Culture Days at C2 Centre for Craft

Event Date • September 28, 2018 12:00 pm - September 29, 2018 4:00 pm Location • C2 Centre for Craft Published • August 16, 2018

There are many events to enjoy at C2 Centre for Craft during Culture Days weekend and Nuit Blanche. From the new MCML exhibition, Coalescence: Craft, Canadians and Culture, to a black light EDM knitting party, there will be something for everyone!

 

All events listed below will occur at C2 Centre for Craft over Culture Days weekend, are wheelchair accessible and free to the public.

Coalescence: Craft, Canadians and Culture

MCML Heritage Gallery:

Celebrate Canadian cultural diversity and the 90thAnniversary of the founding of the Crafts Guild of Manitoba through a new exhibit curated by the Manitoba Crafts Museum and Library. In 1928 a New Canadian Folksong and Handicrafts Festival, organized by the Guild and the Canadian Pacific Railway, sought to provide a venue for new and established Canadians to get acquainted.  The festival included 13 different nations, with their art, music, culture on display. Our exhibit pays homage to this original festival and also showcases craft from Canadian newcomers.

 

 

#366Hooks

An exhibition by Matt Jenkins of Cloverdale Forge
Exhibition Runs September 7 – October 27, 2018

#366Hooks is an exhibition of work from one (leap) year in the life of blacksmith Matt Jenkins of Cloverdale Forge.  In this collection, the hook is both motif and muse for Jenkins as he seeks creative inspiration through a “hook-a-day” project he could sink his hammer into.  #366Hooks is an exploration of the materials, tools, and techniques of blacksmithing circa 1850 reinterpreted through a contemporary lens and shared through daily Instagram posts.

 

 

Live Demonstrations by Cloverdale Forge

Friday, September 28, 12 – 4 pm

Cloverdale Forge will be demonstrating copper and steel metalsmithing techniques within the gallery to compliment #366Hooks exhibition currently on display. Come watch Matt swing his hammer!

 

 

An Evening with Rebecca Kamen and Reva Stone

Friday, September 28, 7 pm

Science as artist’s material? Hell yeah! Come on out to hear Rebecca and Reva talk about how they mine the content of science to produce evocative, challenging, and inspiring works that connect, communicate, and consider the relationships between Art and Science. Read more.

Black Light Knitting Party

Saturday, September 29, 7 – 9 pm

Start your Winnipeg Nuit Blanche off with an Electronic Dance Music bang! The Manitoba Craft Council is holding an EDM blacklight knitting party. Bring your own yarn or use some that is provided (we’ll make sure it glows!). Don’t know how to knit? No worries! Volunteers will be teaching intro stitches or you can dance to the sick beats.

Dust off those knitting needles for a night out on the town at the C2 Centre for Craft, 329 Cumberland Ave. 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. Neon attire encouraged!