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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.

Mar 12, 2025

Artist in Residence: Pat Hertzberg

This pioneer of the ‘thread web’ technique creates highly textured tactile pieces that almost beg to be touched.

Nov 25, 2024

Local Buys: Winter 2024

Cozy wovens, cute creatures, foraged inks and more for holiday giving.

Nov 25, 2024

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.

Nov 25, 2024

Artist in Residence: Mamdouh Al Hariri

The young photographer captures street art, sports and fine art portraits with vibrant energy.

Sep 7, 2024

Meet the Maker: Fabienne Good

Artist Fabienne Good twists glossy magazine pages into sticks and weaves them into sturdy, modern containers.

Sep 7, 2024

Local Buys: Autumn 2024

Cosy candles, up cycled denim finds and precious dried flowers are some of the handmade goodies to buy this fall.

Sep 7, 2024

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.

Sep 7, 2024

Artist in Residence: Liz Eakins

Using handmade, fibrous Japanese paper, this Creemore artist utilizes layers, shape, and texture.

Jun 14, 2024

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.

Jun 14, 2024

Local Buys: Summer 2024

Discover fingerprint jewelry, local leather goods, and handmade garden gems.

Jun 14, 2024

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.

Jun 14, 2024

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.

Mar 16, 2024

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.

Mar 16, 2024

Local Buys: Spring 2024

Bohemian blue scarves, beaded bracelets and fabulous fibre art are some of the local finds this spring.

Mar 16, 2024

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.

Mar 16, 2024

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.

Nov 27, 2023

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.

Nov 27, 2023