Jul 5, 2017 | SCC Gallery, SCC staff, summer students |
Written by: Theresa Campbell, Boutique & Gallery Assistant With an artistic blacksmith for a father, I spent a lot of time in the Craft Council when I was still too young for school. I remember being five years old, stuffing and sealing envelopes on the...
Jun 29, 2017 | SCC staff, staff profile, summer students |
Written by: Chris Kizlyk, Capacity Research Coordinator My artistic journey began at the tender age of seven years old when I first began taking piano lessons. From that day forward, music has played an important role in my life. I began playing guitar at ten,...
Jun 8, 2017 | stained glass, Glass, SCC staff, staff profile, summer students |
Written by: Ashley Britz, Curatorial Research Assistant My first taste of art began the moment I was able to hold a pencil. From that day onward, I was always drawing, painting, and colouring (sometimes on my parent’s walls… it’s a common saying that art that...
Aug 16, 2016 | emma, events, exhibition, SCC staff, summer students |
Written by: Olivia Adams, SCC Summer Student 2016 I was so fortunate to have had the opportunity to work at the Saskatchewan Craft Council as a summer student. It is not only a wonderful place to work, but it also has some very lovely people who work here, and...
Aug 26, 2015 | art, craft, craft vs art, definition of craft, fibre art, SCC staff, summer students |
Submitted by: Mackenzie Usher, Summer Festival & Curatorial Assistant As a summer student at the SCC, I’ve learned a great deal about Fine Craft. I’ve learned a bit of how certain techniques are employed to get a desired effect on a piece, some of the venues...
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...
