Alberta Craft Council
@albertacraft.bsky.social
Alberta Craft is a charity & non profit supporting, celebrating & advocating for the talented Craft artists & Craft sector in Alberta Canada. Visit us in person for free public exhibitions & shops in Edmonton & Calgary or online @ www.albertacraft.ab.ca
🐾 You're invited! Join Alberta Craft Calgary for the Treat exhibition reception — a celebration of the pets we adore and the artists who honour them.
From fluffy to feathery, scaly to sweet, Treat explores the special bond we share with our animal companions through Craft.
📅 SAT, JUL 5, 2 - 4pm
From fluffy to feathery, scaly to sweet, Treat explores the special bond we share with our animal companions through Craft.
📅 SAT, JUL 5, 2 - 4pm
July 2, 2025 at 4:30 PM
🐾 You're invited! Join Alberta Craft Calgary for the Treat exhibition reception — a celebration of the pets we adore and the artists who honour them.
From fluffy to feathery, scaly to sweet, Treat explores the special bond we share with our animal companions through Craft.
📅 SAT, JUL 5, 2 - 4pm
From fluffy to feathery, scaly to sweet, Treat explores the special bond we share with our animal companions through Craft.
📅 SAT, JUL 5, 2 - 4pm
✨ Discovery Gallery Call: We’re looking for solo or small group Craft exhibitions that show off skill, innovation, and creativity.
🗓 Deadline: 09/01/25
🛍 Gallery Shop Call: Are you an Alberta-based Craft artist looking to sell your work? Apply now to join our shop!
🗓 First deadline: 07/08/25
🗓 Deadline: 09/01/25
🛍 Gallery Shop Call: Are you an Alberta-based Craft artist looking to sell your work? Apply now to join our shop!
🗓 First deadline: 07/08/25
June 20, 2025 at 6:31 PM
✨ Discovery Gallery Call: We’re looking for solo or small group Craft exhibitions that show off skill, innovation, and creativity.
🗓 Deadline: 09/01/25
🛍 Gallery Shop Call: Are you an Alberta-based Craft artist looking to sell your work? Apply now to join our shop!
🗓 First deadline: 07/08/25
🗓 Deadline: 09/01/25
🛍 Gallery Shop Call: Are you an Alberta-based Craft artist looking to sell your work? Apply now to join our shop!
🗓 First deadline: 07/08/25
Craft Perspectives showcases new works inspired by historical objects, archival collections, and cultural artifacts found across the province. Artists have delved into museum vaults, explored archival treasures, and uncovered forgotten stories—reimagining them through the lens of contemporary Craft.
June 13, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Craft Perspectives showcases new works inspired by historical objects, archival collections, and cultural artifacts found across the province. Artists have delved into museum vaults, explored archival treasures, and uncovered forgotten stories—reimagining them through the lens of contemporary Craft.
This Saturday at Alberta Craft - Edmonton! 🪨🐾
Celebrate the final day of our pet-themed exhibition "Treat" with a FREE drop-in Pet Rock Make & Take!
✨ No RSVP needed
✨ Ages 6+ (under 10s need supervision)
✨ All supplies included
Adopt the easiest pet ever—no feeding, walking, or grooming required.
Celebrate the final day of our pet-themed exhibition "Treat" with a FREE drop-in Pet Rock Make & Take!
✨ No RSVP needed
✨ Ages 6+ (under 10s need supervision)
✨ All supplies included
Adopt the easiest pet ever—no feeding, walking, or grooming required.
June 4, 2025 at 7:25 PM
This Saturday at Alberta Craft - Edmonton! 🪨🐾
Celebrate the final day of our pet-themed exhibition "Treat" with a FREE drop-in Pet Rock Make & Take!
✨ No RSVP needed
✨ Ages 6+ (under 10s need supervision)
✨ All supplies included
Adopt the easiest pet ever—no feeding, walking, or grooming required.
Celebrate the final day of our pet-themed exhibition "Treat" with a FREE drop-in Pet Rock Make & Take!
✨ No RSVP needed
✨ Ages 6+ (under 10s need supervision)
✨ All supplies included
Adopt the easiest pet ever—no feeding, walking, or grooming required.
Looking for a beautiful card to accompany your gift?
Alberta fiber artist Darcy Gusse-Edinga creates stunning card designs inspired by her original silk scarves.
View more of Darcy's cards (and silk scarves!) in our Edmonton store or online!
Alberta fiber artist Darcy Gusse-Edinga creates stunning card designs inspired by her original silk scarves.
View more of Darcy's cards (and silk scarves!) in our Edmonton store or online!
