The Politics of Craft

The Politics of Craft

Jul 24, 2019 | politics, art, arts community, ceramics, clay, SCC Gallery

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...
The Anti-Aesthetic of Ruth Cuthand

The Anti-Aesthetic of Ruth Cuthand

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....
River and Sky

River and Sky

Mar 15, 2018 | 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....
The Sketchbook

The Sketchbook

Feb 21, 2018 | art

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...
Impermanent and Perishable Art

Impermanent and Perishable Art

Apr 20, 2017 | 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...