Craft Council of Newfoundland and Labrador Member News
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Lots happening this week!
This Friday, the Craft Council is pleased to present...
TRIAL RUN
An exhibition of first year student work
Textiles: Craft and Apparel Design, College of the North Atlantic
June 4-20, 2010 on the 3rd Floor of Devon House Craft Centre (aka Craft Council HQ)
There will be an OPENING RECEPTION this Friday, June 4 from 4-6pm. Come out and see what the next generation of craftspeople are doing!
About the AGM from Anne:
Another year of achievements was celebrated
this past weekend at the 2010 Craft Council's Annual General meeting in Corner
Brook. Many thanks to all those members
who opened their studios for visits from the Board, and to those who came to
meetings and contributed their thoughts and opinions and their own news about
the last year. A great time was had by
all.
At the end of the AGM, the new Board
officially took office. Congratulations
- and appreciation - to the following:
Executive
Chair - Marnie
Parsons
Vice Chair - Vicky Taylor Hood
Treasurer - Tim Rast
Secretary - Mary Hood
Past Chair - Brenda Stratton
Past Treasurer - Kim Marshall
Regional reps
St. John's - Jacob Fergus
Eastern - Cara
Kansala
Central - Betty
John
Western - Brenda
Stratton
Southern - Stan
Hill
Northern - Colette
Samson
Labrador - to
be determined
Committee Reps
Clay - Alison
Sturge
Awards - Kim
Marshall
Gallery - Isabella
St. John
LCMA - Carol
Best
Craft Fair - to be determined
West Coast Craft Fair - Brenda Stratton
Shop - to
be determined
Standards - Linda Lewis
Loan Board - Mary Hood
Strategy Committee - to be determined
Communications - Jacob Fergus
Youth Committee - Jessica Butler
HR Committee - Tim Rast
Caroline Clarke
Director of Communications
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From the Craft Council
NEW! 1)
Next Standards Meeting - Friday, June 4 at 9:30am!
If
you are looking to become a Marketing Member you need to submit your
products to the Craft Council Standards Committee.
You can contact Administrative Assistant, Craig Joseph at info@craftcouncil.nl.ca or phone 709.753.2749
and he will be happy to assist you with any questions you may have.
2) Job Opportunity: Craft Council Clay Studio Coordinator,
St. John's (NL)
The
Craft Council of Newfoundland and
Labrador requires a part-time Clay Studio Coordinator for the overall
operation of its Clay Studio in St. John's. Deadline: June 7, 2010 by 5pm
Energy,
enthusiasm for Clay Arts and excellent time management skills are
essential for this position. Under direction of the Craft Council Clay
Committee, the Clay Studio Coordinators' duties shall include: - Technical
clay studio operations including: kiln and glaze kitchen operation,
equipment maintenance and responsibility for performing/organizing
studio cleaning.
- Coordinating open studio sessions; workshops
and classes
- Marketing these and other promotional activities to
the broader craft community and the general public under the direction
of the Clay Committee.
- Other duties as required.
The
Craft Council clay studio operation is assisted by a diverse group of
volunteers whom the Coordinator will work alongside. The ability to
interact positively within a teamwork environment is paramount to
success in our organization.
Salary is $15.53 per hour for
24 per week.
Please forward
resume and cover letter by June 7, 2010, 5pm to:
Chairman
- Clay Committee Craft Council of Newfoundland and Labrador 59
Duckworth Street, St. John's, NL, A1C 1E6 or by email: info@craftcouncil.nl.ca
3) Invitation to Members: Craft Alliance Conference Reception, St. John's (NL)
Date: Tuesday, June 8, 2010 from 5:00pm
Over the past 32 years, the four Atlantic provincial governments
have been working together to assist the craft industry in Atlantic
Canada. The Atlantic Craft
Trade Show (ACTS) has been the main trade activity for this purpose.
Over the past 3 years the government partners involved in producing
ACTS have been working on a new organizational model to more effectively
involve and engage the craft industry in our region.
