SASKATCHEWAN CRAFT COUNCIL e-News EMMA Collaboration. The EMMA Collaboration is gearing up to for 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. We are constructing a “stand-by” list of potential participants in the event that someone now registered for the event is forced to cancel. If you:
EMMA may be something that you’d like to consider. To learn more about EMMA, go to www.saskcraftcouncil.org and follow the link to EMMA. To be considered for the waiting list, send us an e-mail telling us about yourself to trentw@sasktel.net. Wanted: Two responsible Craft artists attending EMMA would like to rent a recreational vehicle to take to the EMMA Collaboration from July 28 to August 4. If you have a recreational vehicle to rent, or know of someone who does, please contact Donna at saskcraftcouncil@sasktel.net to provide details and your requested rental rate. 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. The timing is designed to allow all of you who are in Saskatoon to 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: It’ll be big. It’ll be fun. It’ll be profitable (we hope). Sixty-four exhibitors have signed up to participate in Waterfront on June 21. Here’s what’s underway to make this a success at the new River Landing location:
Midnight Art: They won’t be rolling up the sidewalks at dusk on June 20. To celebrate the shortest night of the year, Saskatoon Art Galleries will be staying open till midnight. Get out and visit your favourite galleries, or ones that you’ve been meaning to visit. Summer Student: The SCC has received a grant from the Government of Canada Student Summer Jobs program to hire a student this summer. We are pleased to announce that Jessica Butler will be starting work on Tuesday. Jessica is a Saskatoon resident who is entering her final year of a BFA in Design Art at Concordia University. You can see her work at www.jessbutler.com. Jessica’s main activities will be to help promote Waterfront Craft Art Festival and the Saskatchewan Handcraft Festival, as well as helping out with EMMA. 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. Evaluating Dimensions Kurenda Appreciation Reception: 2nd Avenue in Saskatoon just is not what it used to be. Prairie Pottery is gone. To celebrate the accomplishments and contributions of Ron and Rusty, the SCC will be holding a reception at 2 pm on Sunday, June 1 at the SCC Gallery. A scholarship fund for ceramic students at the University of Regina will also be established in the name of the Kurenda’s. You can contribute to this fund by calling Donna at 653.3616 ext. 0 or e-mailing your pledge to saskcraftcouncil@sasktel.net. Or just come to the reception and make a donation. 2nd Call for EMMA 08 Volunteers SCC GALLERY EXHIBITIONS CONTAINED Dimensions – Growth OTHER NEWS 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 a show opening at the Nouveau Gallery www.nouveaugallery.com on May 23. 2146 Albert Street, Regina. Phone: 306.569.9279 Gallery hours: Tues - Sat, 10am - 5pm. Yarmarok 2008: Nov 28 - 30 The American Craft Show® 2009 Season – Now Accepting Canadian Artist Applications! Sergej Sinicin & Laura Weber of "Rus-Tix" in Weyburn were awarded the contract for the Dakota Dunes Casino/Golf Course. Floods, Earthquakes and Tornados. You've seen the pictures of flooding in New Brunswick. What isn't reported is that the floods impacted "craft-person" valley - a concentration of craft studios. Also underwater is the New Brunswick College of Art and Design. The Craft Association of British Columbia is taking the lead in assessing disaster insurance coverage for craft people and their studios. You can help. Could people take a look at the insurance policies on their studios, and send an e-mail to Chris at scc.memberservices@sasktel.net that outlines how your studio and your inventory are protected in the event of a major natural disaster. Broadway Art Encounter M. Craig Campbell will be teaching Artistic Blacksmithing at the U of S Kenderdine Campus from July 6 -12, 2008. To register contact 966.2463 or emma.lake@usask.ca The Art Gallery of Prince Albert, 142 – 12th Street West, Prince Albert 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 |
