The North of Nowhere (NoN) Expo:
A Multidisciplinary Festival of
Independent Media & Underground Art
Sept. 16-30, 2007
This year we're not scheduling a full (multiple-day)
fair due to time and venue restrictions, but we are having a small fair
& market, making some very cool stuff available for purchase at the Propaganda
Party on Sept. 29 (8pm-1am), at the Cosmopolitan
Music Society (8426 Gateway Blvd. [103 St.])…
We'll have locally
handmade and imported Fair Trade functional
art and textiles, as well as a variety of small press and related ephemera
from Guatemala, Indonesia, Honduras, El Salvador, Uganda & more. The Propaganda
Party is all about mocking capitalist culture,
so if you care about supporting socially-conscious
cottage industries and artisans, please consider
doing some of your holiday shopping early this year. (Walmart doesn't need
your support, but small enterprises and artists do!*)
Groups represented include:
Lovely beaded necklaces produced by a Ugandan women's cooperative and sold as a fundraiser for LBP's educational campaigns in Uganda. www.thechildisinnocent.ca
Hand-woven cotton scarves, glass seed-bead bracelets & necklaces, wool & woven cotton bags and recycled fabric bags from Guatemala, and candle holders in open-fire Lenca pottery from Honduras. All of the goods are fairly traded, purchased directly from the cooperatives that produce them. www.casacorazon.ca
Fair trade, cottage-industry produced handcrafted coconut handbags and purses from Indonesia.
Headcase Hats specializes in Formal and trendy headwear for men and women. Headcase is showcasing a fall sample of Canadian-made headwear that is both funky and functional for the cooler season. www.headcasehats.com
Ever wonder where old floppy disks go to die? Acorn Studios, that's where! Nicola recycles old computers and technology into fun and geeky gifts, AKA Geekware! Check out the latest keyboard key earrings, circuitboard keychains, and lots more... www.acornstudios.ca
Fair Trade t-shirts produced by the Cooperativa de Madres Solteras de El Salvador (Single Women's Cooperative of El Salvador). www.justshirts.ca
(Indonesian woodcarvings) Beautifully handcrafted wood sculptures and carvings from Indonesia.
Award-winning speculative fiction serial anthology, having locally-published critically-acclaimed international SF writers for over 18 years. Non-profit too! www.onspec.ca
Environmental DVDs featuring the Made-in-Alberta: New Energy Stories series that highlights local and progressive environmental initiatives and inspires others to live more sustainably. www.madeinalberta.ca
Videos & DVDs, Fair Trade t-shirts, handmade patches, zines, comics, notebooks, postcards, magnets, reclaimed water bottles, Deception Dollars, Apoplectic anti-consumerist greeting cards, buttons and other fun agitprop.
Great CDs. Available for paid gigs. 'Nuff said!
* Don't believe us? Check out The Secret Lives of Plutocrats: www.inthesetimes.com/article/3309/the_secret_lives_of_plutocrats/
Is the labor of corporate CEOs really hundreds of times more valuable than the labor of other leaders?
http://www.alternet.org/workplace/62301/
