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Craft News and Calls for Entry

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January 16, 2025

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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Latest from our Membership

Call for Entry • 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.

Call for Entry • Edmonton, AB | February 3, 2025

For the Love of Craft – Vintage Alberta Craft Sale ↗

As the Alberta Craft Council celebrates its 45th anniversary, it invites donations of pre-loved Craft for their Vintage Alberta Craft sale & fundraiser! Share your work from decades past, studio experiments of days gone by, or pre-loved Alberta Craft that deserves to find a new Craft Lover to give it a good home.

Call for Submissions | February 28, 2025

Studio Magazine Fall/Winter 2025, NOISE ↗

This issue of Studio, will explore the sound of craft and design — from soundscapes and rhythms, to audio associations, in language, production and application. Studio is looking for articles on audio resonances of crafted objects, how sound is used to learn about a material or an object, what sounds can be provoked, coerced or cajoled. What do the sounds of a workshop tell us about the objects produced in it? What are the aural characteristics of a crafted object? How do sonic expressions influence objects? Pitch an article today.

Opportunities

Call for Entry • January 19, 2025

2025 Winifred Shantz Award for Ceramics ↗

The Winifred Shantz Award for Ceramics is a national $10,000 award for emerging ceramic artists. The Award is intended to allow the artist to undertake a period of independent research or other activities with the goal of advancing their artistic and professional practice. The winner, runner-up, and finalists will have their work featured in a group exhibition at the Canadian Clay & Glass Gallery alongside the winner and finalists of the RBC Award for Glass from May 2025 to September 2025. Apply by Jan 19, 2025.

Call for Vendors • Picton, ON | January 31, 2025

Gather in the Country Textile Market ↗

Applications are now open for Gather in the County 2025, taking place on Saturday June 7. Gather the perfect opportunity for contemporary makers, small batch producers, indie dyers, collectors, traditional crafters and guilds working in the textile arts to come together and sell their work. Applications close Jan. 31, 2025. Successful applicants will be notified by Feb. 10, 2025.

Registration Open • Medicine Hat, AB | January 31, 2025

Medalta Summer Workshops ↗

Medalta’s Intensive Adult Workshops are an opportunity to strengthen your ceramics practice and develop a knowledge base around a specific area within ceramics. These workshops are led by established experts in their chosen field and offer an immersive hands-on experience within a collaborative studio environment.

Call for Entry | February 1, 2025

FUSION Magazine Emerging Artist Spotlight ↗

FUSION invites submissions for FUSION’s magazine column that will feature one clay artist and one glass artist in each issue of the magazine. One must be a FUSION member to apply. To join FUSION or to apply, follow the link above.

Call for Entry • Cape Breton, NS | February 11, 2025

Cape Breton Centre for Craft & Design Ground Rules Residency ↗

In partnership with Parks Canada, the Cape Breton Centre for Craft & Design offers an annual residency: Ground Rules. As part of this program, fourteen artists live and share ideas for four days in oTENTiks at the Chéticamp Campground, nestled in the serene Chéticamp River valley between the river and mountains. Returning home, they are tasked with creating work for a group exhibition to be held at the Centre, with the potential to tour.

Call for Vendors • Winnipeg, MB | February 12, 2025

Manitoba Fibre Festival ↗

With thousands of annual visitors, the Manitoba Fibre Festival is the perfect place to launch or grow your small fibre business. Follow the link above to apply to be a vendor at the 2025 Festival, Friday, September 5 – Saturday, September 6, 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!

Artist Residency • Toronto, ON | March 14, 2025

Harbourfront Centre Artist-in-Residency Program ↗

The Harbourfront Centre’s Craft and Design Studio is the only career-oriented program and facility available in Canada offering an artist-in-residency in contemporary craft and design. The Studio is open to post-graduates (or individuals with equivalency training) who demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of either Textiles, Glass, Ceramics, or Metal/Jewellery. Offering a creative community, professional development, mentorship and more, their goal is to empower the next generation of talent in craft and design. Apply for the full-time or summer residency programs by March 14, 2025 at 5pm EST.

Scholarship | April 15, 2025

SNAG Metal Educational Endowment Scholarship ↗

The SNAG Educational Endowment exists to provide access to educational opportunities for students and professionals looking to broaden their education in the metalsmithing and jewellery field. For the 2025 funding cycle ending June 30, 2026, there is a total of $10,000 to be awarded between recipients. Applications open on January 15 and close on April 15, 2025. Attend the information session on February 12, 2025, for more information.

Conference | May 31 – June 1, 2025

2025 FUSION Conference: Women in Clay ↗

Join FUSION in Kingston, Ontario, for the 2025 FUSION Conference, presented in partnership with the Kingston Potters’ Guild. This year’s theme, Women in Clay, celebrates the outstanding work of three presenters: Naomi Clement, Candice Methe, and Grace Han. Secure your spot early to guarantee your place; early bird prices are available until February 15, 2025.

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.

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.

Manitoba Craft Council • Winnipeg, MB | January 10 to February 27, 2025

Craft in Miniature: A MCC Member’s Exhibition ↗

The Manitoba Craft Council is proud to present Craft in Miniature, a celebration and showcase of their most passionate supporters, their members! Professional artists, artisans, and DIY-ers all come together to share contemporary approaches to making. In their new member showcase, visitors can see the diversity of materials, techniques, and inspiration to create pint-sized works that has captured the imagination of the growing community at the Manitoba Craft Council.

News

Fall 2024

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

Winter 2024