You may already have heard about Cultivating Craft, but you haven’t seen this: the full conference itinerary has been published! Find out all the details about the many lectures, panels, exhibitions, tours, and special events happening from October 13th to the 16th, 2015 in Calgary!

In partnership from the Alberta Craft Council and the Alberta College of Art + Design, the CCF/FCMA has designed an excellent itinerary for this, our 11th annual national conference. Get all the details of the keynote speaker presentation, provincial and national award ceremonies.

The itinerary lists all our special guest speakers, including keynote speaker Shannon Stratton; moderators Alexandra Emberley, Charles Lewton-Brain, Sandra Dupret, Jennifer Bowen, and Leopold Kowolik; and panel speakers Aaron Nelson, Martina Lantin, Gord Thompson, Mackenzie Kelly-Frere, Jenna Stanton, Tim Belliveau, Bryan Cera, Anne Manuel, Martin Thivierge, Bernard Burton, Kari Woo, Michael Hosaluk and Bernard Burton. Artists, arts administrators, arts educators and more from will bring the voice of the Canadian craft community together, sharing a variety of professional and personal perspectives.

Extend your time at the conference to participate in a special Tour of the Medalta Historic Clay District, joining visiting representatives from the craft community across Canada on this special tour of Medicine Hat’s ceramics destination extraordinaire.

Intrigued? Excited? We sure are! Don’t miss out – registration is open now and tickets are limited.

(Itinerary is subject to change)