ABOUT US
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
The Saskatchewan Craft Council Board of Directors is responsible for the overall governance of the Council. It establishes Council policies and ensures that they are adhered to.
Board members serve a 3 year term and they are chosen on a rotational basis at the SCC's Annual General Meeting held every spring.
CHAIR: Larry Trask
Term expires: May 2012 | Email: trask@sasktel.net
I have worked fulltime as a stone carver for over a decade in Saskatchewan. I have been involved with the SCC for the past decade both as a juried member and and exhibitor, and for the past two years as a board member. Excellence in art and craft continues to be a driving force in my life and work. I hope that my time with the board can contribute something back to those who have so graciously assisted my growth as an artist.
VICE CHAIR: Rodney Peterson
Term expires: May 2014 | Email: woodnwonderland@sasktel.net
I have been exploring my creative side with artistic woodturning and photography since 2003. My heart lies in the Boreal Forest region of Saskatchewan where I have resided for the past 40 years. The laughing streams, silent forests, camouflaged wildlife and echoing storms have inspired me to express my joy of living in this awesome environment.
I was a Physics Teacher for 30 years and had a 25 acre vegetable and fruit market garden for 25 years. I am a juried member of the Saskatchewan Craft Council I would like to contribute my efforts as a member of our elected Board.
B.Ed. Physics Major; Past President, Fruit Growers Association of Saskatchewan and Past President, Saskatchewan Farmers' Market Association.
For more information, visit Rod's Blog, Wood-n-Wonderland...
SECRETARY: Puck Janes
Term expires: May 2012 | Email: puck@sasktel.net
Puck Janes is a clay artist living in Saskatoon. She has been an active SCC member for 15 years and is ready to take a turn representing the membership on the Board of Directors. She wants to work on increasing our member base and supports the work of the current board and staff to strengthen and further develop marketing opportunies for our membership in Saskatchewan, Canadaand beyond. She has no illusions that participating in the SCC as a board members will be like More Big Fun... but here's hoping.
MEMBER AT LARGE: Paul Constable
Term expires: May 2013 | Email: p.constable@sasktel.net
Paul is a graduate of the Alberta College of Art & Design, (ACAD) 1976 - majoring in Visual Communications. He worked as a Designer and Art Director for 33 years, including owning his own Design and illustration company. In 2009 he decided to resign from his position as Art director and dedicate more time to His website business, ArtistsinCanada.com.
Paul continues to paint and since the early 1980s he has developed his own personal feel for landscape that continues to evolve and intertwine with environmental and social issues of the day.
MEMBER AT LARGE: Cate Francis
Term expires: May 2013 | Email: k8bit@hotmail.com
Cate Francis grew up in Saskatoon and obtained her BFA from the University of Saskatchewan in 2008. Since then she has remained active as an emerging artist, exhibiting her prints regularly in galleries around Saskatoon.
She is a founding member of Ink Slab Printmakers, a Print collective comprised of emerging and mid career print makers in Saskatoon and operates a home-built screenprinting studio in her home. In addition to her printmaking work, Cate also does award winning design and illustration work for the independent music scene locally and nationally.
A strong interest in Horticulture and a nearly completed Prairie Hort Certificate allows her to fund all the art habits by working as Parks Technician for the City of Saskatoon. Cate plans to do an MFA sometime in the near future.
MEMBER AT LARGE: Cindy Hanson, PhD
Term expires: May 2014 | Email: cindyhanson.sasktel.net
Cindy Hanson is an educator with experience in a variety of learning contexts – locally and globally.
Although Cindy was born in Saskatchewan, her life history spans 5 provinces and 4 continents. Her work history includes teaching in secondary education, working as a consultant in international development, and multiple contracts in community colleges, universities and in 2010, joining the Adult Education and HRD team in the Faculty of Education at the University of Regina. Her research interests include transformative forms of learning and facilitating, global citizenship, and intergenerational learning in (textile) communities of practice.
She has served on several committees and Boards, including service as President for the Broadway Theatre.
MEMBER AT LARGE: Shelley Kaszefski
Term expires: May 2012 | Email: hybridart@gmail.com
I have a BFA from the Emily Carr Institute of Art & Design in Vancouver, BC. I am a practicing professional fine artist as well as a freelance graphic artist and arts administrator.
I have extensive arts administration and communications experience working in the non-profit sector for 25th Street Theatre and TCU Place in Saskatoon.
MEMBER AT LARGE: Kathie Maher-Wolbaum
Term expires: May 2013 | Email: kmaherwolbaum@sasktel.net
Kathie Maher-Wolbaum is a textile artist from Regina. For the past several years, Kathie and her business partner Linda Merk have operated Handcrafted Home Comforts Just for You, a craft enterprise featuring fabric tableware collections.
Kathie has a passion for creating with fabric and textiles. Her work is driven by the belief that fine crafting offers a unique opportunity to unite beauty and function in a production process where the hand and the eye of the craftsperson are the primary agents of creativity.
In addition to her experience as the operator of a small crafting enterprise, Kathie brings to the Board a professional background in public administration having served in numerous senior management positions within the public sector and Crown Corporations over the years. She also has extensive experience working within the non-profit sector and has served on several volunteer Boards including the Regina Community Clinic.
MEMBER AT LARGE: Chris Terepocki
Term expires: May 2013 | Email: christopher_t@classiclaw.ca
Currently a Master's degree candidate in law at the University of Saskatchewan, Christopher has also achieved a J. D. degree in law from the University of Saskatchewan, a Bachelor of Fine Art, and Bachelor of Education from the University of Lethbridge. He is also an articling student with CLASSIC, a poverty law clinic in Saskatoon.
Christopher has, in the past, served on such boards as The University of Fraser Valley Students Association, Mount Royal University Students Association, and The Capitol Theatre in Nelson, BC.
He is a passionate advocate for the arts, but specifically for craft; an area he is well-acquainted, being married to a practitioner.
MEMBER AT LARGE: Judy Wood
Term expires: May 2014 | Email: judywood@sasktel.net
I have been a career artist/craftsperson since the early 70s. I was a founding member of Handmade House, and have spent several decades "in the trenches" selling my work, directly via markets and trade shows, also through consignment shops and galleries.
I have a fine-art major university degree, and have actively worked over the years to learn as much as I can about a variety of art and craft media. I worked with stained glass (foiled pieces and mosaic) for the better part of twenty years. My current explorations involve photography with digital manipulation, mixed media works, and encaustic. I have also initiated and hosted a successful invitational fall art show for the past four years.
I feel I could bring a practical and occasionally "alternate" viewpoint to the SCC board mix, and look forward to working with others to keep the SCC fresh and viable.