May 14, 2019 | art, interview, indigenous
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
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, events
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 | Uncategorized
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...
Apr 25, 2019 | Uncategorized
Written by: Lindsay Montgomery, artist featured in “The Narrative Dish II” in SCC Gallery My recent Neo-Istoriato series re-imagines Italian Maiolica ceramics and medieval manuscript illustrations to create narratives, myths, and cautionary tales. My imagery...
Apr 16, 2019 | Uncategorized
Written by: Shaun Mallonga, artist featured in “The Narrative Dish II” in SCC Gallery Beauty is a beast hiding in the grout and grime of a tiled bathroom wall. Feeding on accumulative plaque, nail filings, gargled water and fresh dandruff, Beauty predates us...
Apr 9, 2019 | Uncategorized
Written by: Japneet Kaur, artist featured in “The Narrative Dish II” in SCC Gallery She knit wind rustling through trees, water singing amongst congregation of stones lining riverbeds, birds embroidering the air with chirps and whistles, she knit, she knit,...
Apr 4, 2019 | Uncategorized
Written by: Marney McDiarmid, artist featured in “The Narrative Dish II” in SCC Gallery There is a word for it now: Solastalgia – the psychic pain we feel as the Earth deteriorates around us. Thinking about the effects of our changing climate can quickly...
Apr 4, 2019 | Uncategorized
Written by: Carole Epp, Coordinator and artist in “The Narrative Dish II” in SCC Gallery Motherhood as a theme has crept more and more into my work over the last eleven years. It makes sense that the older my kids get the more they in turn influence me. We are...
Apr 4, 2019 | SCC members, printmaking, embroidery, events, fabric, textiles
Written by: Dawn Rogal, HomeStyles 2019 Craftsperson in Residence and juried SCC member When the call for applications to be the Craftsperson in Residence in the Saskatchewan Craft Council’s booth at HomeStyles Home Show came out I jumped at the chance. I love...
