Burnt Toast Studio

Burnt Toast Studio fine arts studio collective Burnt Toast Studio, founded in 2000, is an independent artist collective hidden away in the Highland Park district of North Calgary.

The five original members, Alden Alfon, James Jensen, Edwin Herrenschmidt, Lee McKay, and Doug Jaap, first met in 1993 while studying printmaking at the Alberta College of Art & Design. The five artists studied printmaking together at the Alberta College of Art and Design from 1993 to 1996. Their cramped and dark assigned studio space, in the basement of the college, was known to all printmaking m

ajors as 'the Cage.' During those years strong friendship developed between the studio members, as well as an artistic camaraderie that created cross-influence and led to collaborative works. Many students and instructors who were at the college for this period may remember some people hoisting a loaded toaster 15 feet up the wall in the printmaking hallway, and letting the toast fly. This actually happened pretty often. You can guess who was responsible. Throughout the College years and for a few years afterwards, the Burnt Toast members produced a newsletter called Acid Bites and Solvent Fumes. This publication was a forum for rants, critiques and issues pertaining to the struggling printmaker. What makes Burnt Toast Studio special is the preservation and continuation of an atmosphere in which the members can be part of something larger than themselves. They create artworks together and apply for shows together. The members are at the centre of their own micro-movement, in which they explore screenprinting, etching, woodcut, mixed media and also papermaking, painting and sculpture.

Join us in Greenview for Tango 2 Echo, starting tonight from 6-11 and picking up again tomorrow from 10-4! Check out Gre...
08/01/2026

Join us in Greenview for Tango 2 Echo, starting tonight from 6-11 and picking up again tomorrow from 10-4! Check out Greenview Industrial YYC for more details and visit us and the vendor market in the Burnt Toast parking lot!

🌻Flower Power Artisan Market🪻A part of our Neighbour Day Party collaboration with Greenview Industrial YYC Vendor Highli...
06/19/2026

🌻Flower Power Artisan Market🪻

A part of our Neighbour Day Party collaboration with Greenview Industrial YYC

Vendor Highlight!
Mik
Mik is offering custom, whimsical drawings based entirely on your imagination! Fill out a quick questionnaire at our booth and leave your email, then pick up your one-of-a-kind artwork at a local coffee shop or have it mailed straight to you. Bring your dog for $5 off plus free doggie
snack!

Join us on Saturday June 20th in the Burnt Toast Studio Parking Lot between 11-4. The event also includes a free BBQ, DJ and Live Music, Free Family Portraits and a Tattoo Flash Day at Loveyland Studios!

🪻Flower Power Artisan Market 🌻A part of our Neighbour Day Party collaboration with Greenview Industrial YYC Vendor Highl...
06/17/2026

🪻Flower Power Artisan Market 🌻
A part of our Neighbour Day Party collaboration with Greenview Industrial YYC

Vendor Highlight!
Neighbours Nursery YYC
Neighbours Nursery, locally grown herb, fruit, flower and veggie seedlings for the Chinook zone gardener.

Join us on Saturday June 20th in the Burnt Toast Studio Parking Lot between 11-4. The event also includes a free BBQ, DJ and Live Music, Free Family Portraits and a Tattoo Flash Day at Loveyland Studios!

🌸Flower Power Artisan Market 💐A part of our Neighbour Day Party collaboration with Greenview Industrial YYC Vendor Highl...
06/17/2026

🌸Flower Power Artisan Market 💐
A part of our Neighbour Day Party collaboration with Greenview Industrial YYC

Vendor Highlight!
Stephanie Banszky

Acrylic Paintings, Linocut cards, earrings, Lino printed clothes

Join us on Saturday June 20th in the Burnt Toast Studio Parking Lot between 11-4. The event also includes a free BBQ, DJ and Live Music, Free Family Portraits and a Tattoo Flash Day at Loveyland Studios!

