Manitoba Craft Council
connecting our membership
Monday, January 5, 2015
new online presence
You can now find us at www.c2centreforcraft.ca.
Friday, December 17, 2010
Gretel's Oven Ready to Fire!
Monday, July 19, 2010
Sue Sutherland
primary media
clay, fabric, wire
location
mcc member since
2000?
a mentor or “hero”
There are two!!! My husband Alex "Suds" Sutherland, has always and in everyway, supported me through this journey from it's very beginning. He has made many things possible, including building a clay studio on the back of the garage! My neighbour and good friend of many years, Pauline Braun, who I can always go to for advice and inspiration!
something my craft practice has taught me
to trust my instincts
how I learned my craft
I have for the most part learned my craft by exploring it myself. I have a few workshops under my belt but mostly my mistakes have taught me! I seem to just press onward!
favourite on-line resource related to my craft
Sounding Stone, BeadFX and Maiwa
Thursday, July 1, 2010
Ruth Smith, Periwinkle Designs
computer parts, old books and other assorted discards
location
Winnipeg
on the web at
www.periwinkledzyns.etsy.com (store)
http://periwinkledzyns.blogspot.com (blog)
and http://wpgstreetteam.blogspot.com (blog)
mcc member since
a few weeks ago
what I love most about my craft
The reaction I get from people when they realize what my jewellery is made of
how I learned my craft
I learned jewellery techniques from traditional sources but then love to apply them in non-traditional ways. Thinking of anything as a bead sure has it's crazy moments!
favorite on-line resource
Most definitely Etsy.com and the great group of crafty gals that form the Winnipeg Etsy Street Team: Etsy for its marketing strategies and easy to use platform, and the gals for their constant support!
Friday, June 25, 2010
Joy Eidse
fibre art - quilting
location
Winnipeg
on the web
address TBA - hopefully by the end of the summer!
MCC member since
approximately March 2010.
what I love most about my craft
I can do it while caring for my two young boys. It keeps me sane.
how I learned my craft
I first learned how to quilt from a 3 hour workshop many years ago and never thought about it again until I was living in a remote Northern community and became pregnant with our first child. Partway through the pregnancy I discovered that he had a deformity considered incompatible with life. I decided to make a quilt to wrap him in when he was born. Since then I have discovered art quilting which suits my inability to access the left side of my brain when trying to be creative since it does not require straight lines very often.
what my craft is teaching me
As I learn more and more about fibre arts I am becoming aware of the many social issues surrounding the history of quilting, the use of dyes, and the business of commercial fabrics. I feel like I'm in the very early stages of learning about this craft and am excited about what is to come.
a craft mentor
Heidi Hunter, another MCC member, has been an inspiration to me with her gorgeous self designed fabrics, artistic designs, and inspiring workshops!
Friday, June 18, 2010
Mentorship Opportunity
September 2010-September 2011
Deadline to apply: Friday, July 2nd
The Manitoba Crafts Council is partnering with Mentoring Artists for Women’s Art to offer a year-long mentorship program for two emerging craft-based artists. As part of MAWA’s Foundation Mentorship Program, two artists working in craft-based media will be selected to work with mentor Gaetanne Sylvester. The mentorship program is a venue for senior artists to share their experience with developing artists. The program is designed to help women in the visual arts and craft develop skills and define their decision-making philosophies, and to provide access to the information, resources and support they need to realize their goals.
In addition to a one-on-one relationship with a mentor, the program provides a peer group for the mentees through group meetings. Mentors meet with their mentees individually for 5 hours per month, and the entire group meets for 3 hours monthly for critiques, discussion, gallery visits and other activities. Other mentors in the Foundation Mentorship Program are Pauline Braun, Elvira Finnigan, Jenny Western and Sarah Crawley. Go to http://www.mawa.ca/publications/mawa0510.pdf to view their profiles.
Women artists working in any craft-based media are welcome to apply. Applicants are selected based on:
– the quality and potential of the work submitted,
– the emerging artist’s willingness to dedicate time to the program,
– the mentor’s ability to work with the emerging artist, because of
mutuality of practice or conceptual framework.
Successful applicants will be charged a $300 fee for the program.
There is no fee to apply, although you must be an MCC member.
Students are not eligible.
For Application Guidelines please refer to our website www.manitobacrafts.ca
or contact MCC’s Program Coordinator at 927.2787 or mcc@mts.net.
About the mentor:
Born in
Her practice as an artist involves research into her chosen media; clay, printmaking, digital imaging and installation. It is supported by historical and visual research within specific themes; the history of lace production, the financial independence of the women who produced it, its role in fashion history, and its social significance today as a symbol of sensuality.
More recently, her practice has incorporated an exploration of the genetic code and its influence on our body, mind and spirit. Gaetanne is a long-time member of and volunteer with the MCC and MAWA.
Gaetanne Sylvester, Threads of Time, clay and block print, 2010
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Hovercraft Expressions of Interest Deadline this Friday!
Artists whose practice combines attention to technical mastery, sustained exploration of material, respect for the history/tradition of their media AND a concern for contemporary philosophical and/or political issues are encouraged to apply – ie. artists whose body of work explores form and content and brings them together in provocative and meaningful ways.
Curators Jenny Western and Kerri-Lynn Reeves will review submissions and select a small group of four to eight artists to work with for this exhibition. Professional artist fees will be paid to all exhibiting artists.
Tentatively scheduled to open in Winnipeg in 2011 and in two rural Manitoba venues in 2011 and 2012, this exhibition will engage audiences with the freshest, most challenging work that our province’s young, emerging crafts-based artists are producing today.
To apply, please submit the following:
• a current CV with contact info (max. 2 pages)
• an artist statement, (max. 1 page)
• 8-10 images (jpegs 72 dpi, as close to, but not larger than, 12” in either direction)
• a list of images including title of work, date, media, and dimensions
Applications, including images on CD, may be mailed (in protective mailer) or hand delivered during business hours (M-F, 9-5) to the Manitoba Crafts Council, c/o ACI (Arts & Cultural Industries Assoc of MB), 501–62 Albert Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3B 1E9.
Submission deadline: March 5, 2010
Questions?
Call 927-2787 or email mcc@mts.net