Jul 31, 2019 | SCC members, artist program, ceramics, Cindy Hoppe, community, fibre art, juried, jury process |
Written by: Karen Boldt, SCC juried Professional Craftsperson If your mittens from Something from Nothing have a little button embellishment on them (about half of them do), there’s a story as to where they came from. Several years ago, I stumbled upon a few of...
Jul 24, 2019 | opinion, politics, art, arts community, ceramics, clay, craft, craftivism, fine craft, history, SCC Gallery, social media, the narrative dish |
Written by: Leah Moxley Teigrob, Gallery Assistant There has long been a connection between politics and art, but what role does fine craft play in this relationship? After one too many negative comments suggesting she keep politics out of her practice, one...
Jun 17, 2019 | SCC members, events |
Written by: Sydney Luther, Communications Assistant Join us at our Annual General Meeting WHEN: Wednesday, June 26, 7 pm WHERE: Station 20 West, 1120 20th Street West, Saskatoon, SK Members can attend in person or via video conference! Please RSVP to Sydney at...
Jun 17, 2019 | artist program, arts community, craft, Creative Saskatchewan, Dimensions, events, exhibition, gallery, SCC Gallery, SCC staff |
Written by: Maia Stark, Exhibitions & Education Coordinator Thank you everyone who attended the Dimensions 2019 Gala and Reception! Dimensions exists to support and challenge craftspeople and artists. Stephanie and I, in our role as Exhibitions and Educations...
Jun 13, 2019 | SCC staff, staff profile, summer students |
Written by: Rebecca Vereschagin, Craft Year 2020 Assistant For as long as I can remember, art has been a constant in my life, whether it be through scribbling down drawings as a child, many years of Ballet and Ukrainian Folk Dance, or through piano lessons and...
Jun 10, 2019 | SCC staff, staff profile, summer students |
Written by: Kennedy Adams, Member Services Assistant Finishing my first year at Humber Lakeshore College in the Fashion Management Program was an accomplishment my young-self had only dreamed of. Saying that packing up my life to go to school in Toronto was an...
May 14, 2019 | Ruth Cuthand, opinion, art, artist interview, craft, indigenous, SCC staff |
Written by: Leah Moxley Teigrob, Gallery Assistant Looking around my son’s preschool classroom, the walls are filled with the artwork of his classmates. Naturally, I scan the room for his name, and find among masterpieces, the crude depictions of my own family....
May 1, 2019 | SCC members, artists, fine craft, juried, jury process |
Written by: Sydney Luther, Communications Assistant The Saskatchewan Craft Council Annual Jury Session took place over the weekend of April 27th and 28th in Saskatoon and Regina. Applicants are juried by two senior craft artists working in the same craft media,...
Apr 29, 2019 | SCC members, CollaboratioNZ, artist, collaboration, community, emma, events, international, Saskatchewan Arts Board |
Written by: Melody Armstrong, SCC juried Professional Craftsperson March 8 to March 16, 2019 Attending the 2019 CollaboratioNZ with my partner Terry Johnston was an amazing experience full of inspiration, connection, and being immersed in creativity. I...
Apr 26, 2019 | artist statement, the narrative dish |
Written by: Brenda Watt, artist featured in “The Narrative Dish II” in SCC Gallery I create porcelain ginger jars for the variety of form and spatial opportunities they provide. Each jar is thrown and shaped to carry a cyclical narrative around its surface...
