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November 21, 2024

Stay up-to-date with the latest calls for entry, news and opportunities from our members and affiliates. You’ll also find events and craft sector reports from both national and international communities.

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Fundraiser • Virtual | November 17 – December 18, 2024

Manitoba Craft Council’s Reaching Out Raffle ↗

Help support the Manitoba Craft Council through this online raffle of goods and experiences, creatively bundled in sets of two – one for the winner and one for someone they miss! Purchase your tickets now for a chance to be entered into the Early Bird Prize Draw on November 16th, 2024. This prize includes goods from Tara Davis Studio Boutique, 2 packages of Native Plant seeds from the Living Prairie Museum, and a free entry pass to WAG-Qaumajuq! Main Prizes will be drawn on December 18, 2024.

Show • Charlottetown, PEI | November 22 – 24, 2024

PEI Craft Council Christmas Craft Fair ↗

Come visit the longest-running craft show on Prince Edward Island (since 1965!) and discover the province’s finest craft. There will be an array of items for sale, allowing visitors to find the perfect holiday gift.

Event • Toronto, ON | December 4, 2024

Craft Ontario Gather and Gift ↗

Mark your calendars for December 4, 6-8 pm, to come by the Craft Ontario Shop to shop their largest offering of local and handmade craft of the year. This event is free, open to all, and the perfect opporunity to pick up a unique holiday gift. This event coincides with Craft Ontario’s Patron Week — Decemeber 2-8, 2024— in which those with a Patron Level Membership are offered a 20% discount when shopping in person or online.

Fundraiser • Winnipeg, MB | December 6, 2024

C2 Shop Trunk Sale ↗

C2 is excited to be hosting a Trunk Sale with Women Helping Women Beadwork, a non-profit collective that sells beadwork for Indigenous women from the Women’s Correctional Centre in Headingley Manitoba and other federal facilities in Western Canada. Women Helping Women currently sells work for 40+ individuals, putting all the money into the artists’ trust accounts, EMT to family members on their behalf, or towards the purchase of phone bundles and other items. 100% of all sales during the Trunk Show will go directly to the makers. Join them from 6:00 – 9:00 pm.

Event • Fredericton, NB | December 7-8, 2024

Craft NB Fine Craft Sale & Gala ↗

Celebrate the holiday season with Craft NB at their annual juried member craft sale, held at the Beaverbrook Art Gallery. Admission is free! In the evenings, don’t miss Craft NB’s first-ever Christmas Gala, a festive event designed to bring the community together in support of New Brunswick artists. Gala highlights include an exclusive shopping hour with the artists, an auction, and a supper featuring inspiring keynote speakers. Reserve your tickets today.

Event • Winnipeg, MB | December 15-17, 2024

IKEA + MCC Vinterfest Holiday Market ↗

Looking for the perfect holiday gift? Join the Manitoba Craft Council at IKEA Winnipeg for this “Vinterfest” Market with works for sale by twenty Manitoba Craft Council members. Admission is free!

Call for Entry • Alberta, AB | January 9, 2025

Treat ↗

Calling all pet lovers! Do you make artwork about your beloved animal? Or do you create objects that are useful to pets and pet owners? Treat is an exhibition that celebrates the joy of portraying the personalities and quirks of pets through craft. Alberta Craft calls artists in all Craft mediums to submit to Treat, an exhibition dedicated to the animals we love and care for. Alberta residents do not need to be a member to apply. This call for entry is also open to non-Alberta residents who do hold an Alberta Craft general membership.

Opportunities

Employment Opportunity • Toronto, ON | November 22, 2024

Part-Time Communications Coordinator at the Textile Museum of Canada ↗

The Textile Museum of Canada is seeking a dynamic Communications Coordinator with strong project management skills and a passion for community engagement. The ideal candidate will have a deep commitment to engaging with diverse audiences and experience with planning and coordinating social media content across various platforms. This is a hybrid, part-time, six-month contract. Apply by November 22nd.

Residency • Banff, AB | November 27, 2024

The Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity: Indigenous Haute Couture Program ↗

From April 1 to May 2, this five-week hybrid residency, led by D’Arcy Moses, will support twelve Indigenous designers in advancing their personal design projects. The initial online portion equips designers to arrive on campus ready to create haute couture garments or accessories. Once on campus, they will focus on pattern development and embellishments while benefiting from full access to the Banff Centre’s Visual Arts facilities. Apply by November 27th.

Call for Entry • Whitehorse, YK | November 30, 2024

Celestial: Yukon Art Society Members’ Exhibition ↗

For this year’s annual winter members’ exhibition, Yukon Art Society Members are invited to explore the theme of ‘celestial’. The work can be literal (eg. featuring space, planets, clouds, the stars,) or up to your interpretation (eg. work using colours inspired by the northern lights) This exhibition will be on view in both the Focus and Edge galleries from December 6, 2024 – February 1, 2025.

