grout each piece with glove bare hands. Lisa is very excited about the new opportunity of having RareFunk promoting her artworks! |
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| Ben Ross – Artist Ben Ross is a guelphite, younger than his age requires, consistently inspired by nature and still working on developing his craft. Ben often engages in renaissance festivals, steampunk throwdowns and other subculture frivolities. Ben works with steel, copper and any other metals found in junk yards. A selection of Ben’s metal trees and dragon fly magnets can be found for sale at RareFunk. |
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