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Traditions Feature
Featured this month at Traditions Handcraft Gallery (3714-13th Ave Regina): Felted scultpural work by Cindy Obuck. February 8 - March 6.
Seeds and pods from the dirt inspire this exhibition. The wall hangings were created by “painting” with the wool to create the image and then further enhanced with stitching and embellishments.
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The Art of Managing your Career
The Saskatchewan Arts Board will be offering a course The Art of Managing your Career. This is based on a curriculum developed by the Cultural Human Resources Council and adopted to meet Saskatchewan realities. It is open to a maximum of 15 self employed artists. Participants in the course will receive:
- 48 hours of participatory class room instruction
- Presentations in accounting, marketing and financing by experts in the field
- Development of a career/business plan
- A six month, facilitated mentoring networking group, including a business mentor.
All this for $100. This low price is made possible by funding from the Saskatchewan Ministry of Advanced Education, Employment and Labour. Application deadline is February 19, with classes starting on March 10. This pilot project course will be held in Regina. So...
- If you feel that you are working too hard, but not prospering enough
- If your artistic career is not developing as you’d hoped, or
- If your life and business would be improved by knowing more about basic business principles and practices
This course is for you. And, thanks to the Arts Board and the Government of Saskatchewan, it is the best deal you’ll ever get. For more information, visit the SAB website.
Lasting Forever
- Ever wonder why some craft objects survive the millennium, and others do not?
- Do you know what your own work will look like in a hundred years? Or a thousand?
- Will your craft give you kind of immortality, or will it be as fleeting as your life?
- What impact do new materials and methods have on the permanence of your work?
Big questions. For the answers, come to Lasting Forever presented by Dr. Liz Robertson. Lasting Forever will be held at the SCC Gallery (813 Broadway Avenue, Saskatoon) on Wednesday, February 17th from 7 to 9 pm.
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Call for Entries - Raven Room, Land of the Loon Resort
The SCC will be again partnering with the Land of the Loon Resort at Anglin Lake to hold two exhibitions during the summer of 2010. The exhibition will be held in the Raven Room of the Land of the Loon Resort. One show will run from the May 14, to July 5. The second will run from July 6 to September 10, 2010.
Work in the exhibition can be one-of-a-kind, limited edition, or production pieces. Work in the exhibition should be “for sale” with a 40% commission rate being charged. Multiple copies of the same piece can be provided in order to provide replacement exhibition pieces as work is sold.
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Call for Entries - Prairie Excellence: The Today and Tomorrow of Prairie Fine Craft
The Saskatchewan Craft Council, the Manitoba Crafts Council and the Alberta Craft Council are joining together to organize a major touring exhibition of craft from Canada’s three Prairie Provinces.
The attached brochure provides detailed information on this exciting opportunity.
A Traditions/SCC Challenge
The Saskatchewan Craft Council and Traditions Handcraft Gallery are challenging the imagination and creativity of craft people with a bi-functional craft contest and exhibition.
We are looking for innovative pieces of craft that serve at least two separate and distinct functions. Cheating is not allowed. For example:
- One function cannot simply be decorative or aesthetic appeal – it is just assumed that the craft object will look good.
- The functions must be distinct – a mug does not serve two functions because it can hold both coffee and tea.
Entries should be delivered to the Traditions Handcraft Gallery (2714 - 13th Avenue, Regina) or the SCC Gallery(813 Broadway Avenue, Saskatoon) by Friday, March 12, 2010. Entries or digital images of entries that arrive before the deadline may receive extra publicity as part of a “build-up” for the completion. Collaborative entries are welcomed.
All entries that meet the bi-functional criteria (or tri-function, etc) will be displayed in Traditions for a two week period, with a “people’s choice” ballot for the best piece. The winner of this people’s choice vote will win a prize of $500 cash, plus a one-day shopping spree at Traditions Handcraft Gallery for up to $500 worth of Saskatchewan's best Fine Craft.
It is desirable (but not mandatory) that entries be “for sale” while the contest is running. A commission of 40% on any sales will be charged by Traditions.
For more information contact Amanda at 306.569.0199 (traditions@sasktel.net) or Mark at 306.653.3616 ext. 27 (scc.director@sasktel.net). |
