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Happy
2012 from the Alberta Craft Council!
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I am
excited to report that the Alberta Craft Council has had an exceptionally
good 2011. Considering the state of the economy (recovering but
not booming) and the on-going state of provincial arts funding in
Alberta (still 16% lower than two years ago), our Craft Council
has had several important recent successes.
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more...
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| Mandate
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Since
1980 the Alberta Craft Council has organized exhibitions, publications,
marketing ventures, education projects and information services
for its members and the general public.
The
Alberta Craft Council's Mission:
To promote, develop and advocate for fine craft in Alberta.
The
Alberta Craft Council's Organization Aims:
To support contemporary and heritage crafts as significant art forms
that contribute to Alberta's culture. To develop an Alberta craft
sector of creative, skilled, viable, and sustainable craftspeople,
studios, businesses and networks.
For
more information on our programs and services
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2011
Annual Report
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The
2011 Alberta Craft Council Annual Report is available now for
you to download as a pdf file. Here
For
more information email
us or give us a call 780.488.6611
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Alberta
Craft Council Strategic Plan
2008 - 2011
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Read
the full Alberta Craft Council Strategic Plan
2008 - 2011 download here:
Read
the outcomes and results from the 2007/08 Strategic Plan
here
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Join
the Alberta Craft Council Today
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Click
Here to read about the benefits of becoming a member
and to download a member application form
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Copyright
notice
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©
The
contents of this web site, including all text and images in
the INFO, EXHIBITS, SHOPPING, EVENTS and CONTACTS sections
as well as all other pages of www.albertacraft.ab.ca, are
protected under Canadian and International copyright law and
may not be reproduced, distributed or otherwise used except
for personal, non-commercial purposes, without the express
written consent of the Alberta Craft Council. For information
about obtaining quality reproductions of any of the images
used on this site for publication or other commercial use,
contact the Alberta
Craft Council. We will be glad to communicate with the
artists regarding appropriate permissions and to discuss the
payment of royalties.
The
artists hold the exclusive right to copy, distribute, sell,
or create derivatives of the original images. It is not permitted
to reproduce, re-post, redistribute or alter these images,
in whole or in part - through existing means, or by means
yet to be invented - without the prior written permission
of the artist.
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NEWS
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Alberta
Ceramic Artist Les Manning Named to Order of Canada
Medicine
Hat – In recognition of a body of work that spans four decades,
Medicine Hat artist Les Manning was named a Member of the Order
of Canada. The announcement, which came on December 30, 2011 from
Canada’s Governor General’s office, celebrated “his contributions
to the promotion of ceramics, as an artist, teacher and arts advocate.”
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more...
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Call
for Entry
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Deadline
for submissions:
February 15, 2012
Exhibition
Dates:
April 14 - July 7,
Alberta Craft Council, Edmonton
Details
Deadline
for Entry: August 31 2012
Details
Deadline
for Entry: April 27, 2012
Details
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Spotlight
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Artist
Spotlight for January: Margie Davidson
Artist
Talk:
January 26,
6pm - 8pm
2012
is the launch of the Alberta Craft Council Gallery Shop's monthly
artist spotlight highlighting work by consignor artists. This January
we are featuring a retrospective display of Margie Davidson's quilted
landscapes. Join us Thursday January 26th from 6pm to 8pm for light
refreshments and an evening of discovering more about Margie's craft
practice.
Margie
Davidson is a quilt artist and surface designer in Edmonton. Her
love of colour is joyfully expressed through the fabrics she paints
and the quilts she creates. She has been a quiltmaker for more than
20 years with her art quilts having been exhibited in local and
national shows across Canada as well as Ireland and the United States.
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2011
Craft Awards
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The
Alberta Craft Council is excited to announce the recipients of the
7th Annual Alberta Craft Awards.
Linda
Stanier & Family Memorial Award:
Voyager Art &
Tile - Red Deer, AB
Award
of Honour:
Simon Wroot - Calgary,
AB
Award
of Excellence -Contemporary:
Jackie Anderson
- Calgary, AB
Award
of Excellence -Heritage:
Ilya Oratovsky
- Edmonton, AB
Award
of Achievement:
Jennea Frischke
- Calgary, AB
These
awards recognize the value and contribution of individuals to Alberta's
fine craft culture.
The
recipients will be featured
in a Discovery Gallery exhibition in Edmonton January 7 through
February 11, 2012
The
Alberta Craft Council would like to thank DADE Art and Design Lab
for hosting the Awards Ceremony. For more informatiton on DADE Art
and Design Lab please call or email the ACC at 780-488-6611 or acc@albertacraft.ab.ca
Meet
all the 2011 nominees by following this link
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Kudos
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Share
your stories. If you are an an ACC member who has recently
won an award, received a grant, have an upcoming exhibition.. etc.
Let us know. We want to promote your accomplishments! - email Laura
at acc@albertacraft.ab.ca.
