ALBERTA/ A, MAGAZINE craft in
americas
1993
1993 year of cran in alberta
Selling more
for less
Chris Carson Page 4
Alberta Rural Craft
Tom McFaIl Page 6
The Legacy Project Photo feature Page 7
Calendar Pages 9—15
MARCH-APRIL 1ega ACC OFFICE #509, 101 aa- oo STREET • EDMONTON, AB T 50 OP 1
Craft Council to form a student group who will keep is informed about their needs. Thanks to Jane Kidd for arranging our visit and to Wendy Toogood, Catherine Dickerson, Dee Fontans and Greg Paycefor allowing us to interrupt their classes. My thanks to everyone who braved the cold to attend the rallies in support of the arts. The Minister of Community Development;Dianne Mirosh, has been
very supportive of the Craft Council
and its endeavours but, unfortunately, some of her colleagues don't seem to mtnrster Dianne Mirosh. cabinet support from Brody seeking President Anne have the same understanding of the broad scope of the arts and their imand the issues Of interest to them portance in the lives of so many AlberListen to students, which we are pursuing. tans. Please make you MLA aware of talk to politicians Degree granting, funding for the arts your concerns and don't let the arts be Anne Brodie CGncludingstudy grants). and censor- devalued. were disship werecbroadissues I spent an exciting afternoon at the cussed, but we also talked about the COVER— Alberta College of Art before our board needs of the emerging artists for ßalVice-president Linda Stanier demeeting in Calgary in January. After lery exposurc and we will be working clares the ACC.'s concerns for crafts touring the studios, which Werevery towards developing opportunities for funding at the Alberta Legislature. busy, Ross Bradley and I talked to the them. I am Optimistic that we will get See page for story. —Larry Bolch photo students about the Alberta Craft Coun- enough students involved with the
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March/April1993 Alberta Craft Magazine
Artistsspeak out with words and with silence (Condensedtext of a speechby Alberta Craft Council Executive Director Susan Abells to 500 artists and supporters in
front of the Alberta Legislature on Ftbrg— ary 10. Susan chairs the Edmonton Pro—
fissional Arts Council, wbicb organized tbt event.
Deputy Premier Peter Elzinga, Opposition LeaderRay Martin and Edmonton MI-AsPam Barrett and Grant Mitchell, spokefor Alberta's major provincial po— litical parties. Representativesof major arts discipline,including theACCs Linda Stanier, also spoke. After the speeches, participants stood in a
ring around the ltgislaturt and observed two
minutes'
silence, followed
ing of O Canada.
by tbt sing—
people Of Alberta.
The arts are an economic diversification success story at a time when diversification is essential to Alberta's future economic well-being.
to fund individual art gallery exhibitions. The ultimate responsibility for Our industry employs over 25,000 the content Of art gallery exhibitions Albertans in jobs that will be lost if rests with the art gallery, but is noww funding is cut to the arts. at the discretion of the foundation Statistics from 1988show that s35s which reports to Kowalski as minister million in wages and salaries were responsible for lotteries—editor]. paid to Albertans working in the We need an arts policy that recogarts—resulting an estimated $70 mzes the fundamental importance million tn taxes returned to govern— Of the arts to Albertan soctcty. ment coffers. We need an arts policy that will The arts generate over $1billion In stimulate and encourage artlétlc exrevenue each year in Alberta, with presslon. an economic Impact of over sr.8 We need an arts policy that will billion. Not bad for a S16-million make Alberta a more attractive provincial government investment place for industries to locate.
in the arts—an investment that does Similar rallies were beld in Calgary, wbert no even come from tax dollars, but Community DevelopmentMinister Diane from lottery funds. Mirosb, who is responsiblefor culture in Premier Klein's cabinet, addressed "rowd The arts are part of the Ges that bind us of500-600. Rallies were also in I-e— together as a people, as a culture. The tbbridge,Rtd Deer and Banff.) arts improve the quality of our lives by
hortly we will be taking part in a Ring Of Silence. is our way Of symbolicallv demonstrating the kind of future we will have and the kind of society we will become if the arts are silenced in Alberta. And there can be no doubt the arts are under attack. Recent comments of cabinet ministers have left a chill in the air. So we in the arts have decided to go on the offensive—to take our case directly to the government and to the
shows with homosexual themes may affect the way the Alberta Foundation for the Arts distributcs grants. The foundation may choose to fund Or not
making Alberta a more exciting, vibrant and stimulating place to live.
We need an arm's-length funding agent to carry out this arts policy. Finally, we need a minister who is a
Strong supporter and defender Of the arts, who is constantly striving to further enhance the tremendous contributions—both economic and cultural—that the arts make to Al-
Across-the-board funding cuts to the bertan society. arts will impoverish Albertans eco— Community Develop— nomically, culturally and intellectually. We encourage ment Minister Dianne Mirish to folEqually damaging to the arts is govern- low up on the positive and supportive ment censorship which occurs when statements she has recently made about government uses the threat Of funding the arts. cuts to manipulate the artistic process to control what is and what IS not For there is onc thing that is certain tn this increasingly uncertain world: created in this province. Given a chance, given a fair opportu— Mr. Kowalski's desire to Censorart nity, the arts always deliver.
March/April1993 Alberta Craft Magazine
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Trend-watching: craft shops
Selling more for less
Chris Carson —retail manager,
Alberta
Craft Council
Presents...Craft Shop
TenNewDirectionsfor the 1990s, John n their best-seller Megatrends2000: that the arts Willreplace sports as Naisbitt and Patricia Abundeneargue several craft shop operators the prime leisure-time activity.I contacted was developing in Alberta and what to see if and how this predicted trend ey expect for the future.
SALES UP, PRICES DOWN While still feeling the effects of the recession, three Albertan craft galleries all recorded increasesales in 1992.Denise Taplan, of Calgary's Sojourn Gallery reported higher sales during the last quarter; Gail Haakstad, of over 1991,•and Grande Prairie's Unique Gallery, said sales were up in Calgary,said that business was better DeanneMoore, overall Withoutspecifying an amount Or timing. All three operators noted that there wasa definite trend toward lower prices—they say customers are veryselective,searchingfor items that are creativeand "reasonably" priced, All three are optimistic about the future. They see themselves having to provide more service in support of sales, and expect to do most of their business in medium- to IOW-pricedItems. CORPORATE
GIFTING—CHANGING
STRATEGIES
Rowles and ParhamDesign Galleries (Edmonton—a dealer operating in a specific market niche, corporate gifting—reports "reasonable" sales in 1992, and expects great things for 1993.Era Rowles says the firm's retail gallery may become superfluous;a showroomand warehousemay be all that is necessary to reach this market. Era Rowles is also planning to expand into the international market where, she believes, the key to future success lies. She is planning a trip to Hong Kong to locate clients for Rowles and Parham's blend of Canadian craft and art.
Ideal
marketing opportunity Iberta Cra ft Council Presents... Gallery and
Craft SLOPis participating in another International marketing ventore. This time, we are off to London—to vßit the Ideal Home Exhibition from March 18to April 12.
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We were invited to participate bv Edmonton Northlands and their provincial-government partners—Alberta Agriculture, Alberta Economic Development and Tourism. ACCP.., is pleased to have been invited to participate in such an important event. We hope It will lead to other similar opportunities to support and export the work Of Albertans. The Ideal Home Exhibition is one of Europe's largest and most pres-
tigious trade shows. Over 600,000 visitors attend the event eachyear, We
will be part Of the Lost Lemon Mine include "the Feature which world's first portable gold mine" and a major display Of Western Canadian manufactured products.
Howard Crosley and I-Orrin c Hamdon, from Edmonton Northlands, advised us in the selection Of contributors,helping select Suitable pieces for the British market. We eventuallychose the work of 18Albertans supplemented by Workfrom four artists from British Columbiaand one from Northwest Territories.
