Feb 25, 2015 | Affinity Gallery, artist, Cynefin, exhibition, Rowan Pantel |
Submitted by: Stephanie Canning, SCC Exhibitions and Education Coordinator, on behalf of Rowan Pantel Artist Statement My artwork is an investigation into the memory of where I grew up along the North Saskatchewan River, and the stories and personal folklore...
Feb 11, 2015 | bike, book review, craft, craft bomb, yarn-bombing |
Submitted by: Jennifer Baetz, Fine Arts Librarian, Saskatoon Public Library Craft Bomb Your Bike: 20 Makes for You & Your Bike (edited by Shara Ballard) 746.43043 CRAF (Frances Morrison Central Library, JS Wood Branch) We’re deeply entrenched in the winter and...
Feb 4, 2015 | Al Hiebert, Boutique, craft, Elisabeth Miller, Fused Glass, Glass, Joan Hiebert, Kimberly Dickinson, Lee Brady, Robert Miller, Sue Hunchuk |
Submitted by: Maia Stark, SCC Gallery Assistant This look at fused glass examines work by Lee Brady, Kimberly Dickinson, Sue Hunchuk, Robert and Elisabeth Miller, and Al and Joan Hiebert. Fused glass is, in its most accurate and condensed definition, glass that has...
Jan 7, 2015 | Affinity Gallery, Canada, Canadian Crafts Federation, CCF, community, craft markets, Craft Year 2015 |
Submitted by: Sydney Luther, Gallery Assistant Happy New Year! If you’ve been receiving our newsletters, updates from our executive director, or the invitation to our newest exhibition, you may have read something about or seen the logo for Craft Year 2015. Craft Year...
Dec 17, 2014 | Affinity Gallery, artists, design, exhibition, game, Imaginary Architects, toy |
Submitted by: Maia Stark, SCC Gallery Assistant The current show in the gallery, “Imaginary Architects” curated by Stephanie Canning, asks the audience to consider “play” in an exhibit of hand crafted toys and games. Theories of “play” in the visual arts have been...
Dec 10, 2014 | Affinity Gallery, design, digital game, exhibition, Imaginary Architects |
Submitted by: Berkley Staite, Imaginary Architects Artist This post is Part 2 in a series. Read Part 1 here Digital game design is always a curious process for me: whether I begin with an idea of a certain sort of interaction, or some objective of what I’d like...
Dec 3, 2014 | Affinity Gallery, design, digital game, exhibition, Imaginary Architects |
Submitted by: Berkley Staite, Imaginary Architects Artist When considering what I might construct for Imaginary Architects, my first thought was toward my audience. As a designer of (primarily digital) games, I’ve come to recognize the substantial barrier to...
Nov 26, 2014 | artists, collaboration, The Craft Factor |
Volume 19, Number Two Fall/Winter 1994 In “Learning the Craft of Collaboration” woodturner Merryll Saylan explores what it means to collaborate among artists; how it can fail and how it can be successful. The article starts with Merryll describing her...
Nov 20, 2014 | art book, artist, book review, Dr Seuss |
Submitted by: Vivian Orr, SCC Communications and Publications Coordinator Who doesn’t love the work of Theodor Geisel, known to the world as Dr. Seuss, author of “How the Grinch Stole Christmas?”, “Green Eggs and Ham”, “The Lorax” and so many...
Nov 12, 2014 | Anita Rocamora, artist profile, clay, fine craft, spotlight, technique, WinterGreen |
Submitted by: Maia Stark, SCC Gallery Assistant Anita Rocamora, originally from Beziers, France, has been part of the Saskatchewan clay arts community since the late 1970’s. Rocamora has worked with other notable names in clay and pottery, learning from and...