Should you be using Pinterest?

Mar 25, 2015 | art

Submitted by: Sydney Luther, SCC Communications Assistant Are you looking to branch out from Facebook and Twitter? The Social Media Examiner reports that Pinterest drives more referral traffic than LinkedIn, Google+ and YouTube combined. According to local social...

Book Review: How to Show & Sell Your Crafts by Torie Jayne

Mar 4, 2015 | art, business

Submitted by: Vivian Orr, Communications & Publications Coordinator How to Show & Sell Your Crafts: How to build your craft business at home, online, and in the marketplace By Torie Jayne, Copyright 2014 Less of an in-depth “How to” and more of an...

The REDress Project

Oct 16, 2014 | Aboriginal, art, Canada

Written by: Sydney Luther, SCC Communications Assistant If you are a student, instructor, or employee of the University of Saskatchewan, you may have noticed the 130 red dresses that are hung around the campus. What you might not know, however, is the great...

It’s been just over a month – it feels like six – in a good way

Aug 13, 2014 | art

Submitted by: Carmen Milenkovic, SCC Executive Director Carmen Milenkovic, Executive Director, Saskatchewan Craft Council; Photo by Ljubisa SpasicThere’s a certain irony regarding my joining the Saskatchewan Craft Council as the Executive Director. I used to...

The History of the Emma International Collaboration

Aug 6, 2014 | art

Submitted by: Sydney Luther, Communications AssistantThe Emma 2014 International Collaboration took place this past week, and it seems very timely to find out just how it came to be. With a decades-long history, Emma is now hosted biannually at the Ness Creek...

Social Media 101: Part 2 – Twitter & Instagram

Jul 23, 2014 | art, business

Submitted by: Sydney Luther, Communications AssistantRead Part 1 here.Similar to Facebook, Twitter is a social media website. Tweets are like Facebook status’, but are limited to 140 characters. You can share photos with your tweets, and you can also tweet links to...