May 30, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Looking for a beautiful card to accompany your gift?
Alberta fiber artist Darcy Gusse-Edinga creates stunning card designs inspired by her original silk scarves.
View more of Darcy's cards (and silk scarves!) in our Edmonton store or online!
Alberta fiber artist Darcy Gusse-Edinga creates stunning card designs inspired by her original silk scarves.
View more of Darcy's cards (and silk scarves!) in our Edmonton store or online!
🎙️ Fri, May 30 @ 8:40am MT — Fern Facette joins CKUA’s Alberta Morning to talk about Symptomatology, her solo show on ADHD + fibre art. 🧵 Join us Sat, 2–4pm at Alberta Craft Edmonton for the opening!
#AlbertaArt #FibreArt #CKUA #ADHDAwareness
#AlbertaArt #FibreArt #CKUA #ADHDAwareness
May 27, 2025 at 4:51 PM
🎙️ Fri, May 30 @ 8:40am MT — Fern Facette joins CKUA’s Alberta Morning to talk about Symptomatology, her solo show on ADHD + fibre art. 🧵 Join us Sat, 2–4pm at Alberta Craft Edmonton for the opening!
#AlbertaArt #FibreArt #CKUA #ADHDAwareness
#AlbertaArt #FibreArt #CKUA #ADHDAwareness
New work in the Edmonton shop by Teresa Wyss!🌻
These porcelain vessels feature robust colours and dynamic designs in a sgraffito technique, which gives the surface a slightly raised, carved texture. A perfect gift for anyone who loves screen-printed artwork and graphic bold lines.
These porcelain vessels feature robust colours and dynamic designs in a sgraffito technique, which gives the surface a slightly raised, carved texture. A perfect gift for anyone who loves screen-printed artwork and graphic bold lines.
May 9, 2025 at 4:25 PM
New work in the Edmonton shop by Teresa Wyss!🌻
These porcelain vessels feature robust colours and dynamic designs in a sgraffito technique, which gives the surface a slightly raised, carved texture. A perfect gift for anyone who loves screen-printed artwork and graphic bold lines.
These porcelain vessels feature robust colours and dynamic designs in a sgraffito technique, which gives the surface a slightly raised, carved texture. A perfect gift for anyone who loves screen-printed artwork and graphic bold lines.
📢 New work from Suzette Knudsen! 🌼 Hand-painted porcelain inspired by Alberta’s native wildflowers—crafted from local clay & sketched on the trail. Now available in Calgary, Edmonton & online!
🌸 Which Alberta wildflower would you love to see? Tell us! 👇
🌸 Which Alberta wildflower would you love to see? Tell us! 👇
May 1, 2025 at 5:33 PM
📢 New work from Suzette Knudsen! 🌼 Hand-painted porcelain inspired by Alberta’s native wildflowers—crafted from local clay & sketched on the trail. Now available in Calgary, Edmonton & online!
🌸 Which Alberta wildflower would you love to see? Tell us! 👇
🌸 Which Alberta wildflower would you love to see? Tell us! 👇
Alberta Craft is hiring four fresh faces to join our team this summer with support from Canada Summer Jobs!
This is an exciting opportunity for emerging artists and art administrators who want to expand their skills in a supportive environment while working with Alberta Craft artists.
This is an exciting opportunity for emerging artists and art administrators who want to expand their skills in a supportive environment while working with Alberta Craft artists.
April 22, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Alberta Craft is hiring four fresh faces to join our team this summer with support from Canada Summer Jobs!
This is an exciting opportunity for emerging artists and art administrators who want to expand their skills in a supportive environment while working with Alberta Craft artists.
This is an exciting opportunity for emerging artists and art administrators who want to expand their skills in a supportive environment while working with Alberta Craft artists.
Easter Holiday Hours 🐰⏲️
Our Gallery + Shops in Calgary and Edmonton will be closed on Friday, April 18 and open regular hours on Saturday, April 19.
Image: Monolith, 'Bored' by Cory Porterfield $250
Wildlife Sculpture (Rabbit) by Holly Boone $72
www.shopalbertacraft.com
Our Gallery + Shops in Calgary and Edmonton will be closed on Friday, April 18 and open regular hours on Saturday, April 19.
Image: Monolith, 'Bored' by Cory Porterfield $250
Wildlife Sculpture (Rabbit) by Holly Boone $72
www.shopalbertacraft.com
April 17, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Easter Holiday Hours 🐰⏲️
Our Gallery + Shops in Calgary and Edmonton will be closed on Friday, April 18 and open regular hours on Saturday, April 19.