March/April 1993 Alberta Craft Magazine
ADAPTING
TO
SURVIVE
Artists who depend on craft and trade shows did not have a good year in 1992.Martha Henry (glass artist, Cal— gary) Saysher usual clients ordered less and, in the case of three oil companies, stopped buying corporate gift items entirely. To overcome these setbacks, Martha developed new products that cost less. Oil lamps which
retailed for s45 at the beginning Of
Edmonton-based ceramic sculptor,
market. CRAFT
SHOWS
According to Eleanor Bercov, Of Cameo Craft Sales, Edmonton, sales
at shows across the country were down substantially in 1992. The wonderful days of the mid- to late 1980s are over, at least for a while. In today's market, customers are searching for unique and original items that Cost less. Ber-
cov s strategy for confronting these demands is a backto-the-basics ap-
"A marketing plan is essential for anyone who wants to succeed in craft in the 1990s." 1992were sold for $28 by the end of the year. She had to simplify her technique to achieve that reduction. The price is still a bit Of a loss—leader,but
DOWN
proach. Cameo has reduced the size Of
its shows and re-
introduced a demonstration area. HOME
AND
STUDIO SALES
Many artists sell their work directly a successful one—NIartha is still get— instead of, or in addition to, working ting Orders for lamps and Other prodwith traditional Outlets and shows. ucts. She is also developing a line Of Home sales have become a viable way paperweights featuring Alberta imof marketing craft. Exhibiting and agery. retailing in a relaxed home atmosphere can successfully complement retail Martha's experiencedemonstrates the gallery and craft show sales. One critical need for professional craft weekend each year, Judy Hackman, an artists to adapt to the realities of the In alphabetical Order, these are the individuals and firms invited to send Work to London:
Wendy Allen (Calgary) Gale Anderson (Rimbey) Lucille Baster (Stony Plain) Baker Lake Fine Arts and Crafts (Baker
Lake,NWT)
Randy Birch (Calgary) Ingrid
Bromann
(Calgary)
Susan Cain (Hornby Island, BC) Victor Clapp (Edmonton) Jeff deBoer (Calgary) Jane Fell (Leduc)
March/April
Wayne Mackenzie (Edmonton) Glenn McCullough (Calgary) Miller Woodturning (Vancouver, BC) Monague Native Crafts (Mission, BC) James Norton (Calgary) Deborah Ott (Calgary) Richard and Carol Selfridge (Edmonton) Wendy Stanwick (Calgary) Pat Strakowski (Calgary) Alina Strandberg (Edmonton) Twin Vision Studios (Jasper) Ted Trusz (St. Albert) —Chris Carson
Alberta Craft Magazine
transforms her home into a gallery
where invited guests Canpurchase her
work and the work of selectedguest artists. Connie and Bob Pike (Sher-
wood Park) now hold four studio sales,
each year. I attended their Christmas sale on Grey Cup weekend—I had lots of company and we really did demonstrate Naisbitt and Abundene's premise about art replacing sports COMPETITION One of the things we notice at Alberta Craft Council Presents... Craft is how complicated and uncertain the
playing field has become for craft.
Competition is now the key factor in our market. And this competition is -no longer restricted to Canadian sources. We now compete with craft
from Africa, India, Mexico—every—
where. So, while customers may be buying more in some areas, they also have many more choices. A marketing plan is essential for anyone who wants to succeed in craft in
the 1990s.A diploma in marketing
could become a necessary complement to a diploma in a craft discipline.
Circus Vaseswith Tulips & Nectarines, Carol and Richard Selfridge; Ht. 52 CM.
Photo: Jack Litrell
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Few Of
craftspeoplethink Of or refer
Background paper
Alberta
rural craft
as artists, and
express skepticismabout
to enter a baby quilts, hope chests), donate to a charlocal competition or diamond ity (needlework,birdhouses, ornaments . willow lamps, Christmas larger Others are capable Ofproducing methquantities using fight industrial garOds(production pottery, knitted ments, sheepsl-angloves, saddles,
hunt-
arts.
Many craft producers, including some with limited output, have potential for viable craft business operations. Few qualify for economic development, employment creation, tourism or cultural assistance. However, virtually all producers need business, production advice. and
Few of these craftspeople think of or knives development ing refer to themselves as artists, and they Both types Of activity are most often
often express skepticrsm about the more formal arts. They are commonly Tom McFall ent businessstructuresor locations. motivated by a desire to make things done by individuals, that are useful and, Often,traditional. s certatn aspects of economies Work is usually friends and community They have a common desire for their and cultures globalize, Other but families, to be uniquc and self-expresgroups frequently participate volun- products segments will strengthen through regionalization and diversification. As the Alberta Craft Council succeedsat promoting Albertancraft, First of three parts
home- or farm-based.Only a minority Ofmakers setting up formal independ-
much of which is of an international standard, the opportunity grows for craft product expansion and diver-slfication. The ACC currently serves many urban craft producers through a variety of retail and marketing programs. Cornmunity-based craft producers represent a larger, more diverse and much less organized area of craft activity. In Alberta, they have been virtually nored by provincial arts support and economic development bodies, Cornmunity-based craft producers include occasional, part-time and professional makers of craft objects. They are variously described as folk, ethruc, rustlC, country, prurnlttve,rural, tradi-
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Save."Contf1buting" by donating their Workto church events or giving to family members IS Often Important. tional, natVe, heritage. hßtOr1C,Indigenot1S, western and Native art tsans. who then continue their craft as a hobby And knowing that someone understands and appreciates their work IS They make a "de range of functional or on a part-time commercialbasis. and decorative Objects in fabrics, clays, Whether producvionconsists ofone Or sometimesa factor in their decrs10nto woods, metals, Stones, etc. and requvre ten thousand items per year, sell. an equally broad range Ofdevelopment craftspeopleoften report that they do Just exactly what all these communityaSStstanCe. not know how to price, sell, distribute based crafts are, who they are made by Some community-based craft produc- Or promote their Work.They seldom how manv are produced is yet to be ers make few objects per year, per- rcce1VCany critical assessment Of documcntcdIn detail. haps responding to seasonal or family ther their businessor creativemethpressures (for example, snow shoes, Ods. S.ontinued May/June)
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in aspects of production Or marketing. In a few instances,experts will teach special skills to students
March/April 1993 Alberta Craft Magazine
HOTO
Visitors to Edmonton's downtown
CityCentreBuildingcan now enjoy
the artisitic legacy Of the 1992 The Works Festival—nine ceramic columns lining the walls on the east side of the main lobby (above right; detail, right), OffJasper Avenue, between 101 Street and 102Street..
The
Legacy
EATURE
Project
The LegacyProject: Columns is the result Of a Collaboration among five international artists brought together
by Red Deer College ceramics depart—
and asment head Chuck sisted by students from the RDC certnaics program.
American Randy Scmidt, above ue to create faces from -Edmontons past (above and detail below)
March/April 1993 Alberta Craft Magazine
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Taking things two years at a time Allan Sheppard
aynCMackenzie is well into the ninth two-year plan Of his career and still growing and learning as an artist and, lately, as a gallery operator. A 45-year-old native of Mannville, Alberta, Mackenzie Started his artistic journey just over 20 years ago by taking painting Classesat the University of Alberta's Extension Department. That led to "visions Of becoming a painter and, in 1972,to the Alberta College Of During his first year at ACA, MackenZie "discovered that the style of painting that was happening at that time was not what [he) had envisioned painting to be all about." Instead, he "fell passionately in love with" sculpture. But he also realized that he would have to "drive a cab in Order to Support habit" and his family as a professional
sculptor. Fortunately,he discovered for he had "the same sort of passion jewellery"—which seemed to offer
doing wholesale work for other comparriesand artists on the side.
There have been some changes in direction though. In 1987, Mackenzie "Mainly under the influence Of Ha— invited Ian Medland, Terry Juzak and rold O'Connor," he says, stuck my Karen Cantine to join him in an exhinose to the grindstone and haven't bition of jewellery and metalwork at stopped yet." Electrum.He says he enjoyed "dabkind bling" in exhibition work, but thought Mackenzie says O'Connor was a taught who instructor" nothing more of it until the summer of "attitude prohim what he had to do to survive of 1988,when he was one of 40 Westfessionally: "l would never, ever be ern-Canadian jewellers featured in an would jewellery. I building out Of exhibition at the Cartwright Gallery alwaysbe workingwith metal. You in Vancouver.
better prospects for making a living.
always have to try and do new tlGngs. You always have to try and do things
exceptionally well; you always have to push your own style and create things that way, as opposed to being a bench worker." Following graduation, Mackenzie spent years Workingfor two different custom jewelers in Calgary, then movedback to Edmonton, where he spent just under four years working for custom jewellery retailers before setting up Electrum Design Studio with his wife, Nancy.
