In this national exhibition, Innovative Threads: Contemporary Weaving, artists investigate a variety of approaches to weaving. Works range from traditional to conceptual, where material and methods are both revered and subverted.
Minutiae is a fascinating display of miniature artworks created by 54 artists across Canada. Come and explore this unique exhibition and discover the magnitude in the minutest of details.
Alberta Craft is excited to present the fourth annual Craft Collaborations, an online auction fundraiser and in person Feature exhibition in celebration of the province’s enormous creative talent.
Join Alberta Craft for an exhibition highlighting thirteen artists and makers who explore contemporary craft and furniture from a variety of perspectives, techniques and materials
Ornament & Crime celebrates adorned, decorated, patterned and ornamented excess.
Craft Collaborations is an online auction fundraiser and in-person exhibition in celebration of Alberta's enormous creative talent.
Albirda: Put a Bird on It celebrates our province’s winged wildlife through a broad diversity of depicted bird species, materials, and artistic approaches.
Craft and Science is a group exhibition exploring the interesting ways in which the fields of craft and science intersect.
The Alberta Craft Council’s second annual Craft Collaborations, an online auction fundraiser and in person exhibition in celebration of the province’s enormous creative talent. Craft Collaborations brings together 40 artists from across the province and across disciplines to create one-of-a-kind work.
A select number of works were also on display in our Calgary Craft Gallery.
Participating Artists: Arlene Westen & Cheryl Brown, Kara Bussey & Michelle Atkinson, Todd Safronovich, Kathy Bateman, Jill Allan & John Krizan, Kaleb Romano & Syr Morrison, Leslie Delanty & Kasia Koralewska, Corinne Cowell & Mindy Andrews, Nicole D. Riedmueller & Mireille Perron, Mao Chen & Chris Savage, Anna Burger-Martindale & Jill Nuckles, Christine Pedersen & Robin DuPont, Tara Owen & Crys Harse, Darren Petersen & Leah Petrucci, Quichen Li & Jessica Van De Brand, Leah Cathleen & Sara Young, Darcy Gusse Edinga & Trenton Leach, Judy Weiss & Sharon Rubuliak, Leah Petrucci & Daniel Labutes, Jennifer Illanes & Shona Rae, Simon Wroot & Todd Safronovich & William Miles.
Has the pandemic left you with the need for some comic relief? We invited Fine Craft artists working in all traditional and contemporary craft media to join in the fun and to create their interpretations of kitsch craft.
Kitsch: Craft So Bad That It’s Good is a group exhibition of works from Alberta Craft Council members. Creators responded from across the province to kitsch it up with humorous works that and will make you laugh and cringe all at once - crossing lines and breaking rules.
Craft artists working in all traditional and contemporary craft media were invited to create their interpretations of kitsch craft; Craft that shares a knowing wink with the viewer, craft that wears kitsch on its velour sleeve as a rhinestone badge of honor, craft that’s appeal is found in its bad taste and ironic value.
Stuck indoors during the covid winter, artists turned to their resourceful natures to design and create objects responding to our strange covid times and using materials that were readily at hand in their covid hideouts! Many of the participating artist created new one of kind objects unlike anything you have seen in the Alberta Craft Council before.
Kitsch: Craft So Bad That It’s Good subverts the rules around good taste, and crosses the line, making you laugh and cringe all at once! The resulting exhibition is exciting, curious, challenging, eccentric and hilarious!
Participating artists: Abby Light, Ananda Holdsworth, Breanna Barrington, Hellen Beamish, Annette Ten Cate, Carly Hines, Ciara Jayne, Corinne Cowell, Dale Learner, Donna Brunner, Ellie Shuster, Emily Nash, Erik Lee, Erika Dueck, Jennea Frischke, Jennifer Hartley-Illanes, JoAnna Lange, Kaleb Romano, Karla Mather-Cocks, Susan Kristoferson, Laura O'Connor, Lauren Chipeur, Margaret Hall, Matt Gould, Matthew O'Reilly, Meghan Wagg, Mireille Perron, Pour Celine Frit, Puck Janes, Rochelle Hammond, Ruth-Anne French, Sandra Lamouche, Sara Norquay, Sara Young, Sarabeth Carnat, Shona Rae, Siri McCormick, P. Susannah Windrum, William Miles.