As a result, a new trade association has been formed to further
develop the Atlantic Craft Trade Show and begin the process of
government and industry partners working together on a pan-Atlantic
basis for the benefit of all craft related organizations in Atlantic
Canada.
2010 Conference, June 7-9
The Craft Alliance will be holding a conference in St. John's, NL from June 7-9, 2010. The Craft Council will be holding a reception for delegates and Craft Council members on Tuesday, June 8, 2010 from 5pm at the Devon House Craft Centre. If you have participated in or are interested in going to ACTS this is a good time to come and ask questions. Or, if you just have an interest in the Craft Alliance and would like to meet other people involved in the Craft Industry please join us as well.
http://craftalliance.ca
4) Clay Studio Kids Workshop Starting This Saturday
Looking for something for the kids to do while you
enjoy your Saturday mornings?
The Clay Studio is offering a brand new "Saturday
Morning Kids" classes starting this Saturday, June 5th. Classes run
for five weeks from 9-11:30am and only cost $150 including HST, clay and
instruction. To register please email: claystudio@craftcouncil.nl.ca
or call 709-753-2534.
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Professional Opportunities
NEW! 5) Call for Submissions: Exhibition Opportunity: TALENTE
Deadline for Submissions: October 1, 2010
TALENTE, the international competition for young artists, craftsmen, makers, designers and technicians, seeks candidates from the crafts, from arts academies, and from the sphere of science and technology.
The chosen works will be shown on the International Trade Fair for the Skilled Trades in Munich from 16th to 22nd March 2011. The age limit for designers is 33 years of age, and the closing date is the 1st October 2010.
Further information and application documents can be downloaded at:
http://www.hwk-muenchen.de
or contact Dr. Michaela Braesel, michaela.braesel@hwk-muenchen.de
NEW! 6) Call for Entry: Menorah
Deadline: October 25, 2010, 6pm Pacific Time
The Burquest Jewish Community Association in Coquitlam, BC, seeks applicants for their Chanukah Menorah Design Competition & Auction. Artists from all communities are welcome to submit artwork that interprets the meaning of Chanukah and the menorah design.
For more information visit:
http://www.portcoquitlam.ca/__shared/assets/Menorah_Chanukah_Rules_Submission_Details2010_final8438.pdf
7) Next INTRD Product Review Meeting, St. John's (NL)
Just a reminder that the next INTRD Product Review meeting will be held on June 10, 2010. If you are planning to submit products for review please complete the form and submit to Karen Thistle as soon as possible.
Craft producers intending to access the Craft Industry Development Program (funding), or any of INTRD's marketing activities (Crafts of Character Brand/Website, Wholesale Marketing - Trade Shows, Wholesale Guide, etc.) must submit their products to Product Review first if they haven't already done so. Please remember that INTRD's Product Review process is not the same as the Craft Council jury process and one does not substitute for the other.
This will be the last Product Review session until September.
8) Call for Submissions: Outdoor Sculpture Garden, The Oeno Gallery, Bloomfield (ON)
Deadline Date: Thursday, July 15, 2010
The Oeno Gallery is in the process of building an outdoor sculpture garden of approximately five acres in size and seeking proposals from arts for sculpture.
The garden will have extensive walking paths; a large spring fed stone quarry, several distinct seating areas, a wildflower field, perennial plantings, groves of various native tree species, a large hill, and specific sites suitable for sculpture of various sizes.
Proposals will be reviewed by the Gallery, and specific works will be selected by a jury consisting of the curator, assistant curator, and two senior sculptures, Works must be original, moder, durable in all seasons, and safely available for viewing by the public in an unsupervised area. Work must also be available for sale to the public or to corporate clients. No electricity is available on the site. Power requirements, if any must be designed with independent solo sources.
Interested artists should send their proposals electronically.
Deadline: Interested artists should submit their proposals by July 15, 2010. Accepted proposals must be ready for installation April 15-30, 2011, and must be on display for a minimum of one year. Installations will change annually during the month of April thereafter.