Mackenzie says that he fell into the habit, early in his career, of changing employers Or direction every two years. But he is now well into his eighth year at Electrum, in the same location, doing as much custom and one-of-a-kind work as he can and
The Vancouver experience showed him the "potential" of exhibitions and led him to organize an exhibition for Electrum featuring 15 artists, some from the Cartwright show and others whose work Mackenzie valued. really got involved" with that exhibition and learned a lot about funding and organizing, he recalls. In 1989,Mackenzie applied his growing enthusiasmand skills to Electrum's first exhibition of art on the wall. He invited Frank Haddock to exhibit some paintings and it's just gone crazy from there". By last year, Electrum was Offering a full year Of varied solo and group exhibitions. Mackenzie says he is now working on
exhibitionsin 1994and he welcomes
proposals.He offers his exhibitors a "firm 75/25split" on sales and accepts proposals throughout the year. The current econonuc recession has had an impact on both of Mackenzie's current passions. "1 just happen to have chosen two luxury markets, he says—but he is content to take things two years at a time and work for the best.
Electrum Design Studio is located at 12419Stony Plain Road, Edmonton, T 5N 3N3; telephone 403 482-1402, Fax 403 482-1347
March/April1993 Alberta Craft Magazine
Alberta
Nursery Rhymes and Fairy Tales Medicine Hat Museum and Art Gallery Deadline: March 5
Artworkcompleted within the last five years in all media; maximum weight—50
lbs; maximum height—6 feet. Submit: 3 labelled slides, biography. • Medicine
Hat Museumand Art gallery; 1302 BomfordCrescent S.W.; MedicineHat,
AB TIA 5E6; (403)527-6266;Fax (403)528-2464
Home Decor Arts, Antiques and
CraftsFair
McNally Community Centre Applications available June 1; Deadline August 15; show October 22-23
JURIED. Booths 10' x 10' ($60). • Leth-
bridge Society of Stained Glass Artisans; 831 21 Street; Lethbridge,AB
TIJ 3K7; (403)320-8643; Fax (403)320-
8643
Theme exhibition: The Burmis Tree Bowman Arts Centre, Lethbridge Deadline September 29; Exhibition October 21 -November 22
An exhibition of two-dimensional pieces
depicting a landmark tree located at Burmis, Alberta on the way to the Crowsnest Pass. Submit: slides, slide
list, résumé. • The Bowman Arts Centre; 811 5th Avenue SW; Lethbridge,AB TIJ OV2;(403)327-2813
Our Best To You Westerner Altaplex, Red Deer October 29-31
Second annual art and craft sale; JU-
RIED. Approximately 1 15 booths. •Marg
Brown; 113 MacDonald Place; Swift Current, SK S9H 4A5; (306)773-0394
Black Art in Alberta Ongoing
Criteria: Alberta residents only; maximumfive submissions of work completed
Work for and by black artists in any
in 1992 or 1993; no size restrictions.
120 Silvercreek Close N.W.; Calgary, AB T3B 4N8•,(403)247-6364
clearly labelled with the name of the artist, title, dimensions, and indicating
medium.• Michael Mayes; Suite 106;
Calgary
Southern Alberta Woodworkers Society—IOth Anniversary Exhibition Colour slides July 15; exhibition SeptemberT.B.A.
In celebration of its tenth year of annual exhibitions and in recognition of the Year
Photographs: 3' x 5' printspreferred,
which side of the photo is the top.
Artists are responsible for shipping, insuringand retrievalof work. Artists may make their own arrangementsre-
garding sale of work. Include a description sheet and note whether work is for
sale. Selectionof the work is at the discretion of the merchants. • Kathryn
Manry;110 Daigleish Bay, NW; Calgary, AB T3A 1K8
of Craft in the America's, SAWS is sponsoring a nationalJURIED exhibitionof original works in wood.
Retail gallery
The society invites all Canadians work-
Ongoing
Rigala Arts and Crafts
and strong representationfrom all regions of the country). For prospectus and applicationforms, contact • Henry
Seeks finely crafted original work, All media considered. Categories include Pottery (functional and decorative), glass _(blownand stained), fabric art (quilts, etc.), wood(carvings and toys,
fax); The Souåem Alberta Woodwork-
jewellery.• Rigala Arts and Crafts;
D; Calgary, AB T2P 2E6
IZ5; (403)240-1405
ing in wood to submit work to this show
(whichaims for diversityin approach
Schlosser (403)255-7372; Doug Haslam (403)270-1824(telephoneor
ers Society; P.O. BOX 6753,Station
Art Market
Calgary Convention Centre (City Centre) Deadline April 1; exhibition
November 18-21 Seventh Annual Art and Craft Sale. JURIED. 180 booths.•MarleneLoney;
Art Market Productions;P. O. Box
385; Banff, AB TOL OCO;(403)762-2345
Clay in the Windows Store windows In Calgary's Seventeenth Avenue shopping
district
Deadline April 1; exhibition May 14-16
An exhibition In conjunction with the
Ceramics International '93, Calgary Ceramic Seminar.
March/April1993 Alberta Craft Magazine
etc.), basketry and dry flowers, greeting
cards, watercolourart, drawings and 2033 33 Avenue SW; Calgary, AB T2T
Edrnonton Tenth Annual Show and Competition Northern Alberta Wood Carvers Association April 17-18
Location: King Edward Elementary School, 8530 101 Street. Sales tables are available for wood carv-
ings and relatedproducts.Contact Bill Pridmore,436-2470.
Competition pieces will be received from
7-9 p.m., April 16. • Kevin Engelking; (403)922-2439
From Peaks to Plains
Handweavers, Spinners and Dyers of Alberta Deadline April 9; conference/ exhibition May 7-9
The HWSDA's annual conference and JURIED show will be held in Lethbridge. The conferenceand show are open to members. Non-members pay $20 membership fee to: • Nelle Vande Gutche;
14002
OL2
Ave
onton, AB
Arts and Craft Exhibition and Sale
Cultural German-Canadian Centre
April 18
Registration fee: $10. Display table provided; no commissions taken. •Elsa Petrikowski; 14311 87 Avenue; Edmonton, AB T5R 4E1; (403)483-5677
Opp
StonyPlain
Deadline May I; exhibitions 1994/ 95 season Seeking submissions for two venues:
• Gallery Restaurant, Multicultural Heri-
tage Centro—Solo exhibitions for emerging artists
• Oppertshauser Gallery—Two-person/ group exhibitions for professional artists
Submit: Maximum6 slides (retained by gallery), artist/group biography, exhibition proposal statement, contact name and number.
Submissions will be reviewed by the
curator and the fine art committee. The
jury will match 2-dimensionaland 3-
dimensional work for co-exhibition at
OppertshauserGallery wheneverpossible, but joint submissions are pre-
ferred. Artists will be contacted before July 15 if their proposals are accepted. •
Jen Pylypow, Curator; Oppertshauser Gallery; Box 908; stony Plain, AB TOE 2G0; (403)963-2777
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Oppertshauser Gallery Stony Plain
Deadline May 1; exhibition October 21-November 22
Cameo's 14th Christmas Craft
Sale
Edmonton Convention Centre November17-21
JURIED exhibition of Western Art, broadly interpreted—pioneer,cowboy, landscape, realistic, stylized, abstract. Submit: 6 slides, currentrésumé, description of proposal, contact information. • Jen Pylypow, Curator; Oppertshauser Gallery; Box 908; Stony Plain, AB TOE 2G0;
Quality Showcase Aklnsdale Arena, St. Albert May 7-8
A JURIED show presented by St. Albert Arts and Crafts Fair. Booths (110 in all) include draping, table, chairs and elec-
trical supply.
For information,write to address below,
or telephone: Wendy (403)459-2521; Shirley (403)458-7979.•St. Albert Arts and Crafts; 12 Wheatstone Crescent; st. Albert, AB T8N 3G5
Quality Showcase Mayfield Inn Trade Centre October 29-31
A JURIED show presented by St. Albert Arts and Crafts Fair. Booths (120 in all) include draping, table, chairs and electrical supply. For information,write to address below,
or telephone: Wendy (403)459-2521; Shirley (403)458-7979.•St. Albert Arts and Crafts; 12 Wheatstone Crescent; St. AB T8N 3G5
ChristmasArts and Crafts Show
Mayfield Trade Centre November 26-28
A Hands In Harmonycraft show.(See advertisementon Page 18.) • Annette
or Basil Greenberg;Hands In Harmony; 17219106 Avenue; Edmonton,
AB T5S IE7; (403)486-1670;
JURIED. 150 booths. Exhibitors' fees include draped 10' x 10' booth, electrical
outlets, table, shares, shopping bags, passes, gift enclosure cards, exhibitors' lounge, exhibitors' party (hosted by Cameo), program of exhibitors; $500 awards for best designed booth and best
craftsmanship.Cost: $800 per regular booth.
