Join the Alberta Craft Council for an informative, Monday MeetUp talk online, with artist Lael Chmelyk, about her exhibition Haptic Rituals.

In her Discovery Gallery exhibition Haptic Rituals, Lael Chmelyk explores ideas of other hood through quilting and functional ceramics. Through this exploration and reclaiming of domestic objects, she invites the viewer to question the status quo and investigate the role their physiologies play in their own story.

‘Craft objects can act as a conjugate for ideas and concepts, and through their function, those ideas become a part of the everyday domestic experience.’ - Lael Chmelyk

Lael Chmelyk is a multidisciplinary artist living in Calgary, Alberta. Raised in Dawson Creek, Lael began making from an early age, joining a long line of obsessive craftsmen. She earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts with distinction, in Ceramics from The Alberta University of Arts in 2020. Her work explores craft histories of quilting as well as soda fired ceramics to explore ritual, domesticity, as well as our agency over our bodies, lives and legacy.

Find out more about Lael and her inspirations for Haptic Rituals during our Monday MeetUp presentation online, Monday May 22 at 7pm MDT.

This event is free to the public and open to everyone.