Image: Monolith, 'Bored' by Cory Porterfield $250
Wildlife Sculpture (Rabbit) by Holly Boone $72
www.shopalbertacraft.com
Our Gallery + Shops in Calgary and Edmonton will be closed on Friday, April 18 and open regular hours on Saturday, April 19.
Image: Monolith, 'Bored' by Cory Porterfield $250
Wildlife Sculpture (Rabbit) by Holly Boone $72
www.shopalbertacraft.com
Call for Alberta Craft Council Board of Directors
Submit your expression of interest by May 15, 2025
www.albertacraft.ab.ca/volunteer-op...
Submit your expression of interest by May 15, 2025
www.albertacraft.ab.ca/volunteer-op...
April 16, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Call for Alberta Craft Council Board of Directors
Submit your expression of interest by May 15, 2025
www.albertacraft.ab.ca/volunteer-op...
Submit your expression of interest by May 15, 2025
www.albertacraft.ab.ca/volunteer-op...
Joint reception: Treat & Rebus Plates For Our Times
Alberta Craft Gallery - Edmonton
Today from 2 - 4pm
Join Alberta Craft and the artists in attendance for the joint reception of our feature group exhibition Treat and Mirelle Perron's solo exhibition Rebus Plates For Our Times.
Alberta Craft Gallery - Edmonton
Today from 2 - 4pm
Join Alberta Craft and the artists in attendance for the joint reception of our feature group exhibition Treat and Mirelle Perron's solo exhibition Rebus Plates For Our Times.
April 12, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Joint reception: Treat & Rebus Plates For Our Times
Alberta Craft Gallery - Edmonton
Today from 2 - 4pm
Join Alberta Craft and the artists in attendance for the joint reception of our feature group exhibition Treat and Mirelle Perron's solo exhibition Rebus Plates For Our Times.
Alberta Craft Gallery - Edmonton
Today from 2 - 4pm
Join Alberta Craft and the artists in attendance for the joint reception of our feature group exhibition Treat and Mirelle Perron's solo exhibition Rebus Plates For Our Times.
📢Coming up next in our Calgary Gallery
Makers' Dozen - Earring Edition
April 19 - June 21, 2025
Reception: Saturday, April 26, 2 - 4pm
Featuring 13 artists and 65 pairs of earrings! Explore a diversity of approaches, from traditional goldsmithing and intricate beading to experimental metalwork.
Makers' Dozen - Earring Edition
April 19 - June 21, 2025
Reception: Saturday, April 26, 2 - 4pm
Featuring 13 artists and 65 pairs of earrings! Explore a diversity of approaches, from traditional goldsmithing and intricate beading to experimental metalwork.
April 8, 2025 at 8:27 PM
📢Coming up next in our Calgary Gallery
Makers' Dozen - Earring Edition
April 19 - June 21, 2025
Reception: Saturday, April 26, 2 - 4pm
Featuring 13 artists and 65 pairs of earrings! Explore a diversity of approaches, from traditional goldsmithing and intricate beading to experimental metalwork.
Makers' Dozen - Earring Edition
April 19 - June 21, 2025
Reception: Saturday, April 26, 2 - 4pm
Featuring 13 artists and 65 pairs of earrings! Explore a diversity of approaches, from traditional goldsmithing and intricate beading to experimental metalwork.
SPOTLIGHT Charis Birchall
Alberta Craft Calgary Gallery
In “Spaces Between” Charis finds inspiration visualizing shapes using the negative space between words in printed blocks of text. She manipulates these shapes to create repeat patterns, which she prints onto fabric using a silkscreen.
Alberta Craft Calgary Gallery
In “Spaces Between” Charis finds inspiration visualizing shapes using the negative space between words in printed blocks of text. She manipulates these shapes to create repeat patterns, which she prints onto fabric using a silkscreen.
April 3, 2025 at 9:21 PM
SPOTLIGHT Charis Birchall
Alberta Craft Calgary Gallery
In “Spaces Between” Charis finds inspiration visualizing shapes using the negative space between words in printed blocks of text. She manipulates these shapes to create repeat patterns, which she prints onto fabric using a silkscreen.
Alberta Craft Calgary Gallery
In “Spaces Between” Charis finds inspiration visualizing shapes using the negative space between words in printed blocks of text. She manipulates these shapes to create repeat patterns, which she prints onto fabric using a silkscreen.
Coming up next in our Discovery Gallery Mireille Perron's Rebus Plates for Our times
April 12 - May 24, 2025
Reception: Saturday, April 12, 2025 | 2 - 4pm
Mireille Perron’s new exhibition blends the art of 19th-century rebus plates with a powerful message for our time.