Address to April 1, 1993 Cameo's Crafts Sales 201, 10323 178 Street
AB T53 IR5 Edmonton, (403)481-6268
• After April 1, 1993; Cameo's Craft
Sales; 7418182 Street; Edmonton, AB T5T 2G7; (403>481-6268
Canada
Original Traditions, Contemporary Fine Craft
Exhibitionand Sale
Chemainus, BC Deadline March 31; Exhibition August 20-22
JURIED. To be held on the groundsof the proposed Pacific Rim Artisan Village. •Ray Sapergia; Original Tradi-
tins; Box 858; Chemainus, BC VOR IKO; (604)246-9852
VancouverCraft Market
Vandusen Botanical Garden Applications available March 15; sales November 12-14, 26-28, December 17-19 (separate events)
Eleventh JURIED show of Canadian craft. Booths: 8' x 5' ($250 up, each event). Submit: résumé, six photographs. • Simone Avram; 8540 DemorestDrive; Richmond, BC V7A 4M1; (604)275-2724
March/April1993 Alberta Craft Magazine
Craftworld Arts, Crafts &
Craftworld Arts, Crafts &
Clearweater Arena, Sarnia April 9-10
Centennial Hall, London,
CountryCollectibles
JURIED. • Brenda Otter; Craftworld/
Cryderman Productions Inc.; 136 Thames Street; Chatham, ON N7L 2Y8; (519)351-8344
CircleCraft SummerMarket
Sutcliffe Park, Granville
Island, Vancouver July 1-3
Third annual summer market.
Applicants must design, create, and produce work sold at the show. The work
will be judged for quality, uniqueness, salability and the overall balance of categories in the show. Accepted artists must be present at the show.
CountryCollectibles
Ontario
Deadline August 2; show September25-26
JURIED. • Brenda Otter; Craftworld/
Cryderman Productions Inc.; 136
Thames Street; Chatham, ON N7L 2Y8; (519)351-8344
Craftworld Arts, Crafts &
CountryCollectibles
Brock Street Arena, Sarnia,
Ontario
Deadline August 2; show October 2-3
JURIED. • Brenda otter; Craftworld/ Cryderman Productions Inc.; 136
Thames Street; Chatham, ON N7L 2Y8; (519)351-8344
Booths located in marquee-style tents arranged to form and enclosure: $395. Add $100 for a corner booth (allocated at organizer's discretion).
Craftworld Arts, Crafts &
Submit: completed application form; five
Deadline August 2; show October
clear photosor slides (no Polaroids); deposit cheque for $100, photo or dia-
gram of booth display; descriptionof
work, including everything to be sold at the show; personal résumé detailing education, experience, special awards, etc. (including details of work, tech-
nique, inspiration,and any highlights
that will attract media attention.
Deadline: Applications taken until openings filled (began in January). •Circle Craft Summer Market; 101, 1765West 8th Avenue; Vancouver, BC V6J 5C6; (604)737-9050;
EastshoreCraft Fair
Mountain Shores Resort, Boswell, BC
DeadlineJuly 1; Fair July 31-
August I
Outdoorfair with room for around 40 exhibitors. Family fun location on Koote-
nay Lake. Booths: 1? x 121($25). •Artis
Williams; Boswell , BC VOB IA0; (604)223-8311
CountryCollectibles Kinsmen Auditorium,
Chatham,Ontario
23-24 JURIED • Brenda otter; Craftworld/ Cryderman Productions Inc.7 136 Thames Street; Chatham, ON N7L 2Y8; (519)351-8344
Craftworld Arts, Crafts &
CountryCollectibles
Stratford Coliseum, Fairgrounds, Stratford,
Ontario
Deadline August 2; show November 13-14
JURIED. • Brenda otter; Craftworldl Cryderman Productions Inc.; 136 Thames Street; Chatham, ON N7L 2Y8; (519)351-8344
Craftworld Arts, Crafts &
JURIED. • Brenda otter; Craftworldl Cryderman Productions Inc.; 136 Thames Street; Chatham, AB N7L 2Y8; (519)351-8344
A Celebration of Quilts IV The Civic Garden Centre,
Toronto
Deadline September 21
Cross-Canada quilters' challenge sponsored by York Heritage Quilters Guild. Total cash awards: $1,OOO.Send selfaddressed stamped envelope to: •York Heritage Quilters Guild; clo MaryHallam; 19 Artinger Court; Don Mills, ON
M3BIJ9
Cross-Canada Quilters Challenge
The Civic Garden Centre, Toronto Deadline September 21; Exhibition October 20-23
Sponsored by the York Heritage Quilters Guild; winnirs featured a A Celebrationof Quilts IV conference.Cash awards: $1,000. For information: send self-addressed stamped envelope to • MaryHallam; York Heritage Quilters
Guild; 19 Artinger Court; Don Mills, ON M3BIJ9
Craft-a-Rama
Prairieland Exhibition Corp,
Saskatoon
Deadline September 15; show October 30-31 JURIED. Sponsored by Saskatoon Nutana Lions Club. •RM. Stodler; 1710
Preston Avenue;Saskatoon,SK S7H
2V8; (306)374-0672
Circle Craft Christmas Market VancouverTrade & Convention Centre November 3-7
CountryCollectibles
Twentieth annual show and sale of fine
Ontario
Applicants must design, create, and
Centennial Hall, London, Deadline August 2; show November 27-28
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art and craft.
produce work sold at the show. The work
will be judged for quality, uniqueness,
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salability and the overall balance of categories in the show. Accepted artists must be present at the show.
Booth sizes and prices: 10' x 101— 10' x 20'— $1 ,075; 10' x booth corner $2,150. Add $150 for a (allocated at organizer's discretion). Submit: completed application form; five
clear photosor slides (no Polaroids);
deposit cheque for $100, photo or diagram of booth display; descriptionof work, including everything to be sold at the show; personal résumé detailing education, experience, special awards",
etc. (including details of work, technique, inspiration,and any highlights that will attract media attention. Deadline: Applications taken untilopenings filled (began in February). •Circle
craft Christmas Market; 101, 1765 West 8th Avenue; Vancouver, BC V6J
5C6; (604)737-9050; 2186
Our Best To You Exhibition Park, Regina November 12-14
First annual art and craft sale; JURIED. Approximately 110 booths. • Marg
Brown; 113 MacDonaldPlace; Swift Current, AB S9H 4A5; (306)773-0394
Ottawa Christmas Craft Sale Ottawa Civic Centre
December 9-19 Nineteenthannual show; JURIED.
Companion show to Originals, the Spring Craft Sale. • Tom Gamble; Industrial Trade and Consumer Shows
Inc.; Suite 440, 47 Gamble Street;
Ottawa, ON KIN 9K1; (613)232-5777;
The Quilt Project Women's Art Resource Centre Ongoing
A collection of diverse quilts by Canadian artiStS to be displayed in a permanent location. Submissions should document the lives, beliefs, travels of the artists or their families. •The Quilt Proj-
ect; WARC, Women's Art Resource
Centre; 394 Euclid Avenue, Suite 309; Toronto, ON M6G2S9; (416)324-8910
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to the CCC at: 189 Laurier Avenue East,
art Wildlife/nature
pewter, woven products in lots of 250-
Ottawa,ON KIN 6P1; FAX (613)235-7425.•Penny Trottier, Manager Commercial programmes; Canadian Museumof Civilization; PO 4H2 Box 3100,StationB; Hull, PO
suite 6-164; 3555 Don Mills Road; Wil-
International
The Catalogue Coach Ongoing
Canadian client seeks glass, paper,
500 pieces. • The Catalogue Coach; lowdale, ON M2H3N3
Creative Craft Fairs Ongoing
. November11-14, Victoria, 16th Annual Show, G.R. Pearkes Recreation Centre, 3100 Tillicum Road . December2-5, Fraser Valley Show, Tradex Exhibition centre, Abbotsford Airport.
