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    Zine Night Continues this Summer: Wednesdays Biweekly at Civic Space

    Zine Night: A Free Biweekly Micro-Publishing Forum, Open to All! Zine Night, a biweekly micro-publishing workshop series hosted by BCL’s Rosina Riccardo continues throughout the summer. Join us as we cut, paste, tear, discuss, remove, rethink, reshape, bind, print, and share (in no particular order). Upcoming Dates June – 5th & 19th July – 3rd, [...]

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    New Publication Out Now: Invented Emergency (For Small Cities & Big Towns)

    We just received a few boxes of our newest publication, INVENTED EMERGENCY (For Small Cities & Big Towns), published through White Water Gallery. They look so good, we can’t wait to give them out! INVENTED EMERGENCY is built on the research developed for Surviving North Bay, a residency and exhibition by Broken City Lab, hosted [...]

  • Artist in Residence Mary Tremonte Printing at the Windsor May Day Parade

    Mary Tremonte of Justseeds Artist Cooperative Printing at the Windsor May Day Parade in Drouillard Park.

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    Spirit of Windsor: An Outsider’s Guide by NICOLE LAVELLE & SARAH BAUGH Opens April 18 at 6:00pm

    Image courtesy of Nicole & Sarah’s blog – blog.sincerelyinterested.com If you haven’t checked out our recent video of Nicole Lavelle and Sarah Baugh interviewing one another about their residency and project here in Windsor, then you’re missing out on all the interesting ideas and experiences framing their new project, Spirit of Windsor: An Outsider’s Guide. This [...]

  • Nicole Lavelle & Sarah Baugh Discuss Their Plans at Civic Space

    Late last week, two Portland artists–Nicole Lavelle & Sarah Baugh–arrived at CIVIC SPACE in a brown Volkswagen Westfalia camper van to spend a couple weeks exploring Windsor and eventually designing a Windsor Tour Guide publication. They took a few minutes yesterday evening to ask each other questions about what their collaborative project at CIVIC SPACE [...]

  • Windsor is Forever: A Short Documentary

    With Portland-based artist-in-residence, Jason Sturgill, we reframed his previous project, Art is Forever, as Windsor is Forever  – a community-driven art and tattoo project that gave Windsor residents an opportunity to make a permanent commitment to the city. Participants chose from a flash tattoo set created in collaboration with local artists and illustrators to receive as their free tattoos, which were [...]

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    Blog Party: A New Biweekly Get-together

    Blog Party We’re very excited to announce a new biweekly blogging night, Blog Party, starting Thursday, April 11th here at CIVIC SPACE! Blog Party aims to bring together local bloggers to discuss ideas, inspiration, and issues in the city and beyond, providing a time and space for writing, learning, and creating together, regardless of skill level. [...]

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Spirit of Windsor prep with @catldups tackling the window vinyl. Show opens tonight #brokencitylab ! 6pm

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Cutting Vinyl for Nicole Lavelle & Sarah Baugh’s Show Tomorrow! #brokencitylab

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1st/3rd Wednesday – Neighbourhood Spaces: Windsor & Region Artist in Residence (AIR) Program Information Session

1st/3rd Wednesdays – Neighbourhood Spaces: Windsor & Region Artist in Residence (AIR) Program Information Session Wednesday, April 17th – 6:30-8pm @ Arts Council – Windsor & Region (1942 Wyandotte Street East) All are invited to join Alana Bartol, Program Coordinator for Neighbourhood Spaces, Windsor-Essex County’s NEW Artist in Residence Program on Wednesday, April 17th at [...]

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I got to present to the most amazing crowd on behalf of #brokencitylab tonight. Thank you to @akcrook and @brickernet at People for Urban Progress for putting on such an incredible event!

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The First Night of Blog Party

Last night was the first night of Blog Party, a biweekly get-together hosted by me and Josh. Blog party aims to bring bloggers in the Windsor and Detroit area together to discuss ideas, get inspiration, and learn about blogging in a collaborative environment. Since Blog Party is of course a party, we decorated accordingly. The [...]

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Handiwork by @saraandcompanyy & @joshuababcock & @lcgentili using #brokencitylab bunting web app

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Making bunting for tonight’s Blog Party at #brokencitylab

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Nicole Lavelle & Sarah Baugh Discuss Their Plans at Civic Space

Late last week, two Portland artists–Nicole Lavelle & Sarah Baugh–arrived at CIVIC SPACE in a brown Volkswagen Westfalia camper van to spend a couple weeks exploring Windsor and eventually designing a Windsor Tour Guide publication. They took a few minutes yesterday evening to ask each other questions about what their collaborative project at CIVIC SPACE [...]

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