Sep 9, 2015 | art, artist, artist interview, artist profile, artist statement, contemporary jewellery, craft, design, fine craft, gallery, goldsmith, jewellery, Melody Armstrong, process, Saskatchewan Arts Board, silver smith, spotlight, technique |
Melody Armstrong is a jewellery artist from Regina, Saskatchewan. Her solo exhibition Contemporary Jewellery by Melody Armstrong is on display at Affinity Gallery (813 Broadway Avenue, Saskatoon) from September 4 to October 17, 2015. Be sure to come by for the...
Sep 2, 2015 | advice, art, artist, artist statement, business, craft, curatorial statement, Cynefin, exhibition, exhibition proposals, gallery, how to, skill building, the narrative dish, written proposal |
Submitted by: Kaitlyn Frolek, Gallery Assistant The Saskatchewan Craft Council is currently accepting exhibition proposals until November 16! For more information, click here. As a practicing artist I know firsthand how stressful and intimidating the...
Aug 19, 2015 | art, artist, artist profile, Boutique, design, goldsmith, jewellery, Mary Lynn Podiluk, membership, NSCAD, resin, silver smith, spotlight, technique, University of Saskatchewan |
Submitted by: Maureen Schimnowsky, Gallery Assistant When I first found out that I had been accepted to the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design (NSCAD) in 2009, I had the excitement and paralyzing fear that accompanies finding out you’re about to move away...
Jul 22, 2015 | art, artist, Canada, exhibition, fabric, fibre, fibre art, fine craft, history, international, Kaija Sanelma Harris, SCC staff, summer students, textiles |
Three things I’ve learned so far about Kaija Sanelma Harris Submitted by Zoé Fortier, SCC Curatiorial Research Assistant. This summer, I am working for the SCC researching and compiling the work of Finnish-born, Saskatoon-based fibre artist Kaija Sanelma Harris for a...
Jul 15, 2015 | 40th anniversary, art, artist, artists, arts community, buy craft, community, craft business, craft markets, Craft Year 2015, Dimensions, events, history, saskatchewan, Saskatchewan Handcraft Festival |
Submitted by: Sydney Luther, Communications Assistant. All information from this article was found in The Craft Factor, the Saskatchewan Craft Council’s magazine/newsletter, published from 1975 to 2004. The 42nd Saskatchewan Handcraft Festival is taking...
Jun 24, 2015 | art, artist, artist profile, artists, business, buy craft, craft, craft business, craft markets, Emerging Artists, events, WaterFront Fine Craft Market |
Submitted by: Sydney Luther, Communications Assistant The Saskatchewan Craft Council runs an Emerging Artist Market Experience Program, which allows emerging craft artists to participate in SCC markets in order to experience the market environment first hand...