SASKATCHEWAN CRAFT COUNCIL e-News
Vol 2 No 6, March 14, 2008
SCC NEWS
A Warm Welcome to New and Returning SCC Members
Robert Kelly - stone sculpture
Mel Malinowski - clay
Val Moker - painting
Cathy Mumford - clay
Linda Knight - sculpture
GIFT CERTIFICATE PROGRAM
Gift Certificates:
On the Waterfront!
Do any of you remember Marlin Brando expressing his regrets – “I coulda been a contender!”
This year, we’re setting out to make Waterfront a contender as one of the best and most lucrative Craft markets around. We’ve had a helping hand. The Government of Saskatchewan (through the Ministry of Tourism, Parks, Culture & Sport and the Saskatchewan Arts Board) have provided additional funds that will allow us to really beef up our advertising from what it was in past years.
The new date and new location allows us to rebrand and revitalize the event. The additional money will help us put some “oomph” to this. Here’s what’s in the works so far:
• Lori Leach and her design company, Kinetic Design, has agreed to donate their expertise and time to develop a new logo and identity for Waterfront. Stay tuned for this.
• We’re booking billboards that will be going up a month before Waterfront.
• We’re printing 20,000 “Free Admission” tickets for distribution.
• We’re working with the Jazz Festival to do some cross promotional activity.
• We’ll be doing a significant radio buy, including having an “on-location” broadcast during Waterfront.
We’re also going to try some new approaches. Here’s the first.
We’re going to try doing promotion through YouTube. We’ll be scheduling a session with a young film maker. Members who will be exhibiting at Waterfront can come and have a short video made of themselves being witty, funny, insightful, or just engaging about themselves and their work. These will be posted on YouTube, and our advertising will help drive people to see you perform.
We can’t promise to make you as famous as Brando, but we’ll do our best to make you a contender for the most famous craftsperson on You Tube. Let Gale know by March 31; call 6953.3616 ext. 23 or email scc.editor@sasktel.net if you want to be famous.
GIFT CERTIFICATE PROGRAM
Philosophers have long debated the question: “If a tree falls in a forest with nobody to hear it, does it make a sound?”
You’ve all answered a similar question: “If an Executive Director gives a plaintive cry, do any craft people hear it.”
The answer seems to be yes. We’ve had a lot of people calling and e-mailing about the gift certificate program. Keep those contracts coming in. This now looks like it can fly.
Dimensions Growth 2008 Lecture - April 2, 7pm at the Mendel Art Gallery
Jamie Russell, wood artisan extraordinare and Dr. Sandra Alfoldy, voted favourite professor by the students at NSCAD, offer you an evening you won't want to miss. We are partnering with the Mendel Art Gallery to host these talks by this year's jurors for the SCC's annual Dimensions Growth 2008 exhibition. Not to be mistaken for the post-jurying remarks, these talks will take place the evening before the jurors start looking at the entries. (As a recent graduate of NSCAD, I can attest to Alfoldy's highly informative and fun-filled presentations -- Alfoldy was my professor for two courses and I looked forward to each and every lecture with delightful anticipation.
Presentation date: Wednesday, April 2, 2008 starting at 7pm, Mendel Art Gallery (Auditorium), 950 Spadina Crecent East, Saskatoon.
Jamie Russell will present slides and talk about his fine crafted wooden work.
Sandra Alfoldy will present a lecture titled, "Materiality and Meaning in the Crafts" at 7:30pm. Author of Neocraft: Modernity and the Crafts, Alfoldy is Associate Professor of Craft History at NSCAD University, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Take a look at the line-up of public lectures scheduled at the Mendel.
http://www.mendel.ca/whatson/talks/lectures.html
CURRENT SCC EXHIBITION
"All About Alberta" A collection of contemporary Fine Craft reflecting Alberta's distinct sense of place. Alberta Craft Curator: Tom McFall
Exhibition dates: Feb 8 - Mar 30, 2008
UPCOMING SCC EXHIBITIONS
"DIMENSIONS GROWTH" March 31 - April 13, 2008. SCC Gallery will be closed for jurying SCC open, touring exhibition of Fine Craft with a theme of "growth." Jamie Russell will give an artist talk and Sandra Alfoldy will present a talk on "Materiality and Meaning in the Crafts," on Wednesday, April 2 beginning at 7pm at the Mendel Art Gallery. Both jurors will host a public critique session on Saturday, April 5, 10am. Learn more about this year's Dimensions Growth 2008 Jurors. Dr. Sandra Alfoldy and Jamie Russell.
"Who Dreams the Dreams" by Helen Cooke" Ceramic and mixed media works that evolve from Cooke's ideas and feelings triggered by events in the world.
"Circum Polar Baskets/Containers of the Taiga" by Paul Lapointe" - Baskets made by First Nations' artists, collected by Paul Lapointe in his travels through the North.
April 18 - August 3, 2008
OTHER NEWS
CALL FOR ENTRY
Are you interested in :
- Creating large scale sculptural work.
- Displaying this work in an outdoor garden setting at a destination spot, 8 minutes East of Saskatoon.
- Inviting the public to view and purchase these works in a professional outdoor gallery.
For more information please contact one of the following: ( by Apr.1 please)
- M. Craig Campbel - m.craigcampbell@sasktel.net
- Don Pell - dpell@inet2000.com
- Ken Wilkinson - sleepingdragon@sasktel.net
Call for Submission - http://www.saskatoon.ca/org/leisure/facilities/pdfs/corridor.pdf
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.
ParkArt 2008 • Call for Entries
ParkArt is one of the finest art and craft sales in Saskatchewan. ParkArt can accommodate 10' by 10' booths outside in Crescent Park. ParkArt 2008 takes place on Tuesday, July 1, 2008, 10am to 4pm. Entry deadline is May 26, 2008. Entry applications and guidelines may be obtained from www.mjmag.ca or at: Moose Jaw Museum & Art Gallery, 461 Langdon Cres, Moose Jaw, SK S6H 0X6. Call 692.4471, email admin.mjmag@sasktel.net or fax 694.8016.
Dale Anne Potter's piece titled, "Coloured Trash" has been accepted into the "I - 4 Corridor: Stretching Threads Across Florida" exhibition June 1 - 30, 2008. This is an international exhibition of fiber art members of SAQA (Studio Art Quilt Associates) who will be featured at several galleries and museums across the I - 4 Corridor which bisects Central Florida.
WORKSHOPS
CARFAC Winter Workships 2008 - programs@carfac.sk.ca or 522.9788 (R), 933.3206 (S)
Commercial Context: A Dialogue with the Dealers
Tues, March 25, 7:30 - 9pm, The Gallery/Art Placement, 228-3rd Ave S, Saskatoon
Jonathan Forrest, Joanna Forsberg, Lissa Gruza, June Jacobs, Wanda Underhill, Jody Mitchell
Saskatoon Potters Guild Workship with John Elder. See Poster and visit the Saskatoon Potters Guild website.
The first annual Saskatchewan River Valley Art School, May 23 - 28, 2008. Five days learning bird and animal carving. See brochure for details.
Shaping Saskatchewan Wood 2008, April 10 to June 15, 2008
Forest Centre Atrium, 1061 Central Ave, Prince Albert, SK
A juried art show featuring wood pieces presented in partnership by The Saskatchewan Forest Centre and The Art Gallery of Prince Albert. See brochure for details
SASKATCHEWAN CRAFT COUNCIL
813 Broadway Avenue
Saskatoon, SK S7N 1B5
306.653.3616 • f/244.2711
Amanda Bosiak - Reception
Mark Stobbe - Executive Director
www.saskcraftcouncil.org
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