Gardiner
Museum presents: Greg Payce Illusions from Feb 2 - May 6.
This landmark solo exhibition will feature the large-scale ceramic
installations for which Payce has received international acclaim,
as well as more recent and critically-praised work that combines
ceramics, photography and video. Exhibition curator Amy Gogarty.
ACC
member Anita Nawrocki has an upcoming exhibition and workshop
at Gallery at Milner (Stanley A. Milner Library) in Edmonton. Anita's
exhibition Postage Stamps as Messengers of Culture runs from February
2 - 29, and her free workshop is on February 12 from 2 - 4:30pm.
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Feature
Gallery
January
14 – April 7, 2012
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THINKING
BIG:
Unveiling Public Art Projects
January 14
– April 7, 2012
Exhibition
Reception: Saturday, January 14, from 2 - 4 pm
more
info and images from the Exhibition Reception
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Discovery
Gallery
January
7 – February 11, 2012 |
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The
Recipients
of the 2011 Craft Awards
January
7 – February 11, 2012
opening reception: January 14, 2-4 pm
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info
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to the Discovery Gallery in February |
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WHAT’S
A GIRL TO DO?
FELTED HATS BY VIRGINIA STEPHEN THAT EXPLORE LIFE’S ISSUES.
FEB 18 - MAR 24, 2012 | RECEPTION: SATURDAY, FEB 18, FROM 2-4PM
Edmonton
fibre artist, Virginia Stephen, explores a variety of life issues
she faces through hand felted hats in her exhibition What’s a Girl
to Do. The inspiration for Virginia’s exhibition began with a felted
hat, “What’s a Girl to Do?? - less is less” created for the 2011
Alberta Craft Council In the Red group exhibition. Virginia’s felted
hats are designed not to be worn on the head but to explore many
of those life issues that affect the headspace of this artist. Individual
themes include issues of balance, work stress, keeping the magic,
dealing with weather, keeping up appearances, and the relationships
between ‘less’ and ‘more’. Underlying the work is the notion that
it is ‘ok’ to laugh at ourselves and our circumstances, and it is
also ‘ok’ to laugh in a gallery, with or at the art.
Virginia
Stephen holds an MA in Visual and Performing Arts Education and
undergraduate degrees in both art history and arts education. Currently
Executive Director of Liberal Studies, Faculty of Extension at the
University of Alberta, Virginia brings to her practice over 25 years
of experience as a painter, arts and museum educator, senior arts
administrator and consultant.
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WOMEN
CLAY SCULPTURES BY KEITH TURNBULL.
FEB 18 - MAR 24, 2012 | RECEPTION: SATURDAY, FEB 18, FROM 2-4PM
“In
our western society, we are bombarded with very specific ideals
of beauty, based on youth, slender bodies and regular features.
But of course these so-called ideals have nothing to do with who
women really are and how they really look. Their real beauty has
little if anything to do with media images. My show tries to deal
with the disconnect between popular image and reality.” – Keith
Turnbull
Keith
believes that our real heroes are not those that receive riches
and awards, but those who modestly work, raise children, create
art, share their knowledge and continue the struggle for a human
society on the surface of our beautiful planet. He especially likes
to work from live models who are representative of the diversity
of the population, and who themselves are interesting people who
enjoy the creative atmosphere of the sculpture studio. These models,
and the resultant sculptures, represent a wide range of body types,
ethnicities and ages to show the true beauty of women.
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For
a complete listing of 2012 ACC exhibitions, click
here
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| Exhibitons
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Natural Flow: Contemporary Alberta Glass
Natural
Flow:
Contemporary Alberta Glass was curated by Joanne Marion and organized
by the Esplanade Art Gallery in collaboration with the Alberta
Craft Council and The Calgary Glass Initiative, and is accompanied
by a catalogue and a website www.natural-flow.ca
Clay
2010 featured works bought by the Alberta Foundation
for the Arts and appeared in the ACC gallery April 10 through
July 3, 2010. View it online here
http://www.clay2010.com/
Prairie
Excellence
Appeared in the ACC Gallery October 2 - December 18, 2010
It is a unique project jointly organized by the Alberta, Saskatchewan
and Manitoba Craft Councils. The exhibition highlights a cross-selection
of the best in fine craft in the prairie provinces. The exhibition
will appear in multiple locations in all three prairie provinces
and then tour nationally and internationally for several years.
View it online here:
www.prairie-excellence.ca
Follow
this link for a review in Planet S Magazine from Saskatoon SK
Follow
this link for a story in the Winnipeg Free Press
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Discovery Exhibitions |
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THE
RECIPIENTS
of the 2010 Craft Awards
Read
more about the 2010 Alberta Craft Awards here
All
past recipients and nominees can be found here
The
16% Exhibition 
January 15 - March 26, 2011
Click on this link to show your support for the arts
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