Artist Feature: Louise Tessier

Artist Feature: Louise Tessier

Written by: Sydney Luther, Communications Assistant   Artist Name: Louise Tessier Business Name: Garden Rhymes Studio Medium: Ceramics, Printmaking, Rug Hooking, Graphic Arts Practicing since: 1998 Where to buy: Etsy Shop –...
Ways to Exploit the SCC’s Promotional Machine

Ways to Exploit the SCC’s Promotional Machine

Written by: Sydney Luther, Communications Assistant   Okay, not exploit, exactly. But use it! The SCC exists to promote craft in Saskatchewan. We can only do that if you let us know what’s going on with you (craft artists in Saskatchewan)! REMINDER: We want to...
Summer Student Introduction: Ashley Britz

Summer Student Introduction: Ashley Britz

Written by: Ashley Britz, Curatorial Research Assistant   My first taste of art began the moment I was able to hold a pencil. From that day onward, I was always drawing, painting, and colouring (sometimes on my parent’s walls… it’s a common saying that art that...
CARFAC Sask Mentorship Program

CARFAC Sask Mentorship Program

Written by: Maia Stark, Exhibitions and Education Coordinator   Last year I was fortunate enough to be accepted to the CARFAC Saskatchewan Mentorship Program for 2016/2017. This 9 month program is run each year by CARFAC Sask, and it provides Saskatchewan visual...
Book Review: Creative Time and Space

Book Review: Creative Time and Space

Written by: Melissa Goodchild, Fine Arts Assistant, Frances Morrison Central Library Author: Freeman-Zachery, Rice Published: Cincinnati: North Light Books, 2010 Call number: 749.63 TIFF Almost everyone has struggled at one time or another with finding enough time to...
Book Review: The Lamps of Louis Comfort Tiffany

Book Review: The Lamps of Louis Comfort Tiffany

Written by: Melissa Goodchild, Fine Arts Assistant, Frances Morrison Central Library Author: Tiffany, Louis Comfort Other Authors: Eidelberg, Martin P. Photographer: Cooke, Colin Call number: 749.63 TIFF Tiffany lamp experts Nancy A. McClelland and Lars Rachen have...
Impermanent and Perishable Art

Impermanent and Perishable Art

Written by: Dawn Rogal, Gallery Assistant   Investing in art is a simple matter; buy low, (from an emerging artist, waits for them to die) sell high. According to Anthony Westbridge, writing in The Globe and Mail, “Art — and especially Canadian art — is a perfect...
Arsenal Pulp Press

Arsenal Pulp Press

Written by: Vivian Orr, Communications and Publications Coordinator   It is always exciting to discover a Canadian publisher of craft books and even more intriguing when their niche is alternative crafts. Arsenal Pulp Press is a book publisher in Vancouver with...
Slow Art Day – April 8, 2017

Slow Art Day – April 8, 2017

Written by: Vivian Orr, Communications and Publications Coordinator   It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see. ~Henry David Thoreau Introducing Slow Art Day to Saskatoon Saskatchewan Craft Council Gallery will be one of over 180 venues worldwide...