New Members
Complete the online Application Form , our Member Services Coordinator, will contact you to discuss your membership category and payment of your membership fee. Please note: For best results, please fill out this application on a desktop computer or laptop using the Chrome browser.
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If you have any questions about our membership categories or benefits, please contact us members@saskcraftcouncil.org or (306) 653-3616 ext 1. We’re here to help!
Membership Benefits
- The SCC will help you become the success that you want to be. We will provide marketing services and collateral to help people remember you and engage with your work.
- We’ll connect you to Saskatchewan’s craft community where you’ll participate with fellow artists to enhance your craft.
- As a Juried Member you can sell your work at SCC events, markets and through the SCC Shop and Online Store.
- Our association with the other provincial councils may introduce you to national, international, wholesale and retail experiences.
- SCC Juried members have their work professionally photographed and featured in the SCC Online Store, the annual report and other marketing assets.
- You will receive a free subscription to Studio Magazine. Its two issues a year explore Canada’s craft and design community with discussions on new techniques, evolving practices and introductions to creators from across the country.
- SCC members can take part in SCC’s Professional Practices courses, such as the Sales & Marketing Master Class, and other business development opportunities.
- You’ll receive SaskCreate, our members’ only e-newsletter providing a place to share information on your practice and find out what your colleagues are doing.
- Our monthly e-newsletter, Talking Craft, showcases our members to collectors and the wider art community.
- You’ll have two free entries to Dimensions, our touring exhibition, and access to programming, such as our members’ exhibitions in our gallery.
- Our jury and feedback sessions will provide you with knowledge to grow your practice.
- And finally, you’ll get a 10% discount on any purchases from a gallery exhibition.
The Saskatchewan Craft Council building on Broadway in Saskatoon.
SCC Members at Toronto Gift Fair (TGF) in 2023
Member’s exhibition ‘Small Quirks’ in 2022
The SCC shop.
Membership Types
Professional Craftsperson
Craft producers who meet the definition of “Professional Artist” as defined by the Arts Professions Act (i.e. selling and exhibiting craft as a profession)
BENEFITS: Professional Craftspeople are eligible to
- be juried and can then sell at SCC markets and events.
- Participate in other SCC marketing initiatives (some restrictions may apply).
- Professional Craftspeople will be listed on our Member Directory and will receive a Member Profile.
- Receive a free subscription to Studio Magazine.
- Receive an email invitation to all SCC Gallery exhibitions and receptions and the member e-newsletter SaskCreate.
- Get a 10% discount on purchases from SCC Gallery.
- Get free entry to Dimensions.
- Voting rights at SCC‘s AGM and Special Meetings of the Membership.
- Can register for Professional Practices for Artists workshops at a reduced price.
- All members are encouraged to send information about their craft career to marketing@saskcraftcouncil.org to have it promoted in our newsletters and on social media.
FEE: $100 per individual, $50 per individual for second and subsequent individual in the same household.
Affiliated Marketer
Professional out-of-province craft producers
BENEFITS: Affiliated Marketers are eligible to
- be juried and can then sell at SCC markets and events.
- Participate in other SCC marketing initiatives (some restrictions may apply).
- Affiliated Marketers will be listed on our Member Directory and will receive a Member Profile.
- Receive a free subscription to Studio Magazine.
- Receive email invitations to all SCC Gallery exhibitions and receptions and the member e-newsletter SaskCreate.
- Get a 10% discount on purchases from SCC Gallery.
- Free entry to Dimensions (some restrictions may apply).
- Voting rights at SCC‘s AGM and Special Meetings of the Membership.
- Can register for Professional Practices for Artists workshops at a reduced price.
- All members are encouraged to send information about their craft career to marketing@saskcraftcouncil.org to have it promoted in our newsletters and on social media.
FEE: $100 per individual, $50 per individual for second and subsequent individual in the same household.
Craftsperson
Craftspeople who do not meet the criteria for a “Professional Artist” as defined by the Arts Professions Act
BENEFITS: Craftspeople will
- Be listed on our Member Directory.
- Receive a Member Profile.
- Receive a free subscription to Studio Magazine.
- Receive an email invitation to all SCC Gallery exhibitions and receptions.
- Receive the member e-newsletter SaskCreate.
- Get a 10% discount on purchases from SCC Gallery.
- Get free entry to Dimensions.
- Have voting rights at SCC‘s AGM and Special Meetings of the Membership.
- Can register for Professional Practices for Artists workshops at a reduced price.
- All members are encouraged to send information about their craft career to marketing@saskcraftcouncil.org to have it promoted in our newsletters and on social media.
FEE: $75 per individual, $50 per individual for second and subsequent individual in the same household.
Student
Students registered in a post-secondary arts or craft education program
BENEFITS: Students are eligible to
- Be juried and can then sell at SCC markets and events.
- participate in other SCC marketing initiatives (some restrictions may apply).
- Will be listed on our Member Directory and will receive a Member Profile.
- Get free a subscription to Studio Magazine.
- Get an email invitation to all SCC Gallery exhibitions and receptions and the member e-newsletter SaskCreate.
- Receive a 10% discount on purchases from SCC Gallery.
- Get free entry to Dimensions (some restrictions may apply).
- Have voting rights at SCC‘s AGM and Special Meetings of the Membership.
- Can register for Professional Practices for Artists workshops at a reduced price.
- All members are encouraged to send information about their craft career to marketing@saskcraftcouncil.org to have it promoted in our newsletters and on social media.
FEE: $50 per individual.
Organization
Craft guilds, galleries, industry organizations, etc.
BENEFITS: Organizations will be
- listed on our Member Directory and will receive a Member Profile.
- Receive a free subscription to Studio Magazine.
- Receive an invitation to all SCC Gallery exhibitions and receptions.
- Get the member e-newsletter SaskCreate.
- All members are encouraged to send information about their craft career to marketing@saskcraftcouncil.org to have it promoted in our newsletters and on social media.
FEE: $100 per organization.
Patron
Appreciators of fine craft and the Saskatchewan Craft Council
BENEFITS: Patrons will
- be listed on our Member Directory.
- receive a free subscription to Studio Magazine.
- receive an invitation to all SCC Gallery exhibitions and receptions.
- Receive the member e-newsletter SaskCreate.
- Get a 10% discount on purchases from SCC Gallery.
- Get free entry to Dimensions.
- Get voting rights at SCC‘s AGM and Special Meetings of the Membership.
- All members are encouraged to send information about their craft career to marketing@saskcraftcouncil.org to have it promoted in our newsletters and on social media.
FEE: $50 per individual or household.