An everyday ethical challenge is keeping textiles out of the trash. Textile disposal is environmentally damaging and costly—so much so that the City of Vancouver has urged residents to take a “zero waste” approach to textiles. Unfortunately, that …
Mail Art
Mail art from The Poem Factory (Ed Varney)
This nice packet of paper goods came in the mail from Ed Varney's "The Poem Factory" in Courtney, BC (on Vancouver Island). I initiated the exchange by sending the DADA of mail art 2 full sets of RML books (with a few more poetry chapbooks, added …
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La bibliothèque Liza Leyla
Moving studio contents this week, I found four small books that were mailed as mail art to me from the prolific and generous Brussels-based writer, Liza Leyla (Eliza Muylaert). Leyla is diligent about sending publications addressed to Renegade …
Embassy Cultural House, “A Trans-National Artist Collective…”
A couple of copies of this tabloid summarizing community art activities generated during pandemic years arrived in the mail box from Embassy Cultural House (ECH) in London, Ontario. Thank you to Jamelie Hassan and Ron Benner for this big packet of …
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New Afro-Cuban Writing in Canada
Recently some published and unpublished writing from Hebert Poll Gutierrez arrived. Gutierrez, who lives in Calgary, became acquainted with RML when he attended Tertulia: Artist Book Publishing by American, Canadian, and Mexican Artists that was …