Janice Quirt
Janice Quirt is a freelance writer who lives in Orangeville.
Local Finds Made in These Hills: Spring 2025
Mystic carryalls, artful quilts and colourful mosaics to brighten up the season.
Artist in Residence: Pat Hertzberg
This pioneer of the ‘thread web’ technique creates highly textured tactile pieces that almost beg to be touched.
Local Buys: Winter 2024
Cozy wovens, cute creatures, foraged inks and more for holiday giving.
Dutch Dreams
To build their one-of-a-kind Erin home, John and Cheryl Leenders leaned on the work of a Netherlands-based architect, their passion for both industrial and handcrafted elements, and their own hard work.
Artist in Residence: Mamdouh Al Hariri
The young photographer captures street art, sports and fine art portraits with vibrant energy.
Meet the Maker: Fabienne Good
Artist Fabienne Good twists glossy magazine pages into sticks and weaves them into sturdy, modern containers.
Local Buys: Autumn 2024
Cosy candles, up cycled denim finds and precious dried flowers are some of the handmade goodies to buy this fall.
Leaving Their Mark
An Orangeville family reflects on their time living in one of the century homes that give Zina Street its heritage charm, and on their addition to another chapter in its history.
Artist in Residence: Liz Eakins
Using handmade, fibrous Japanese paper, this Creemore artist utilizes layers, shape, and texture.
Meet the Maker: Branson Giles
Orangeville native Branson Giles designs and crafts his wood furniture pieces both to honour the designs of the past and to ensure they live long into the future.
Local Buys: Summer 2024
Discover fingerprint jewelry, local leather goods, and handmade garden gems.
Beyond Books
Lauren Tilly’s role as a librarian at the Orangeville Public Library is as much about connecting community members with one another as about connecting them with good reads.
An Affinity for Analog
Steeped in digital culture, generation Z and millennials are hungry for vinyl records, processed film, paper journals and real books as the ultimate antidote to a screen-based world.
Meet the Maker: Andrea Trace
Artist Andrea Trace picked up stamp making to add dimension to her mixed media artworks – but the stamps became art unto themselves.
Local Buys: Spring 2024
Bohemian blue scarves, beaded bracelets and fabulous fibre art are some of the local finds this spring.
Teaching by Design
Secondary school teacher Andrea Phillips brings design to life in an Orangeville classroom with 3D printers, design software and a passion for the built environment.
Meet the Maker: Stephanie Casino Esguerra
Meticulously applied lines of jet-black ink are a defining feature of the fanciful works of this Orangeville artist.
Local Buys: Winter 2023
Cozy crochet blankets, handmade ornaments and lusty lumberjacks are just some of the unique items made by our local artisans this gift giving season.