These shows feature high-quality local fine art and craft plus specialty local food items, live music, craft demonstrations. •Terri Heit; 977 KentwoodTc.; Victoria, BC V8Y IAS; (604)658-2901
Retail gallery
Artina's
Ongoing
This store sells Canadian-made jewellery only. It is looking for submissions from Albertans doing quality work in ceramics. • Mr. Black; Artina's; 1002 Government Street; Victoria, BC V8W
IX8; (604)386-7000
Craft Shop Canadian Museum of
Civilization Ongoing
The shop seeks innovative, primarily utilitarian work from established and
younger craftspeople.The immediate need is for work in metal, wood, basketry or other textiles. The shop has open and closed display shelves and a 6' x 8' wall for hangings. Retail price range: $10 to $400.
Submit: résumé, slides, list of places where work is currently carried for sale.
This call has been made through the Canadian Crafts Council, Whichnotes that few artists outside Ontario and Quebec are currently represented in the shop. Send copies of any submissions
Juried fashion show Fibre Fanfare 1993
Deadline March; Exhibition July 20-23
Sponsored by NW Weavers Guilds—in-
cluding B.C., Yukon, Alberta, Saskatchewan. • Nina Gelfand; 2810 W.
Crockett; Seattle, WA 98199 U.S.A.; (206)285-0890
Fletcher
Challenge
Award 1993
Ceramics
New Zealand Entries required in New Zealand
by May I The competition was established in 1977. No category or theme. The only criterion is excellence as determined by
judge. an international
One entry per artist. Awards: premier award $NZ 10,000; up to five merit awardsof $NZ 1,000. For informationand entry forms: • The Organizer; Fletcher Challenge Award; P.O. Box 13-195; Onehunga, Auckland New Zealand
International Lathe-turned Objects: Challenge V Sponsored by Wood Turning Centre, Philadelphia Deadline July 10; Exhibition January 28-April 1994 Internationalcompetitionto select innovative, functional, decorative and sculptural lathe-turned work produced be-
tweenJanuary, 1991 and June, 1993. For prospectusand applications: send self-addressedstamped envelope to • Albert LeCoff; Wood Turning Centre; P.o. Box 25706; Philadelphia, PA 19144 U.S.A.; (215)844-2188;
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Alberta
Jewellery
classes
Lewton-BraIn/Fontans Centre for Jewellery Studies
Fibre Week
• Charles Lewton•Brainor Dee Fontans; suite 300A; 815 1st Street SW; Calgary, AB T2P IN3; (403)263-3955
Olds College July 5-9 A week Of immersion programs in quilt-
ing, sewing, weaving and other fibre crafts. Courses for every level of expertise from occasional dabblers to serious artisans.
The focus is on Olds College's Certified
Red Deer College July 5-August 7
Fifty-four one-week sessions covering a variety of visual arts media at a range of levels taught by some of Alberta's finest artists.
and quilting courses.
(See advertisement,page 22) • Anne Brodie; Red Deer College; P.O. Box
Now in its twelfthyear, Olds College's Fibre Week attracts participants from all over Western Canada. Accommodation and meals are available on the college campus,50 minutes'drive northof Calgaryon Highway2. •Extension Department•,Olds College; Olds, AB TOMIPO;
(403)556-8281
Weaving Certificate
Program—
Home Study Modules
Handweavers, Spinners and Dyers of Alberta (HWSDA)
The HWSDA is working with Olds Col-
lege to prepare and distribute a series of
home study modules designed to help members upgrade their skills and earn a Weaving Certificate.
Symposium Sponsored by: Textile Arts Centre, Chicago October 9-10
Series 93
Master Spinner and •Weaving Certificate
programs,with complementaryserging
Tradition+ Transition:Fiber
5005; Red Deer, AB T4N 5H5; (403)342-
3130
EdmontonArea
Chip-carving classes
BillPridmore
Tuesdays, 7-10 p.m.
Chip carving is a decorative type of wood
carving. All levels, beginners to advanced. Cost: $2 per hour plus cost of materials used. Carving knives provided free during instruction.
Classes at 11424 77 Avenue. •Bill Pridmore; (403)436-2470
International
World Turning Conference The program comprises eight compul- Hagley Museum and Library, sory modulesand 6 optionalmodules, Wilmington, Delaware three of whichmust be addedto the compulsorymodulesfor the certificate. April 21-25 Two compulsorymodules—Basicsof Weaving and Basic Design & Colour—
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are now available. Two more—Overshot and Colour and Weave—willbe ready in the fall. Others will be completed and released when funding permits. Contact Michael Vine, Extension Services, Olds
College, Olds, AB TOMIPO; telephone (403)556-8281 to order modules and oregisterin the programs. For information,contact:•Marg Berg; 51012 Range Road 210; Sherwoodpark, AB T8G IE6;
The conference will explore the history, theory, aesthetics, and practice of lathe-
turning. Forty-three artists, scholars, historians will participate, among them Prof. Gottfried Bockelmann (Germany), Stephen Hogbin (Canada), Rude Osolnik (U.S.A.), James Prestini (U.S.A.), Bob
Stockdale (U.S.A.), Reg Sherwin (U.S.A.), Hans Weissflog (Germany), Vic Wood (Australia). • The Wood Turning
Centre; P.o. Box 25706;Philadelphia,
PA 19144 U.S.A.; (215)844-2188;
(403)662-3826
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A nationalsymposiumon the state Of contemporary fibre art, to be held at the
Congress Hotel.
Keynote speaker, Suzi Gablik, author of The Reenchantment of Art, will address Connective Aesthetics: Making Art is if
the World Mattered.The program includes panel discussions, in-depth round-table discussion, a performance
by artist Joyce Scott, and special fibre art exhibitions at Chicago galleries.
Tradition + Transition: Fiber Symposium will focus on the concerns of the professional artist and educator, oriented toward issues, rather than technique, and will include all fibre media. The symposiumwill take place in conjunction with the Chicago International
New Art Forms Exposition, CINAFE
(where the ACC plans to exhibit again this year). • Marilyn Murphyor Brigid Finucane; Textile Arts Centre; 916 W.
Diversey Parkway; Chicago, Illinois 60614U.S.A.; eventsonly;
Call for papers Symposium—Making and Metaphor: A Discussionof Meaning in Contemporary Craft October 22-24
This interdisciplinary symposium will provide an opportunity for Scholars,
museum and gallery curators, educators, writers, and professional artists working in craft media to address a range of jssues surrounding the phenomenon of craftsmanship in the late twentiethcentury. Papers may address such matters as: the place of function in craft production; material as signifier; models for aesthetic judgement; the social role of the creative individual; museum/gallery presentationof cultural artifacts; and related topics. Presenters are encour-
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aged to consider the implications of their
research for making, use, and interpretation of handmade objects in Canada today. Following the symposium, papers will be
Alberta Residencies Goshul Studio Ongoing
One- to three-month residencies for artists and writers. The studio is located in
the Crowsnest Pass area of Alberta. • Carl Graznow,Goshul Studio Programming Committee; Departmentof Art, University of Lethbridge; 4401 Univer-
sity Drive; Lethbridge, AB TIK 3M4
Canada
Residency Programme The Craft Studio at Harbourfront Centre Deadline March 15; residencies begin June I Residencies in:
Hot glass—Three full-time and one summer scholarship position avail-
Submit: a one-page abstract by March 15. • Rosalyn J. Morrison, Executive
utes to public education by providing a high-profile venue where the public can observe craftspeople at work.
Organizers encourage all craftspeople across Canada and internationallyto consider a residency in The Craft Studio and send submissions to be retained in an up-to-date file of people interested in current and future openings in the resi-
dency program.
Craftspeople who live outside Toronto can arrange interviews with sufficient notice. They are responsible for their own expenses and travel costs.
Residencies includefull use of profes-
sionally equipped studios, lectures by nationally and internationally renowned craft artists, workshops, conferences, exhibitionsand teaching opportunities. All materials and supplies must be provided by the residents.Residency does not include housing.
Residencies available:
able; interview April 13 ...metal—One full-time and two summer scholarship positions available; interview April 15
• Annual residency, renewableup to three years
. ceramics
• Short-term residency, duration dependent on project
.. textiles—Two full-time positions and 2
summer scholarship positions available; interview March 25 Residencies
are designed to assist and promote
emerging craft artists by providing time, facilities and resources to create and develop work. Exceptional talent and commitmentare encouraged and fostered in a vibrant community de. voted to contemporarycraft expressjon.