For more information on submission requirements contact:
Ivan Tanzer, Curatorial Assistant
2774 County Rd. 1, Bloomfield, Prince Edward County, Ontario
613-393-2216
itanzer@oengallery.com
www.oenogallery.com
9) Call for Submissions: 24 Hour Art Marathon Festival, Eastern Edge Gallery, St. John's (NL)
Submission Deadline: Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Eastern Edge Gallery is looking for exciting, engaging contemporary artists! Consider this your invitation to the 2010 Festival!
THE FESTIVAL
For ten years, Eastern Edge Gallery has organized an annual summer arts festival, the 24 Hour Art Marathon. The 24 Hour Art Marathon Festival celebrates all contemporary forms of artistic disciplines with a variety of activities: performance art, spoken work, video, contemporary music, artist talks, workshops, screenings, an outdoor soap-box stage as well as the marathon event; 24 hours creative madness.
WHY WE ARE DIFFERENT
We include artists of all ages and experience, providing opportunities for younger artists to interact with more experienced artists and access a wide range of artistic expression. We're highly participatory with an eye to develop young artists and audiences while celebrating achievement in contemporary art.
WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR
Artists are encouraged to propose a variety of contemporary art actions from small to big which could include: performances; local community collaboration; video/sound/off-site installation; workshops (for all ages or specific)
The festival committee will review all proposals and may contact artists for further information and planning. Eastern Edge is dedicated to paying artists professional fees.
You may submit your proposal via email to easternedgegallery@gmail.com or by mail:
24HAM Fest Submissions
Eastern Edge Gallery
PO Box 2641, Station C
St. John's, NL A1C 6K1
Please note that artists applying to participate in the Marathon Event (24 Hours of live art making on site at 72 Harbour Drive) will be encouraged to apply in separate form at a later date.
Questions? Ask Michelle Bush at easternedgegallery@gmail.com or call 709.739.1882
www.easternedge.ca
10) Call for Entry: RCMP Veterans Association Convention
There is a special "Call for Entry" from the RCMP Veterans Association Convention. They are looking for 16 Exhibitors to sell their products at their convention "Soiree 2011". They expect to have 500-600 delegates at the Sheraton Hotel. The tables are to be set up near the front entrance of the Hotel near the Registration area. Tables are to be rented for $50.
Call Ken Ellis at 722-7474 for dates and more information.
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Grants, Awards, and Funding
NEW! 11) Winners Announced for 2010 EVA Awards
A BIG congratulations to all the nominees and winners of this years EVA Awards, which took place this past Friday. Craft Council Members Tara Bryan, Michael Flaherty, Jason Holley and Luben Boykov were all up for awards. Tara Bryan won The Long Haul Award; Luben Boykov received the Large Year Award which Micheal Flaherty was nominated for as well. Jason Holley was nominated for Emerging Artist and this was won by Jason Penney. The Kippy Goins Award was granted to Jeanette Laaning.
12) For Visual Arts Organizations: 2010 Youth Arts Bursary Program
Application Deadline: Friday, July 16, 2010
This program awards art institutions and artist-run centres up to $7,500 in project grants for visual-arts youth education.
The Youth Arts Bursary has supported arts education in Winnipeg, Lethbridge, Dawson City, Windsor, Ottawa, Halifax, Toronto, Vancouver and Kamloops. Recent recipients include the Southern Alberta Art Gallery for a program in community narrative; the Klondike Institute of Art and Culture for an expansion of its Youth Art Enrichment program; and Art City for a St. James Town program on play in the arts.
For full application guidelines, visit http://canadianart.cmail5.com/t/y/l/bfjyh/khxtjtdj/jt
13) Call for Entries: NICHE magazine is now accepting applications for the 2011 NICHE Awards competition.
The NICHE Awards program began in 1989 to celebrate excellence and innovation in American and Canadian fine craft. Artists are recognized in professional and student divisions.