Read the review of Kitsch: Craft So Bad That It’s Good published by Galleries West.
A group exhibition featuring 20 craft artists from the Northwest Territories. Organized by NWT Arts and by the newly formed Craft Council of NWT.
The stories told by craft in the Northwest Territories are both the stories of tradition and culture that belong to the northern Indigenous peoples, as well as the stories of the settlers who moved here and carried their home traditions with them in the form of their crafts.
When studying Northwest Territories craft, it is possible to trace unique family traits through successive generations – the way an experienced beader, carver, or hide tanner’s own style has been adopted into the work of younger craftspeople. Some craftspeople are purists, adhering to tradition. Others blend traditional techniques with contemporary styles, revitalizing their craft for a modern world.
This exhibit includes a variety of work from 20 craftspeople across the Northwest Territories. It celebrates the diversity, vibrancy and resiliency of its creators.
View the Virtual Exhibition Walkthrough
A.C.E: Alberta Craft Excellence features a diverse selection of exceptional fine craft artists. Marking the Alberta Craft Council’s 40th anniversary, the exhibition celebrates and commemorates excellence in contemporary and traditional Alberta fine craft. The invited jury - Natali Rodrigues, Sharon Rose Kootenay and Jennifer Salahub were tasked with selecting from many high-quality submissions, those most representative of excellence in 2020.
Jury: Natali Rodrigues, Sharon Rose Kootenay, and Jennifer Salahub
Participating artists: Jim Etzkorn, Pamma FitzGerald, Brian McArthur, Mackenzie Kelly-Frère, Susan Kristoferson, Liv Pedersen, Bonita Datta, Bonny Houston, Marty Kaufman, Brenda Malkinson, Jackie Anderson, Karen Cantine, Sarabeth Carnat, Albertine Crow Shoe, Charles Lewton-Brain, Shona Rae, John Smith-Jones, Simon Wroot, Kenton Jeske, Talar & Jean-Claude Préfontaine, Erin Schwab.
Watch the Jury Panel Discussion for A.C.E. Alberta Craft Excellence (recorded on November 23, 2020)
This exhibition was also displayed in the Alberta Craft Council Gallery in Calgary from September 19 - November 7, 2020.
In craft, careers are as varied as the objects created, and each artist has their own unique career story to tell. Ushering in the Alberta Craft Council’s 40th anniversary and the nationwide celebration Craft Year 2020, Making: a career in craft shares the stories of 21 fine craft artists.
We are all in this together. The actions we take as makers and consumers have a major impact on future generations. Many artists are achieving and exploring sustainability in holistic and thoughtful ways while working toward a greater good. The most effective and enduring forms of sustainability incorporate environmental, social and economic measures. Re:consider is a curated, group exhibition that contemplates ways we can craft a sustainable future.
Participating artists: Trudie Allen, Melissa Jo Belcourt, Richard Boulet, Linda Chow, Firebrand Glass (Julia Reimer & Tyler Rock), Evelyn Grant, Crys Harse, Doug Haslam, Eveline Kolijn, Loyal Loot (Doha Chebib Lindskoog & Anna Thomas), Irene Rasetti, John Smith-Jones, Ruby Sweetman, Cathy Terepocki, and Sam Uhlick.
Cultivate | Instigate is about the influential creatives at the forefront of post- secondary craft education in Alberta. The artists in this exhibition balance the dual roles of educator and professional practicing artist. Acting as torchbearers, they are bridging Alberta’s rich craft legacy with contemporary craft culture. They do so through the exceptional work they create, along with their passionate (and often resilient) commitment to imparting their knowledge, skills and dedication to emerging craft artists. Hailing from Alberta University of the Arts, Red Deer College, and Portage College, the faculty members in this exhibition are representing some of the excellent post- secondary craft educational opportunities around the province.
Participating Artists: Alberta University of the Arts: Zimra Beiner, Ceramics, Reed Fagan, Jewellery + Metals, Marty Kaufman, Glass, Mackenzie Kelly-Frère, Fibre, Martina Lantin, Ceramics, Bill Morton, Fibre, Lyndsay Rice, Jewellery + Metals, Tyler Rock, Glass, Natali Rodrigues, Glass and Laura Vickerson, Fibre, Portage College, Native Arts and Culture Program: Trudie Allen and Ruby Sweetman, Red Deer College Ceramics Program: Trudy Golley.