The Craft Studio residency programme acts as a stepping stone between school and a professional career. It also contrib-
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publishedand distributedinternationally. Presenters will receive an honorarium, accommodation, and travel expenses.
• Award: free one-year residency awardedin each studio to a recent graduate.
• Summer Award: free summer residenCies are awarded when space permits.
Students on leave from an education institute may apply.
Requirements:
• Eventual goal of becominga professjonal craftsperson/artjst Diploma or degree from a design col-
Director; The Institute for Contemporary Canadian Craft; 40 Dennett Drive; Agincourt, ON MIS 2E7; (416)291. 9418;
lege or university • Accumulated parallel experience • Ability to work in a communal studio in view of the public • Commitmentto participate in Craft Stu-
dio programming
• Melanie Egan, Co-ordinator; The Craft Studio at Harbourfront Centre; 235 Queens Quay West; Toronto, ON M5J 2G8; (416)9734963; 4933
Awards for craft projects Jean A. Chalmers Fund for the Crafts Deadline: April I This fund is intended to support projects 'which contribute to the advancement of the crafts in Canada [by fostering] a cli-
mate of critical dialogue, analysis and evaluation.' The competition is administered by the Canada Council, which accepts collect station-to-stationtelephonecalls. •Doug Sigurdson, Visual Arts Office; The Canada Council; Ottawa, ON (613) 237-3400
Explorations in the Arts The Canada Council
Deadlines: May 15, September 15
Project grants for new developments in the arts and innovative approaches to artistic creation. The grants cover creation Of new work in any arts discipline, from any cultural tradition. Grants may be used for any stage of a project: research, development, creation, production, presentation. Emerging and established artists and organizations are eligible. Submit a brief description of the pro-
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ject, and a résumé of the person responsible for the project at least one month before the preferred deadline. Organizations: include a summary of past activities. Applications will be sent
to potential candidates.
Mary's University. Organizers are look-
ing for peopleinterestedin teaching workshopsand giving lectures. • Barbara Robson; 6038 Willow Street; Hal-
if", NS83KIL9
missions.
• Explorations Program; The Canada
Council; P.O. Box 1047; Ottawa,ON KIP 5V8; (613) 237-3400 station to station collectaccepted; Fax(613)5984408
European market opportunity Ongoing
Agent seeks handmade products—wheat
weaving, decoys, etc. •Darwin C. Vickerr, Box 36; Middle Lake , SK SOK 2X0; (306)367-4292
Conference Quilt Canada '94 May 31-June 5, 1994
This event will be held in Halifax at St.
Canada
Publication: Income Tax for Professional Artists Revenue Canada
Developed with the help of the Tax SubCommittee of the Canadian Conference of the Arts, this brochure covers Revenue Canada regulations as they apply to professional artists and takes account of recent changes. Copies of the brochure are available from
Revenue Canada offices in:
Edmonton—423-4044, 1-800-661-4597,
or 1-800-661-3350 (NWT)
Calgary—292-4225 or 1-800472-9701 Arts and Education Networkand publi-
cation
in addition to their own. Each item must
reflect the highest quality in design, workmanshipand materials, as well as a
Resource Library Regional multidisciplinaryjuries of Canadian Craft Museum
professional artists will assess sub-
pals—Paula Bradnerand Karen Champion—design home furnishings and accessories for the export market. They also promote other Canadian products,
strong Canadian flavour or image.
Ongoing
The library houses information about artists which is available to architects, designers and museum members who wish to include art in homes and workplaces. • Gillian Schick, Communications Director; Canadian Craft Mugeum; 639 Hornby Street; Vancouver,
BC vec 2G3
Japanese market development P.K. Canadian Creations Ltd.— West Vancouver Ongoing
P.K. Canadian Creations Ltd. is in the business of establishing business ties with export markets. The company is currently focusing its efforts on Japan. P.K. Canadian Creations Ltd.'s princi-
Resources
Canadian Conference of the Arts (CCA)
The CCA is gatheringnames of people who are interested in being part of a national arts and education network.
Marie Gynane-WiIIis, Arts Development & Cultural Literacy Consultant at Alberta
a member
Anyone interested in having products promoted should contact: • Paula or Karen; P.K. Canadian Creations Ltd.;
P.o. Box 91038;west Vancouver,BC V7V 3N3; (604)922-0060; 9896
International
Fellowships for artists John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
Ongoing One-year awards to Canadian or American citizens to pursue independent proj-
ect studies. Value: $26,500US.• John Simon Guggenheim MemorialFoundation; 90 Park Avenue; New York, NY 10016 U.S.A.; (212)687-4470
project; a lobbyingeffort; programming ideas; curriculum materials, etc. (ImagiNation does not pay for material.) • Canadian Conference Of the Arts; 189 Laurier Avenue east; Ottawa, ON KIN
International 6P1
of the CCA's Arts and education Advisory Committee;contact her or the CCA
Handweavers Guild of America, Inc.
The CCA is also publishing ImagiNation, a newsletter for communication among Canadians interested in arts and education. Send mailing, telephone and fax information to the address below if you want to receive ImagiNation, You can also submit articles about: a successful project for students that integrates the arts into a core subject; an artist-in-theschools project; a parentlstudent arts
Support available for undergraduate and graduate studies at accredited schools in
for further information.
March/April1993 Alberta Craft Magazine
Deadline March 15
Canada and the U.S.A. in handweaving and related fibre arts, including training for research, textile history and conservation. • Scholarship Committee; Hand.
weavers Guild of America, Inc.; 120 MountainAvenue, Ste. BIOI; Bloom-
field, Conn. 06002-1634 U.S.A.; (203)242-3577
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Han
Pullout Section
Old Court House Art Gallery
/)/EOPIT
4836 Ross Street Red Deer, Alberta
Opening Reception
Thursday, February 25, 1993 from 7:30 - 9:30 pm
Central fllberta Crafts Rlierla Craft Council meniers• Situ February 24 to March 13, 1993 Al RIA
Foundatm ( )UNCII
AlliedArts Council
Postcard Project Il take pictures at ACCP.... You will be The Alberta Craft Council is organiz- responsible for costs Of delivering and ing another run Of full-colour post- returning the art work and for any cards for memberswho want to take insurance. Cost: $25 per image.) advantage Of the savings available Rele+ant information (printed on through gang-printing. The cards are the back Of each photograph): produced in runs of 2,500 per photoname Of artist graph. The ACC keeps 500 for its own title of work promotional efforts; the member gets year created the remaining 2,000 cards. Cost: $175; media that'S far less than the going rate for Size(in xw d similar quantities and quality in small photo credit lots. Complete information must accomThe ACC provides: Co-ordination and pany each photograph. quality control. The Alberta Craft Council logo will You provide; appear on the back Of each Card.
One 4" x 6" photograph (no slides Photos will be accepted for this proor transparencies) of each image to gram between April t and August 31. be reproduced. Postcards are printed in lots Of 16and (If you do not have suitable photo- will be produced whenever16 images graphs on hand, the ACC can arrange are ready to print. for an experienced photographer to Payment is due in advance ofprinting.
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forthe
Red Deer & District
CLASSIFIED
JEWELLERY FINDINGS and craft supplies, including leather pieces, 50% to 70% off. Phone:
(403)424-6709.
SEAMSTRESS for alterations, including jeans and leather garments. Phone (403)424-6709 ANNETTE'S, a well-established craft store has
moved to larger premises in West Edmonton Mall. Currently seeking new product on a con-
signment basis. Phone nette Greenberg.
ARTSY PHAR-TSE, a craft store opening in Calgary March 1993 at Bay 14, 2100 4th Street S.W., is seeking unique handcrafted product on
consignment. Contact Annette Greenberg, 17219106Ave., Edmonton, IE7; (403)489-
6617.
YARNS! Europe's finest. Swiss silks, French cottons, Scottish wools and much more. If you
desire the best, you will want to try our yarns.
Interested?Send S.A.E. to The Little Bear
Trading Company(Samples), Box 2518, Stn. D., Ottawa,ON KIP 5W5, and receive your FREE sample listing and 2 exclusive introductory offers. ARTWORK PHOTOGRAPHED for promo,archives. Flexible rates. Contact Sima Khorrami,
988-33227.