Winners will be announced at a ceremony in Philadelphia on February 18, 2011 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center, held in conjunction with the Buyers Market of American Craft.
For more information regarding the 2011 NICHE Awards, please contact us.
Email: erinh@rosengrp.com
Phone: 410.889.2933 ext. 206
Fax: 443.524.2644
http://www.nicheawards.com/
http://www.buyersmarketofamericancraft.com/
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Courses, Workshops, and Seminars
NEW! 14) Summer Classes: The College of Craft & Design, Fredericton (NB)
The College of Craft and Design is founding and Principal Partner with the City of Fredericton in edVentures, the award-winning summer program of culture, art and craft workshops. 130 are scheduled for the upcoming 2010 season, starting July 5, with many delivered by College instructors in campus studios and classrooms. A reminder that the deadline for the 15% early bird discount is May 31.
More information at the following link:
http://thebeltongroup.ca/campaigns/frederictontourism/earlybird2010/
15) Art Classes: Upcoming Adult Classes, Anna Templeton Centre, St. John's (NL)
The next roster of upcoming Adult Classes at the Anna are all set! Sign yourself up to learn something new today!
To enroll in classes go to www.annatempletoncentre.com, call 739-7623 or drop by 278 Duckworth Street during office hours, Monday-Friday, 8:30-4:30
For more information, email: annatempletoncentre@gmail.com
There's also a lot of great programs for kids this summer at the Anna Templeton Centre.
You'll find the full details and schedule on our website www.annatempletoncentre.com.
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Events and Exhibits
NEW! 16) Alexis Templeton Studio - Icebergs in June
June is often when icebergs arrive on our shores- if they're going to come at all, of course. To celebrate a phenomenon that never fails to take our breath away, Alexis has invited local artists to help fill the studio with their interpretations of these majestic ice castles. She'll include some of her crystalline pieces, as well!
Hours: Weekdays by chance or appointment; Saturday 10am-5pm
75 Quidi Vidi Rd., St. John's, NL
For more information contact Alexis at 709-754-2047 or alexis@nf.sympatico.ca.
www.alexistempleton.com
17) Exhibition: College of the North Atlantic Graduate Exhibition, St. John's (NL)
Graduate Exhibit: May 29 - June 13
Admission is free
The College of the North Atlantic is thrilled to announce the graduation of ten students from its Textiles: Craft and Apparel Program.
Running With Scissors
Come to Running with Scissors - a fashion show and exhibition featuring textile art and apparel pieces created by the graduates. This year's senior students have spent the last year majoring in different studio areas, including apparel construction, knit, quilt and embroidery, and weave. From a wearable knitted house to flying pigs, come out and see how the artists have taken inspiration from a wide variety of themes - the dream world, mental health, modern femininity...
Guided group tours available upon request.
For more information call Katie Parnham at 757-8178.
18) Exhibition: The Leyton Gallery of Fine Art, St. John's (NL)
Dates: May 29-June 20, 2010
The Leyton Gallery of Fine Art is pleased to present two new solo exhibitions.
Please join us in Reading a Garden, an exhibition of garden scenes from Ireland, painted by artist Margaret Ryall. Exhibition opens Saturday, May 29th, 2010, from 3-5pm. Refreshments will be served and the artist will be in attendance. Artist talk to follow on Sunday June 6th, at 2pm. Show closes June 20th, 2010.
Come along on a whimsical jaunt through the great outdoors with paintings by Jennifer Barrett. The exhibition Outdoorsy, opens Saturday May 29th, from 3-5pm. Refreshments will be served, and the artist will be in attendance. Show closes June 20th, 2010.
The Leyton Gallery of Fine Art is located on Clift's-Baird's cove, off Water Street. Telephone: 722-7177, leytongallery@nf.aibn.com, www.theleytongallery.com.
19) Exhibition: Shorelines, The Rooms, St. John's (NL)
Dates: May 27-September 26, 2010
Shorelines is an exhibition featuring Anthony Kelly, Slavek Kwi and David Stalling from Ireland, and Angela Antle, Pierre LeBlanc and Anne Troake from Newfoundland and Labrador.
