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...
May 14, 2019 | opinion, Ruth Cuthand, 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....
Mar 15, 2018 | Placemaker Program, art, installation, public art
Written by: Sydney Luther, Communications Assistant The Saskatchewan Craft Council is thrilled that the side of our Broadway Avenue building has been chosen as the location of a new City of Saskatoon Placemaker Program installation entitled River and Sky....
Feb 21, 2018 | sketchbook, art, craft, pens & pencils, process, social media
Written by: Kaitlyn Frolek, Gallery Assistant I remember my first years in university taking the mandatory drawing classes, thinking I knew it all already. I hated the fact that I had to use a sketchbook. Hated it! The night before my portfolio was due, I would...
Feb 1, 2018 | SCC members, art, artist statement, clay, exhibition, mixed media, SCC Gallery
Written by: Anita Rocamora, artist featured in “Material Grace” in SCC Gallery My work is grounded in the fine craft ethic, and the vessel is the foundation of my practice. Everything that has life is a vessel, and that continues to be my subtle...
Apr 20, 2017 | impermanent art, perishable art, art
Written by: Dawn Rogal, Gallery Assistant Investing in art is a simple matter; buy low, (from an emerging artist, waits for them to die) sell high. According to Anthony Westbridge, writing in The Globe and Mail, “Art — and especially Canadian art — is a perfect...