Conference • Whitehorse, YK | June 5 – 9, 2025

The Glass Art Association of Canada Conference ↗

The Glass Art Association of Canada (GAAC) is thrilled to announce their 2025 conference will be held from June 5 to 8, 2025, at Lumel Studios and Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre in Whitehorse, Yukon. This year’s theme, Confluence: A Shared Path, celebrates the intersection of diverse artistic journeys, fostering collaboration and innovation within the glass art community. Register today!

Call for Submissions • Virtual

Submit to Inuit Art Quarterly ↗

IAQ is currently accepting submissions for their upcoming issue! The IAQ publishes engaging thoughtful stories, for both the print magazine and our website, from across Inuit Nunangat and beyond that centre the experiences and work of Inuit artists across all mediums. They a publish a wide range of stories, including artist interviews, historical analyses and personal essays. Pitch an article today!

Opportunity • Port Hawkesbury, NS

Customs House Artisan Incubator ↗

Are you looking to start or grow your contemporary craft business? Or to relocate your existing business to Cape Breton? The Customs House Artisan Incubator can help. Cape Breton Centre for Craft & Design and the Town of Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia, have teamed up to provide a fully equipped affordable studio space, business and technique guidance and mentorship, and sales and marketing opportunities to help artists develop sustainable businesses in the area.

Exhibitions

Southern Chiefs’ Organization and Manitoba Museum • Winnipeg, MB | August 2024 to April 2025

Manidoo Miiniigooizowin, A Gift from the Creator ↗

This exhibit celebrates the beauty and resilience of the Anishinaabe and Dakota peoples, and commemorates the 25th anniversary of the Southern Chiefs’ Organization (SCO). Featuring objects from the 34 Nations represented by SCO, Manidoo Miiniigooizowin, A Gift from the Creator is a celebration of the past, present, and future. Many of the objects in this exhibit have been generously shared by individuals and families who proudly represent their respective Nations, and all were designed or made by talented artists and makers from the SCO member Nations.

Canadian Clay & Glass Gallery • Waterloo, ON | September 21, 2024 to January 12, 2025

A Living Palette ↗

The Canadian Clay & Glass Gallery presents A Living Palette, featuring the work of five artists taking inspiration from nature, biology and the environment. Judy Blake (Lincoln, New Brunswick), Jess Riva Cooper (Toronto, Ontario), Heather McCaig (Sussex, New Brunswick), Darlene Pratt (London, Ontario), and Alejandra Vera (Toronto, Ontario) each invite us into the world of the environment, natural organisms and their sources of life. Sometimes beautiful, sometimes irreverent, this exhibition tackles issues of global warming, feminism, the male gaze, resistance, and survival while pushing the boundaries of ceramic and glass techniques.

Saskatchewan Craft Council (SCC) and Remai Modern • Saskatoon, SK | October 12, 2024 to February 8, 2025

Warp & Weft ↗

Warp & Weft is an installation of weavings and tapestries created by the extraordinary Finnish artist Kaija Sanelma Harris. The exhibition will be presented across two venues: Saskatchewan Craft Council (SCC) and Remai Modern. In recognition of the complementary missions of the two organizations, SCC’s exhibition highlights the creative, personal, and technical shifts in Harris’ extraordinary work, while Remai Modern’s exhibition will situate her within the context of visual art history.

Textile Museum of Canada • Toronto, ON | October 17, 2024 to March 18, 2025

Beyond the Vanishing Maya: Voices of a Land in Resistance ↗

The first exhibition of its kind, featuring contemporary Maya artworks curated by Maya curator Diego Ventura Puac-Coyoy. This exhibition at the Textile Museum of Canada aims to break down myths and misconceptions about the Maya, their existence, their art and their culture. By placing different artistic expressions used by contemporary Maya artists, including painting, textiles, sculpture, ceramics, jewelry, poetry and music on equal footing, the exhibition strives to tell a story that celebrate the richness of Maya art and culture while also challenging European hierarchies in art history.

National Gallery of Canada • Ottawa, ON | November 7, 2024 to March 2, 2025

Woven Histories: Textiles and Modern Abstraction ↗

This transformative exhibition at the National Gallery of Canada explores how abstract art and woven textiles have intertwined over the past seventy years, challenging hierarchies that have separated textiles from fine arts. Putting into dialogue some 130 works by more than 45 creators from across generations and continents, the exhibition explores the contributions that weaving and related techniques have made to abstraction, modernism’s pre-eminent art form.

News

Fall 2024

The Craft Alliance Atlantic Association launches online initiative, Craft Portfolio, to share contemporary fine craft from the Atlantic provinces ↗

Winter 2024