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...
Mar 29, 2019 | events, Saskatoon
Written by: Kaitlyn Frolek, Boutique & Administration Coordinator 2019 is the third year that the Saskatchewan Craft Council has participated in HomeStyles at Prairieland Park, thanks to the support of Creative Saskatchewan and the Saskatoon & Region Home...
Mar 26, 2019 | sculpture, ceramics, clay, events, exhibition
Written by: Maia Stark, Exhibitions & Education Coordinator On Saturday, March 16th at the Saskatchewan Craft Council Gallery we invited Carole Epp, artist, ceramic arts advocate, and editor of Musing About Mud, to discuss the exhibition The Narrative Dish...
Mar 13, 2019 | printmaking, silkscreen, arts community, events, Saskatoon
Written by: Emily M. Kohlert, Gallery Assistant MIX Print Collective is the student-run University of Saskatchewan printmaking collective in Saskatoon, SK, with students focusing on screen print, woodcut, linocut, intaglio, lithography, and other printmaking...
Mar 1, 2019 | SCC members, founding members
Written by: Sydney Luther, Communications Assistant It started with a seemingly simple question: Can you name five women artists? Since 2016, the National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA) has been asking this question on social media each March during Women’s...
Feb 5, 2019 | events, Toronto Gift Fair, wholesale
Written by: Carmen Milenkovic, Executive Director A handful of members of the Saskatchewan Craft Council spent last week in blizzardy Toronto at the annual Toronto Gift Fair (TGF). The gift fair enables retail outlets from across the country to meet suppliers...