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I can supportthe Alberta Craft Council's activities in I other ways as well:
I Membership Application
My donation of $ is enclosed. You are a person of special talents and your energies and (Thank you. We will send you a tax receipt soon.) learning have been directed toward achieving works which o I would like to volunteer my services. Please contact me. demonstrateexcellence o Paymentenclosed. Bill my o Visa c Mastercard or
you are a person interested in the crafts and the people who make Card # expiry da I them and who would like to support the work of craftspeople in Membership
One Year Two years o $40 Individual o $75 o $55 o $30 Affiliate You can enjoy the benefits of a professional organization working o $35 o $20 Senior Citizen (age 60) I to stimulate and promote the crafts in Alberta by becoming a 0 $35 Student/Library o $20 I member of the Alberta Craft Council o $135 o $70 Family I Name o $95 o $185 Association, voting o $65 o $125 Association, non-voting Address o $125 o $65 Commercial/lnstitutional 1 City Please make cheques payable to the Alberta Craft Council.
I Alberta.
I Province
Outside Canada, add $5 for postage.
Send to:
I postal Code
MembershipOffice Alberta Craft Council 509, 10136 100 Street Edmonton,AB T5J OPI Telephone: (403) 428-1654
Home Phone
I Business Phone
AORTA • COUNCIL
Fax: (403)425-2314 Lffiliate organization/schoolllibrary/association/institution
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supplier of tbefinest seal skins and other seal products
Advertising raees
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P. O. Box 6146. ST. Joln•s.
•The display advertising rate is 40 cents per agate line. when camera-readyart work is suppliedby the advertiser. •When art work is not supplied,an additional set-up fee may be charged. per colour. •Colourcharges: .llalf-tones, 10 each.
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•Classifiedadvertisements:
$78. $52. s 14.
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word. 20 centsperadditional
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For more information, contact the ACC office at (403)428-1654.
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Hands Harmony In •O.VV•S CRAFT PRESENTS
THE MAYFIELD CHRISTMAS ARTS & CRAFTS SHOW IN THE NEW MAYFIELD TRADE CENTRE. AT THE MAYFIELD INN, EDMONTON, ALBERTA. A high profile location in Edmonton.
FREE PUBLIC ADMISSION & PARKING. DATES & TIMES:
SET UP: THU, NOV 25th.FROM Ipm. DAY 1: FRI, NOV 26th 10:00 to 9:00
DAY 2: SAT, NOV 27th 10:00 to 6:00 DAY 3: SUN, NOV 28th 11:00 to 6:00
VERY REASONABLE BOOTH FEES AND GENEROUS PAYMENT PLANS AVAILABLE. APPLICATIONS AND ENQUIRIES TO: HANDS IN HARMONY 17219 - 106th Avenue Edmonton, AB., TSS IE7 PHONE: (403) 486 - 1670 FAX: (403)486 - 1521 (Annete or Basil Greenberg) 1B
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Art Gallery Late October—Arts and Craft Show, Community Centre Bentley August 5-8—Annual juried show in conjunction with the Bentley Agricultural Society's Country Fair and Ro-
Celebrating the Year
of Craft in
Alberta
de 0
elp promote the crafts and the Year of Craft in your commu-
envelope to ACC office. nit)'. Dedicate traditional Member and community act1VLtLeS; events to the Yea" Of Craft and/or
organize Special events for 1993.Use the Year of Craft logos on promotional material and, Whereappropriate
on the work or its packagingand la-
bels. The ACC can provide samples Of the logo in a variety of formats includIng:
FREE Year of Craft peel-away logo stickers (see Sampleleft, or right) available from the ACC office in lots of 25 upon receipt Of a self-addressed stamped envelope.
Year of Craft buttons, 21/4- diameCer.white logo on blue background.
Members receive one free button each. Donations to cover costs would be appreciated if you want more. Send self-addressed stamped
Elli Grassmuck, of the Clayworks Studio. a retail gallery on Edmonton's Whyte Avenue,is featuring
monthly craft exhibitions for the
Year OfCraft. The exhibitions are promoted by meansofwindow displays and are supported through sales. The Clayworks has featured the work of several prominent
craft artists durEdmonton-arem ing the past year, including Dun-
can Currie, Peter Grassmuck,Karen McMillan, Bob and Connie Pike, Julia Rand, and Alan Watamaniuk. Beaverlodge Quilters Show, February Art Gallery
ruceview Golden West Drop— in, Markerville, Alberta January 2-5—CreamCan Painting February—Battenburg Lace
March—EasterEgg painting workshop
Sir AlexanderGalt Museum,Le— thbridge, Alberta
June 27-AuguSt 29—Juried show by
the Southern Alberta Stained Glass Artisans in the George McKillop Gallery.
WhitecourtArts Council,Com— munity Centre, Central School
show and craft sale March November 6—Fall show and Craftsale
Morinville
April so-May 2—Spring Craft Morinville Agriplex N ovember 13—Christmas craft sale, & L Fowkes, Heart— Recreation Centre, Historical BuildMarch wood Creations, woodworking shown ing, \'anier School Gym
To further your education apply nowfor the
Bobbi Hoffman Scholarship
All members Of the Alberta Craft Council working in clay, glass, fibre, wood and metal are invited to apply— SUBMIT:
• a minimumof five slides
• résumé • written description of study program
You must use the award within one year and submit a written report to the Alberta Craft Council by Mav 1994.
Deadline: April 1, 1993
$500
403 347-4950 For more information, contact: Shirlev Rimer or Phone: 403 428-1654 The Alberta Craft Council 509, 10136100 Street Fax:403 425-2314 Edmonton, AB T5J OPI
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VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
Alberta Craft Council Presents... Galleryand Craft Shop
needs volunteers for the following jobs: Deliver large pieces of artwork to
customers; driver with truck (or
access to a truck) needed, for two hoursevery five or six weeks. Deliver posters and media kits for exhibitions; two or three people,
for two hours, every five or six weeks.
Help ACCP... staff maintain
artwork; varied tasks, two hours weekly.
Contact Sheralee Hancherow Gallery Co-ordinator, 425-0909
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Call for entry Craft
in the
Community
from Craft Associations and Guilds in Alberta
The Alberta Craft Council invites its membercraft groups, guilds, and associationsto submitwork for Craft in the Community an exhibition of the work Of members of the ACC's member associations. Craft in the Communityis scheduledfor August 1993at Alberta Craft Council Presents... Gallery. The exhibition will explore the diversity of craft in Alberta. It will celebratethe YearOfCraft in the
Americasand the Year of Craft in Albertaby
payingtribute the ACC'smemberassociationsand recognizing their contributions to the development Of craft Alberta.
Eligibility Participating associations must be members of the Alberta Craft Counciland based in Alberta. Non-members will not be considered. (See page 17 for membership application form.
Work for the exhibitionwill be Chosenby a
jury.
Only original Work,Createdwithin the last two
years Lnone Of the traditional craft media— metal, glass, clay, wood, Or be considered. Painting and graphics art such as drawIngs, engravings, lithographs, photographs, etc. are not eligible.
Entries should reflect the best work of the sponsoring Organization, and must display quality craftsmanship, Originality and creative use Of materials.
Masters
of the Craft draws
positive comment
Approximately 4,000 people attended Masters of tbe Craft, the touring exhibition featuring the work Ofthe first ten recipients of the Saidye BronfmanAward for Excellencein Crafts on view at ACCP... Gallery from January 9-February 20. Many visitors commented favourably on the exhibition and ACCP... Gallery. Some examples:
"Good for the soul on a winter day—Thank you!" "l come in every time I am in the city. Keep up the great work." ( contributed by a visitor from Peace River, Alberta) "Fabulous display—very enjoyable." • ¯ "Wishing you lots of success—wonderful show. place amazes me. Canadian art is beautiful." The piece which provoked the most comment from VLSItorS was Joanna Staniszkis's unusual fibre work, CIOudscape. —Sbtralee Hancbtrow
For more information and entry procedures,contact Sheralee Hancberow, Gallery Co-ordinator
Alberta Craft Council Presents...Gallery and Craft Shop 206, 10150102Street
Manulife Place West
Edmonton, AB T5J 4C7 403 425-0909
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Next at ACCP„.Ga11ery
and
Craft Shop
February 27-April 3 Opening reception: February 27, 1-3 P.M.;ACC members welcome
In the Gallery Two exhibitions demonstrating the influence Ofenvironment on artists will
be featured:
Grande Prairie artist, Ken Housego, works with wood and metal to
from Newfoundland and Labrador,
features artists who were invited to createworkthat reflects their envi-
ronment.Embroideredwall hang-
IngS, Wood carvings and pewter pieces are included in a that features all majorCraftmedia: fibre, metal, clay, wood and stained glass.
