May you live in Pinteresting times
Published • June 11, 2013
In just a couple of years, Pinterest has established itself as an attractive and essential online haunt for creative types. It might already be a regular staple of your...
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Flashback Friday :: Holding the Light
Today’s flashback takes us right back to the very beginning of the Manitoba Craft Council. On February 17, 1978, the MCC, then known as the Council of Manitoba Artisans, was...
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Flashback Fridays :: Narratives in Clay
Her name and work looked so familiar, I knew I had seen it somewhere recently. A quick Google search jogged my memory; yes, it was at the WAG’s “Feast” exhibition...
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Flashback Friday :: A fragile art
Looking through our member archives box today, I was again reminded of how much things shift over time. So many file tags show familiar names, but just as many are...
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Flashback Friday :: Ceramic Artist to the Royals
Combing through the MCC archives this week, I came across a file marked “Barbara Balfour.” The folder seemed a little thicker than most, and indeed, it contained a number of...
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Flashback Friday :: The Art of Birdwatching
Today’s Flashback Friday is brought to you by the fine folks at the Winnipeg Public Library. Spring is in full swing and a chorus of bird songs fill the air. ...
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Flashback Friday :: Kirk Creed, Journeyman Potter
While I had seen his name on MCC’s lifetime honorary member list many times, I met Kirk Creed for the first time at this year’s For the Love of Craft...
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MCC's Office Hours
We’re at 553-70 Arthur st, Winnipeg, Mb. We will be closed between December 25-January 2, returning on January 3rd. We will be making some adjustments to our office hours in...
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Flashback Friday – Funky and Heartfelt
Published • April 26, 2013
Today we’re taking you back to 2002 for Nancy Hall’s exhibition of hooked rugs, Tread Softly. The Winnipeg Free Press review by Amy Karlinsky brings Nancy’s work to life again....
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Saves Nine – in process and behind the scenes
Published • April 24, 2013
Image credit: Leah Decter “Five blanket suite: jack pine” (detail) size variable Hudson bay blankets, wood 2008-2013 Saves Nine is an upcoming MCC exhibition that sets out to be...
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