Ask Les – Volume 3

Ask Les – Volume 3

Longtime SCC staff member Leslie Potter has decided to retire. Les has decades of experience as a practicing artist, teacher, curator, preparator and vital member of the artistic community of Saskatchewan AND of course, as an SCC staff member. As we celebrate his time...
Ask Les – Volume 3

Ask Les – Volume 2

Longtime SCC staff member Leslie Potter has decided to retire. Les has decades of experience as a practicing artist, teacher, curator, preparator and vital member of the artistic community of Saskatchewan AND of course, as an SCC staff member. As we celebrate his time...
Book Review: Contemporary Design Africa

Book Review: Contemporary Design Africa

Submitted by: Nicole Lisa Yablonski, Fine Arts Library Assistant, Saskatoon Public Library Contemporary Design: Africa By: Tapiwa Matsinde A Thames and Hudson book Frances Morrison Fine Arts Library Non-fiction 745.0967 MATS   Africa is huge — It’s the second...
Ask Les – Volume 3

Ask Les – Volume 1

Longtime SCC staff member Leslie Potter has decided to retire. Les has decades of experience as a practicing artist, teacher, curator, preparator and vital member of the artistic community of Saskatchewan AND of course, as an SCC staff member. As we celebrate his time...
A glimpse into my watercolour batik process

A glimpse into my watercolour batik process

Written by: Paige Mortensen, SCC member and watercolour batik artist   Batik is an ancient art form.  The process of dying fabric using a wax resist process was used in Asia as early as the first century AD.  I do not know when the first artists started using a...
#ABCraft: Bob Pike

#ABCraft: Bob Pike

Written by: Vivian Orr, SCC Communications and Publications Coordinator   #ABCraft is the current exhibition in the Feature Gallery at Alberta Craft Council (ACC), 10186 – 106 Street, Edmonton, AB – on until July 2, 2016. #ABCraft looks at how digital technology...