Craft News and Calls for Entry

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.

Click here to see French opportunities and calls for entry.

From our Membership | Opportunities | News | Exhibitions

Resource • Manitoba

Visit Manitoba Craft Council’s Call for Submission Page ↗

C2 Centre for Craft posts job opportunities, calls for submission and volunteer opportunities related to craft in Manitoba on their website. It is updated regularly.

---

Resource • Nova Scotia | February onward

Craft Nova Scotia’s Centre for Craft Loom Rental Program ↗

The Weaving Studio at Craft Nova Scotia’s Centre for Craft is home to 14 looms and 1 tapestry loom. Starting February 2024, weavers will be able to rent a floor loom at the Centre for Craft, which will be accessible during Mary E. Black Gallery hours: Wednesday to Sunday 11 am to 4 pm. 

---

Opportunity • Nova Scotia | February onward

Craft Nova Scotia’s New Craft Your Own Path: Online Courses Program ↗

Craft Nova Scotia is pleased to launch a new “Craft Your Own Path” program aimed at emerging and mid-career craftspeople, providing them with essential tools and materials to hone their skills. Registration for the “Craft Your Own Path” course, “Business of Craft,” a microcredential program developed in partnership with the Nova Scotia Community College (NSCC), opens on February 1st, 2024.

---

Call for Entry • Alberta | April 29, 2024

Alberta Craft Council – Call for Contemporary Weaving ↗

The Alberta Craft Council is excited to announce a call for entry for the upcoming Feature Gallery Exhibition Contemporary Weaving. They are seeking contemporary examples of traditional weaving. Submissions may draw on traditional inspiration or be experimental in technique or material and are not limited to traditional fibre media. They encourage artists working across all craft disciplines in Alberta, and artists across Canada who hold an Alberta Craft membership to apply.

---

Event • Toronto, ON | May 2, 2024

Studio Magazine Spring/Summer 2024 Launch ↗

Mark your calendars and join Studio in Toronto on May 2nd from 6:30 – 9:00 pm for the launch of their Spring/Summer issue! The theme for the upcoming issue is DEFINITION.

---

Call for Entry • Toronto, ON | May 15, 2024

Craft Ontario – Call for Shop Program Applications ↗

The Craft Ontario Shop provides a marketplace for craft artists to showcase and sell their work and is currently seeking Shop Program Applications. Located on the bustling and vibrant Queen Street West in downtown Toronto, the Shop is a destination for both locals and tourists.

---

Call for Entry • Toronto, ON | May 15, 2024

Craft Ontario – Call for Retail Window Feature ↗

Craft Ontario is seeking proposals for the 2024 – 2025 Retail Feature Program! The Retail Feature Program showcases a body of work in the front window space of the Craft Ontario Shop. The Retail Feature Program gives members the opportunity to highlight a range of work, including large or one-of-a-kind pieces, and production work. All work displayed in the Feature will be for sale and should have the potential to sell in a retail setting.

---

Call for Entry • Ontario | May 27, 2024

Craft Ontario Call for 2025 Exhibition Proposals ↗

Craft Ontario is currently seeking proposals for solo and two-person exhibitions to take place in the Craft Ontario Gallery in the 2025 calendar year. Craft Ontario welcomes submissions in all craft media by artists at any stage of their career (emerging, mid or established). Submissions of both existing work and projects that have not yet been realized will be considered.

---

Award • Ontario | June 3, 2024

Craft Ontario Craft Awards ↗

The 2024 Craft Ontario’s Craft Awards application is now open! These 18 awards recognize accomplished and dedicated practitioners in the field of craft and design. Successful recipients will be included in the 2024 Craft Award Recipient Group Exhibition, from October 7-November 3, 2024.

---

Conference • Virtual | April 12-20, 2024

Studio Art Quilt Association 2024 Virtual Conference ↗

The Studio Art Quilt Association 2024 conference, “Plurality and Heritage,” will be held online from April 12-20, 2024. This unique event will focus on fibre art and artists creating in Europe and the Middle East, with keynote speakers, Kinga Földi and Susie Koren.

---

Lecture • Remote | April 25, 2024

Biting Towards Our Future with Diane Blunt ↗

Many have not heard of the ancient and rare art form of birch bark biting, with its rich history rooted in the Indigenous cultures of North America including the Ojibway, Chippewa, and Cree. The process involves biting the birch bark to create various designs and patterns with tooth marks. Diane Blunt and Ornamentum will share her birch bark biting processes, her work, and her hopes to keep this art form alive well into the future.