These artists have created artworks in response to visits to the Port au Port Peninsula, NL and the West Coast of Ireland; their moving image, photo-installation and sound works function as metaphors for change.
Shorelines is organized through Sir Wilfred Grenfell College Art Gallery and curated by Charlotte Jones and Sean McCrum.
The Rooms Provincial Art Gallery
www.therooms.ca
757.8000 9 Bonaventure Ave. St. John's NL
20) Schedule of Events for Cupids 400! Celebration Program
The Schedule of Events is now complete! You can view it on the website at http://www.cupids400.com/english/events/may10.php. As well, you can get a sneak preview and download our Celebration Program, which will be available in hard copy June 1st!
Updates and the latest information will be posted on our website and you can also follow us on Twitter and Facebook. And be sure to check out the blog at www.cupidscovechatter.com.
It's going to be an exciting summer in Cupids - don't miss it!
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General Interest
NEW! 21) Sale at Ecowise This Weekend!
All must go - thread, binding, webbing, velcro, natural dye fabric rolls, fabric ends and seconds!
Happening this weekend June 3-4 at 245 Duckworth Street, Suite 203 from 9am-5pm. Call 753-9473 or 699-7183 with any questions.
NEW! 22) Craft Council Member has New On-line Store
Ruth Weller-Malchow of CONDO myplayground has added to her website with an online store. Check it out at www.condo-myplayground.com.
NEW! 23) Artist in Residence Looking For Visitors
If anyone has time/interested in taking a trip out to Terra Nova Park drop by and visit Artist in Residence Suzen Green.
About 200 metres from the Trans Canada Highway in Terra Nova National Park, artist Suzen Green is working the woods in yarn. Green, a Newfoundland-born visual artist presently based in Montreal, Quebec, is the most recent artist-in-residence through The Rooms in Terra Nova National Park. Living in a cabin located beside the Warden's Office, Green is making art about the Terra Nova landscape, local CBC Radio and personal memories growing up in Eastern Newfoundland. Hooking rugs about moose encounters, knitting socks to root a person in place and photographing the absurdity of a city girl caught in the woods, Green is responding to the Terra Nova experience through humour, needles and yarn.
Suzen Green is the Artist-in-Residence in Terra Nova National Park from May 24 - June 18, 2010. For more information about Art in the Park contact park staff at (709) 533-2801.
Suzen Green is a Newfoundland-born visual artist based out of Montreal, QC where she is currently completing an MFA in Fibres at Concordia University. Primarily a textile artist, Green works with traditional textile techniques in sculptural and performative contexts. Most recently, Green has exhibited a hand knitted sweater designed to fit a group of nine people. More information about Green and her work can be found at http://www.suzengreen.com.
E-mail: suzengreen@gmail.com
24) Craft Council Member looking for chairs
Member, Christina Hilborne, is looking for some of those old wooden stacking chairs, auditorium style, the ones with the square seat which is molded and shaped a bit to be vaguely ergonomic, metal legs and a wooden back which is essentially a strip of curved wood. She wants to dismantle them and use some parts for a couple of new pieces of sculpture.
Contact her at: theshop@splinteredminx.com
25) Craft Council Member has new website.
Member and carver Elias Semigak has a new website up and running that he created through Piczo.com. View Elias' work at www.eliastgsart.piczo.com.
26) Canada Council is looking for your input.
The Canada Council for the Arts is conducting a consultation with the public in order to gather input on their strategic planning process. A consultation paper has been produced, which can be downloaded online. Those who would like to give feedback are welcome to review the document and complete an online survey. For more information, visit: http://www.canadacouncil.ca/aboutus/StratPlan2011-14/default.htm
Please provide your thoughts, and contribute to the direction of the council's activity. All opinions are welcome, so please share this link with your membership.
A tip: Be careful of your answers in the online survey - once you click NEXT on each question, you are not permitted to make changes.
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