Jeremy Laing and Arts & Crafts Team Up to Benefit MusiCounts

Feist x Sojourner Truth Parsons Tee

I just found out about an amazing collaboration and had to share - Canadian indie label Arts & Crafts has teamed up with Canadian fashion star Jeremy Laing to create an original line of apparel, featuring design mash-ups between Arts & Crafts musicians and Canadian visual artists. The tees are undeniably rockstar cool but best of all, 100% of the profits will be donated to MusiCounts, whose mission is to ensure that all children in Canada have access to a music program through their school.
 
Artistically directed and produced by Laing, visual artists Derek Sullivan, Jessica Eaton,Sojourner Truth Parsons, Niall McClelland and Jason McLean each chose an Arts & Crafts musician as a muse, and used their music to inspire the t-shirt designs. The result is a unique design that intersects between visual art and sound, representing the work of Arts & Crafts, Broken Social Scene, Feist, Timber Timbre and Dan Mangan.

"It was fun to pair some of my favourite Canadian visual artists, several of whose works I have collected personally, with complementary artists on the Arts & Crafts roster,” said Laing. “Based on similarities of approach and aesthetic, I invited each visual artist to interpret aspects of each musician's work. The results are diverse, surprising and cool!"

The limited edition collection retails for $75 each and will be available starting Monday, May 6th in select Hudson’s Bay stores in Toronto (Bloor St.), Oakville, Ottawa, Edmonton, Calgary and Vancouver (Granville St.), as well as online at TheBay.com and through Arts & Crafts’ 10 year anniversary site www.arts-crafts.ca/AC10.

Arts & Crafts x Derek Sullivan
A graduate of York and Guelph Universities, Derek Sullivan crosses mediums to question familiar forms and genres, the perfect masterful talent to be paired with Arts & Crafts. Sullivan’s work has been exhibited across Canada and internationally, including solo shows at Mercer Union and the Southern Alberta Art Gallery.
 
Broken Social Scene x Jessica Eaton
Montreal-based photographer Jessica Eaton employs a variety of experimental, analogue-based photographic techniques to create images addressing light, illusion and spatial relations.
 
Feist x Sojourner Truth Parsons
Grammy-award winning artist Feist handpicked Sojourner Truth Parsons to collaborate with her on this project. Hailing from Toronto, Parsons is a graduate of Nova Scotia College of Art & Design. Her work references both folk art tradition and witchcraft.
 
Timber Timbre x Niall McClelland
McClelland’s work has been featured in Adbusters and The Walrus, and he recently collaborated with Laing on a textile print for his spring/summer 2012 collection.
 
Dan Mangan x Jason McLean
Described as “mental maps”, McLean’s pieces have been displayed internationally, including shows in Venice, Malmo, Santa Monica and Vancouver.

Timber Timbre x Niall McClelland Tee

Arts & Crafts x Derek Sullivan Tee