---

Funding Opportunity | April 30, 2024

Canada Council for the Arts – York Wilson Endowment Award ↗

The York Wilson Endowment Award enables non-profit art museums and public art galleries to purchase original works by living, contemporary artists from Canada working in painting or sculpture. Submit your application to the Canada Council for the Arts by email before April 30th, 2024.

---

Conference • Birtle, MB | June 1-2, 2024

Ties the Bind 2024 Fibre Art Symposium ↗

The Birtle Centre for the Arts is excited to bring fibre artists together to learn from a talented group of presenters, to enjoy three exhibitions, and to offer indigo dying workshops at this year’s Fibre Art Symposium.

---

Job Opportunity • Remote | June, 2024

Mass Culture Seeking Managing Director ↗

Mass Culture is expanding its team and hiring a Managing Director. Mass Culture is an arts support organization that strives to harness the power of research to learn and generate new insights, enabling the arts community to be strategic, focused and adaptive. The Managing Director will be an entrepreneurial individual with the ability to generate new revenue, as they will play an essential role in driving the organization’s financial growth and sustainability.

---

Artist Residency • Banff, AB | June 26, 2024

Indigenous Arts: Hide Tanning and Parfleche Residency ↗

This three-week visual arts residency allows participants to learn more about how scrape a hide and work with parfleche with the support of faculty, elders and knowledge keepers. Program dates: September 30 – October 18, 2024.

---

Symposium • Hamilton, ON | October 18 – 20, 2024

2024 Annual CSDA/CCAD Symposium ↗

Save the date! The Canadian Society of Decorative Arts/Cercle canadien des arts décoratifs is excited to announce that the 42nd Annual Symposium will take place in Hamilton, Ontario, with the theme “A City Rediscovered.” The Marian Bradshaw Lecture will be presented by Mark Osbaldeston, author of Unbuilt Hamilton. Full program details to come.

---

Survey

Survey for Potters ↗

Amaranth Stoneware, a pottery supply shop and studio in Kingston, Ontario has a survey out right now for fellow potters to complete and be entered for a chance to win one of ten $50 gift cards. It would be great to hear from some folks who maybe don’t shop with us currently, so we can improve and better serve Canadian Potters from Coast to Coast!

---

Winter 2024

Louise Lemieux Bérubé, Honorary CCF/FCMA Member, recieves the 2024 Saidye Bronfman Award ↗

---

Winter 2024

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

---

Winter 2024

NBCCD Alumni Participate in CBC Show The Great Canadian Pottery Throw Down ↗

---

Fall 2023

Studio Magazine released Fall/Winter 2023-2024 edition ↗

---

Fall 2023

The Canada Council for the Arts is pleased to share its 2022–23 Annual Report. ↗

---

Fall 2023

CHRC is pleased to announce that a new Inclusion, Diversity, Equity & Accessibility (IDEA) tool is now available to the cultural sector. ↗

---

---

Craft Ontario Gallery • Toronto, ON | March 9 – April 21, 2024

Knotwork: Sandy Lamb & Miriam Parkman ↗

This exhibition at the Craft Ontario Gallery will showcase the woven works of Sandy Lamb and Miriam Parkman. The opening reception will take place on Saturday, March 9 from 2 – 4 pm.

---

Saskatchewan Craft Council • Saskatoon, SK | March 16 – May 4, 2024

Seasons of Light: Group Exhibition by the Saskatoon Glassworkers’ Guild ↗

Seasons of Light is a group exhibition by the Saskatoon Glassworkers’ Guild. The Saskatchewan Craft Council invites visitors to experience the many Seasons of Light through this dynamic exhibition from the Saskatoon Glassworkers’ Guild, featuring a special group project.

---

Arts Underground • Whitehorse, YK | April 5 – April 27, 2024

Judy Tomlin: Treasured Textiles: Artistic Reuse of Thrifted and Gifted Fabrics ↗

Join the Opening Reception at the Focus Gallery on April 5 from 5–7 pm. This solo exhibition centres on Judy Tomlin’s textile practice, involving the reuse of textile refuse.

---

Craft Council of Newfoundland & Labrador • St. John’s, NL | April 5 – May 10, 2024

The Earring Show ↗

Visit the Craft Council of Newfoundland & Labrador’s Earring Show to find pieces ranging from the highly technical to the totally whimsical, art jewellery to fashion jewellery, and beyond.