This exhibitionis organizedby the Newfoundlandand LabradorCrafts DevelopmentAssociation.
explore Images from his environ- • In the Craft Sbop
ment: boats and oars, silos and grain The feature display presents the work elevators.The viewer ISreminded Of Kathy Kristmanson, an up-andat first of brightly colouredfolk coming artist workG1gprimarily in art, but Ken's work combines the metal. Kathy is creating innovative crafts of wood and metal with a metal art, thanks to excellentdrawing fine art tradition to produceWorks skills and a thorough understanding of that have a sophisticated, contem- metal. Her training as a biologist LS poraryflair evident the bolo ties, bracelets,belts Cha rles travelling exhibition and lamps in this display.
Isolation, a
Lng, copper, nickel plate, gold plate, brass, anondized aluminum—7CMhigh recepO —1992 tion: April 10,24 P.M.; ACC members wel— Charles Lewt0n-Bra1nis an innovaApril 8-N•fay 8
come
Gallery
the
large-scaletechnologiesto the small
studio. His work is characterised
Metal artists Charles LewtonBrain and Jeff
shapesand texturaldrawby ing. He often works simultaneously in several varied forms: jewelleryw wall pieces, eyeglasses, teapots.
In the age of plastic, metal
Jeff deBoeruses works in a historical context with Contemporary materials, producing suits of ar— mour for a variety of unlikely animals. As one ofthe major early uses for metal, the suit of armour can be seen as a timeless, permanent exo— skeleton that outlives its original user. Responding to the influence
deBoer
may be becoming
a lost art form. But these two Calgary artists, both associated with the Albert College Of Art—
sil- are doing their Charles Lewton-Brain—COhcrttt• Pot—sterling insufoam best to keep the Ver,wood, cement, Steel, polyurethane expanded traditionalive. high. lation, cork, rust, paint—35CM
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tive artist who is known through— out North America for adapting
of medieval Ideas, Jeffcreates Pieces
which explore the ambiguities Of
permanenceand time.
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July 5th to August 6th
RED DEER COLLEGE
SER/ES'95 6, 97700
Craftspeopleare well represented on the instructional staff of Series 93. The courses offered will be of interest to craftspeople seekingprofessional development and to anyone lookingfor the opportunity to develop a personal interest.
Courses offered include: Glassblowing.....................
Mark Gibeau Laurie Hedemark,Marty Kaufman, David Newsmall,Darren Petersen, Barry Fairbaim IntroductoryWheelthrowing.......... Arne Handley Intermediate Wheelthrowing
Jim Etzkorn
Mould Making for Slip Casting
Evelyn Grant Brenda Malkinson Al Tennant KatrinaRozman
Advanced FunctionalWheelthrowing ................ Ryan Cameron Form & Process: Developing a Personal Style withClay .............................. Les Manning Design for Craftspeople ....... Wood Fired Ceramics Architectural Ceramics 1 and 11 ....... Figure Sculpture..... .. Clay Modelling . Majolica
Mel Mallon
Fabric as an Expressive Medium........... The Tradition of Stained Glass IntermediateStained Glass Willow Furniture
Silver Casting
Hand Papermaking Hand Bookbinding Book Repair & Restoration Hand Raised Silver
Introductory Jewellery Making IntermediateSilk Dyeing Carving & Painting Eastern Shorebirds
Painting an Eastern Bluebird Cast
Pat Keenan Richard Selfridge MarthaCole
Ross Bradley
Brenda Malkinson David Belke Carol Campbell Laura Vickerson
Bert Borch Tanya Bolenz Karen Cantine Carol Campbell Bill Morton Ted Trusz Ted Trusz
Courses are also offered in Drawing, Painting, Sculpture and Bronze Casting. Tuition for each 5 day course is $195 (Glassblowing $225) Accomodation is available on campus for $19.50 per night. For further information please /41bena call Anne Brodie 342-3130 or write to Red Deer College, P.o. Box 5005 Red Deer, AB T4N 5H5.
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Acknowledgement—
CALL
The board and members of theAlberta Craft Council wish to thank these donors for their contributions in support
FOR
craft
ofAlberta CraftJlagazine:
Sheila Hugh Jflackay foundation, Inc.
ENTRY
7th ANNUAL
• —$1,000 Rgthesay, New 'Bru nswtck
NOVEMBER 18-21, 1993
and Donna I€ipper Cdmonton,Alberta—$25
Calgary Convention Centre
Calgary, Alberta 180 High Quality Artisans
Donations to the Alberta Craft Council
for general operations or to support specificprograms are tax deductibleand welcome throughout the year.
For Application Form Write or Call: ART MARKET PRODUCTIONS Marlene A. Loney P.o. Box 385, Banff, Alberta TOL OCO Message Telephone (403) 762-2345
1 1993 Directory of Craft Shows
and Fairs in Alberta
The directory lists craft shows across copy of this I If you are interested in craft shows and fairs you need a and much more! organizers, deadlines, cost of I Alberta by date and includes the name and address of the S2.50for Albertacraft Councilmembers I Cost: $5 for non-members, Shows and Fairs in Alberta. I Pleasc send me mv copy of the 1993Directory of Craft
I Name
Address
|
My chequefor
Please
Postal Code
Province
I City
is enclosed.
my Visa/Mastercard #
Telephone
Expiry date
Mail to: Alberta.craft Council 509, 10136100 Street
In
Edmonton,AB
Telephone: 403 428-1654 Fax: 403 425-1654
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OTICES Notice of
Annual General Meeting Saturday, May 29
Red Deer College Red Deer, Alberta
Agenda:
1-5 P.M. Annual General Meeting Margaret Parsons Theatre 6-8 P.M. Dinner Cafeteria 8 P.M. Reception, with guest speakers Staff Lounge
For those who wish to stay in Red Deer over Saturday night, centrallylocated, artistic environmentoffering affordable rooms will be available in the College Residence for $23.25 accommodations. per person, plus GST. Prices for dinner and other details Your participation at the AGM is a great way to celebrate
will be confirmed for the next issue of Alberta Craft magazine.
Please let us know as soon as possible if you require rooms and dinner so we can make arrangements with the college. Contact Pat at the ACC office for assistance and to confirm requirements. Deadline for room reservations: March 30.
1993is the Year of Craft in Alberta and in the Americas,a
timely opportunity to demonstrateour support for the crafts in Alberta. We also need to demonstrate our support
for the arts in Alberta at a time when the provincial
government may be wavering in Its commitment. We have chosen to hold the 1993AGM at Red Deer College to make
as easy as possible for every memberto attend: it is a
and support craft and the arts in Alberta. Please plan to attend this year.
Call for nominations
ACC members who wish to stand for election to the board
of directors may submit written nominations using the
form below. Candidates who wish to inform members of their qualifications and goals through Alberta Craft Magazine should submit nomination forms and a brief supporting statement by April 15to meet the deadline for the May/ June issue. Publication of statements and biographical information in advance of the meeting enables candidatesto maximize their opportunity to gain the support of members
who will vote by proxy.
Nominaeion form
I Directors may be nominated by any three individual I herebyagreeto stand for election to the Albert Craft voting membersor one voting memberassociation and Council Board of Directors, and to serve if elected. shall be elected by all members entitled to vote. Elections will takc place at the Annual General Meeting, Red Deer College, May 29, 1993.
1gnature o normnec
I We/(Th
(Names of three individuals or one organization) Hereby nominate
Signatures of three individual members or officer of a member organization. Note: Nominees must be members of the Alberta Craft
Council at the time of nomination. Submit completed I
application form (page 17) and fee at time of nomination
(Include address and telephone number) for the position of Director of the Alberta Craft Council I for a two-year term to commence after the AGM on May
12'1993.
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if appropriate.
Deadline for receipt of completed form
at the ACC office: 5 p.m. May 28.
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