06/15/2026

Burnt Toast Studios and Greenview Industrial BIA are hosting a Neighbour Day Party! Come join us on June 20th between 11AM - 4PM for a free BBQ, DJ and Live Music, Free Family Portraits and an Artisan Market! The event will be held in our parking lot at 215 36 AVE NE. Join us to celebrate with your neighbours, eat some great food and find handmade treasures!

Contact [email protected] or [email protected] for more information

💐Flower Power Artisan Market 🌷A part of our Neighbour Day Party collaboration with Greenview Industrial YYC Vendor Highl...
06/15/2026

💐Flower Power Artisan Market 🌷
A part of our Neighbour Day Party collaboration with Greenview Industrial YYC

Vendor Highlight!
Moonsyra
Witchy Jewelry. 100% stainless steel, made in Calgary!

Join us on Saturday June 20th in the Burnt Toast Studio Parking Lot between 11-4. The event also includes a free BBQ, DJ and Live Music, Free Family Portraits and a Tattoo Flash Day at Loveyland Studio!

🪻Flower Power Artisan Market 🌼A part of our Neighbour Day Party collaboration with Greenview Industrial YYC Vendor Highl...
06/15/2026

🪻Flower Power Artisan Market 🌼
A part of our Neighbour Day Party collaboration with Greenview Industrial YYC

Vendor Highlight!
Elisha N'Kaa
I sell mainly both digital and printmaking prints! Some of the printmaking prints I sell include copper etching, silkscreen, cyanotype, and linocut prints. Other than that I sell my mini zines I design with some of my photography and art, adjustable glass bead bracelets, multiple types of keychains, and more recently beaded phone & camera straps.

Join us on Saturday June 20th in the Burnt Toast Studio Parking Lot between 11-4. The event also includes a free BBQ, DJ and Live Music, Free Family Portraits and a Tattoo Flash Day at Loveyland Studios!

🌸Flower Power Artisan Market 🌷A part of our Neighbour Day Party collaboration with Greenview Industrial YYC Vendor High...
06/15/2026

🌸Flower Power Artisan Market 🌷
A part of our Neighbour Day Party collaboration with Greenview Industrial YYC

Vendor Highlight!
Aquarius & Scorpio

Handpoured soy candles, simmer pots, suncatchers, spell jar earrings and ritual bath soaks!

Join us on Saturday June 20th in the Burnt Toast Studio Parking Lot between 11-4. The event also includes a free BBQ, DJ and Live Music, Free Family Portraits and a Tattoo Flash Day at Loveyland Studios!

🌸Flower Power Artisan Market 🌷A part of our Neighbour Day Party collaboration with Greenview Industrial YYC Vendor Highl...
06/14/2026

🌸Flower Power Artisan Market 🌷
A part of our Neighbour Day Party collaboration with Greenview Industrial YYC

Vendor Highlight!
Aquarius & Scorpio

Handpoured soy candles, simmer pots, suncatchers, spell jar earrings and ritual bath soaks!

Join us on Saturday June 20th in the Burnt Toast Studio Parking Lot between 11-4. The event also includes a free BBQ, DJ and Live Music, Free Family Portraits and a Tattoo Flash Day at Loveyland Studios.

Vendor Highlight!⭑ Fitzs ⭑ Floating Somewhere, the business of an artist who makes bunny’s, and sometimes robots. Patche...
06/14/2026

Vendor Highlight!
⭑ Fitzs ⭑

Floating Somewhere, the business of an artist who makes bunny’s, and sometimes robots. Patches? we have versions with bunny’s. Plushies? all bunny’s. stickers, keychains or other trinkets? some robots, mainly cats, but of course, bunny’s.

Join us on Saturday June 20th in the Burnt Toast Studio Parking Lot between 11-4. The event also includes a free BBQ, DJ and Live Music, Free Family Portraits and a Tattoo Flash Day at Loveyland Studios!

Address

Bay 5, 215/36 Avenue N. E
Calgary, AB
T2E2L4

Opening Hours

1pm - 5pm

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