SASKATCHEWAN CRAFT COUNCIL e-News ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING: The SCC Annual General Meeting will be held at the SCC Offices (813 Broadway Avenue, Saskatoon) on Sunday, June 22nd at 10 am. Designed to allow all of you who attend Waterfront to stay over and come to the meeting. We will be making a presentation about Canada’s participation in the Cheongju International Craft Biennale in the fall of 2009 – it’s a great opportunity to get up to speed on this exciting opportunity. SCC Board Nominations: There will be three openings on the SCC Board to be filled at the Annual Meeting on June 22nd. If you would like to help directly shape the future of your craft council, please call Ken Wilkinson (244.4973) or Kim Laybourne (280.8755) for more details. Waterfront: Saturday, June 21, 10am - 5pm URGENT REQUEST FOR Waterfront VOLUNTEERS! Marketers Information packages for Waterfront will be mailed Monday, June 9. EMMA COLLABORATION - The week of July 29th to August 4th. This invitational collaboration brings together 100 craft artists in a variety of mediums, including wood, ceramics, fibre, blacksmithing, and glass for a week of fun, learning and collaborative creation in a beautiful and rustic setting near Big River, SK. The EMMA International Collaboration week culminates in the sale by auction of all the final peices of craft produced. The proceeds will be donated to the EMMA fund for future EMMA events and also for a permanent EMMA facility in the Ness Creek area. An AUCTION of the all the created works will be held at the Western Development Museum, 2610 Lorne Avenue South, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Canada on August 4, 2008 at 12pm for viewing and 2pm for the auction. 3nd Call for EMMA 08 Volunteers To learn more about EMMA, go to www.saskcraftcouncil.org and follow the link to EMMA or or www.emmacollaboration.com. Midnight Art EYES ON CRAFT: What’s blue, brown, green, hazel, and sometimes even red? Soon, it will be the front of the SCC Gallery. To help celebrate the Broadway Art Encounter, the SCC will be holding an “EYES ON CRAFT” event on Saturday, June 7. We will be inviting shoppers on Broadway Avenue to paint a pair of eyes on the front of the Craft Council Building. Come on down and help give us an eyeful. The event will run from 10 am till 4 pm. FACADE IMPROVEMENTS: We’re raising money to renovate and restore the facade of 813 Broadway Avenue. In the meantime, it badly needs painting. This job will be done very soon after the “Eyes on Craft” event. Upstairs Gallery: In September, the SCC will receive a new neighbour. The Broadway Business Improvement District has leased the third floor of the SCC Building. So....If you’ve always wanted to hold your own exhibition in the Upstairs Gallery, move quickly. There’s only three months left. SCC GALLERY EXHIBITIONS Upcoming! "CONTAINED" Dimensions – Growth OTHER NEWS The John Arcand Fiddle Fest is a strong and growing non-profit and we are currently looking for administrative assistance. Long term plans are to have two employees in place, one full time Fund Development Manager and one part time Bookkeeper/Administrative Assistant. In the interim allapplicants will be considered and the job description is quite extensive and will be streamlined as the positions are filled. Double Vision - A collection of photographs by Carrie Potter and mixed media artworks by Dale Anne Potter. See PDF for details THE HAND WAVE GALLERY presents Caravan Canopy for Sale Display equipment sale: Hub City Collectables is another victim of the real estate boom. As a result, display cases are now for sale. Ideal for selling jewellery or other small objects. Call Robert at 665.5350. June J. Jacobs' piece "Eye of The Storm" has been accepted into Handweavers Guild of America's The Eye of The Hurricane exhibit, an exhibition of fused and felted works, held at the HGA Convergerence 2008 Tampa Bay, Florida from June 25 - 28, 2008. Pinhole photography short workshop -- come and shoot large format negatives with a pinhole camera and make prints using traditional historic process methods Instructed by Richard Retzlaff. Saturday, June 21, 10 am till 4 pm at the Saskatoon Forestry Farm. Sponsored by the Saskatchewan Perennial Society. For registration call the Saskatoon Leisure Services at 975.8387. A.I.R. VALLAURIS EXHIBITION Richard Retzlaff is having a show June 6 -July 2 at the Cumberland Gallery of the Sask Legislative Building in Regina. The theme is architectural and urban landscape Panoramic photography of the legislative building. Reception Thurs, June 12, 5 -7 pm. Miranda Jones has an exhibit at the Nouveau Gallery www.nouveaugallery.com. 2146 Albert Street, Regina. Phone: 306.569.9279 Gallery hours: Tues - Sat, 10am - 5pm. The American Craft Show® 2009 Season – Now Accepting Canadian Artist Applications! The City of Saskatoon is seeking from artists "Expressions of Interest" to design, fabricate, and install a site specific public art installation at the Shaw Centre. For more information contact the Integrated Site Project Manager for the City of Saskatoon by phone at (306) 975.3291, by email sandi.schultz@saskatoon.ca or visit www.saskatoon.ca. Deadline for submission is July 15, 2008. WORKSHOPS SASKATCHEWAN CRAFT COUNCIL |
