Jul 8, 2015 | art, community, craft business, cross stitch, design, fabric, fibre, fibre art, needlepoint, social media, textiles, twitter
Submitted by: Maureen Schminowsky, Gallery Assistant Needlepoint is a skill that can be found peppered throughout history, appearing in Egyptian tombs dating back to 1500 BCE, covering ancient Maori costumes in New Zealand and finding its way into religious ceremonies...
Jun 17, 2015 | art, arts community, community, craft, SCC staff
This summer we have two wonderful summer students with us at the SCC! Zoé & Mackenzie were hired at the end of May, and will be helping us with several projects throughout the upcoming summer. You may see their smiling faces if you come into the office or gallery...
Jan 7, 2015 | Affinity Gallery, Canada, Canadian Crafts Federation, CCF, community, craft markets, Craft Year 2015
Submitted by: Sydney Luther, Gallery Assistant Happy New Year! If you’ve been receiving our newsletters, updates from our executive director, or the invitation to our newest exhibition, you may have read something about or seen the logo for Craft Year 2015. Craft Year...
Aug 13, 2014 | Affinity Gallery, art, art auction, artist, artists, auction, buy craft, collaboration, community, craft, craft business, emma
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...
Aug 13, 2013 | artist profile, community, membership
Submitted by: Sydney Luther, Gallery AssistantLaura Steadman has been creating art for as long as she can remember. She says when she was young, she used to design and sew teddy bears. For now, she has decided to focus on jewellery making as her main artistic...
Aug 5, 2013 | community, travel
Submitted by: Cindy Hoppe, Fibre ArtistLast spring a group of women, mostly from central Saskatchewan, took a trip down the Impressionist Art Trail in France, courtesy of Corinne Thompson and Natasha Radchenko of VM Travel Adventures, and Liza Gareau Tosh of...