April 12 - May 24, 2025
Reception: Saturday, April 12, 2025 | 2 - 4pm
Mireille Perron’s new exhibition blends the art of 19th-century rebus plates with a powerful message for our time.
March 31, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Coming up next in our Discovery Gallery Mireille Perron's Rebus Plates for Our times
April 12 - May 24, 2025
Reception: Saturday, April 12, 2025 | 2 - 4pm
Mireille Perron’s new exhibition blends the art of 19th-century rebus plates with a powerful message for our time.
April 12 - May 24, 2025
Reception: Saturday, April 12, 2025 | 2 - 4pm
Mireille Perron’s new exhibition blends the art of 19th-century rebus plates with a powerful message for our time.
📢Coming up next in our Feature Gallery in Edmonton
Treat: an exhibition dedicated to the pets we love and care for
March 22 - June 7, 2025
Reception: Saturday, April 12, 2025 | 2 - 4pm
www.albertacraft.ab.ca/feature-gall...
Image: Oliver’s Castle, Karina Dixon
Treat: an exhibition dedicated to the pets we love and care for
March 22 - June 7, 2025
Reception: Saturday, April 12, 2025 | 2 - 4pm
www.albertacraft.ab.ca/feature-gall...
Image: Oliver’s Castle, Karina Dixon
March 14, 2025 at 5:17 PM
📢Coming up next in our Feature Gallery in Edmonton
Treat: an exhibition dedicated to the pets we love and care for
March 22 - June 7, 2025
Reception: Saturday, April 12, 2025 | 2 - 4pm
www.albertacraft.ab.ca/feature-gall...
Image: Oliver’s Castle, Karina Dixon
Treat: an exhibition dedicated to the pets we love and care for
March 22 - June 7, 2025
Reception: Saturday, April 12, 2025 | 2 - 4pm
www.albertacraft.ab.ca/feature-gall...
Image: Oliver’s Castle, Karina Dixon
Etched Pysanka Workshop with Pamela Shapka
Alberta Craft Gallery + Shop - Edmonton
Saturday, April 5, 2025. 12 - 4PM
Tickets: Alberta Craft Members $30 | General Admission $40
www.eventbrite.ca/e/1273040140...
Alberta Craft Gallery + Shop - Edmonton
Saturday, April 5, 2025. 12 - 4PM
Tickets: Alberta Craft Members $30 | General Admission $40
www.eventbrite.ca/e/1273040140...
March 13, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Etched Pysanka Workshop with Pamela Shapka
Alberta Craft Gallery + Shop - Edmonton
Saturday, April 5, 2025. 12 - 4PM
Tickets: Alberta Craft Members $30 | General Admission $40
www.eventbrite.ca/e/1273040140...
Alberta Craft Gallery + Shop - Edmonton
Saturday, April 5, 2025. 12 - 4PM
Tickets: Alberta Craft Members $30 | General Admission $40
www.eventbrite.ca/e/1273040140...
Pysanka Dyeing Workshop with Pamela Shapka
Alberta Craft Gallery + Shop - Edmonton
Saturday, March 29, 2025 | 12 - 4 PM
Tickets: Alberta Craft Members $30 | General Admission $40
www.eventbrite.ca/e/1273034332...
Alberta Craft Gallery + Shop - Edmonton
Saturday, March 29, 2025 | 12 - 4 PM
Tickets: Alberta Craft Members $30 | General Admission $40
www.eventbrite.ca/e/1273034332...
March 13, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Pysanka Dyeing Workshop with Pamela Shapka
Alberta Craft Gallery + Shop - Edmonton
Saturday, March 29, 2025 | 12 - 4 PM
Tickets: Alberta Craft Members $30 | General Admission $40
www.eventbrite.ca/e/1273034332...
Alberta Craft Gallery + Shop - Edmonton
Saturday, March 29, 2025 | 12 - 4 PM
Tickets: Alberta Craft Members $30 | General Admission $40
www.eventbrite.ca/e/1273034332...
Join us for a behind-the-scenes tour of Earth and Sky: Carpets and Cultures of Asia at Nickle Galleries!
April 5, 2025 | 11am - 1pm
Tickets:
$20 General Admission
$15 Alberta Craft Members
www.eventbrite.ca/e/1243626122...
April 5, 2025 | 11am - 1pm
Tickets:
$20 General Admission
$15 Alberta Craft Members
www.eventbrite.ca/e/1243626122...
February 25, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Join us for a behind-the-scenes tour of Earth and Sky: Carpets and Cultures of Asia at Nickle Galleries!
April 5, 2025 | 11am - 1pm
Tickets:
$20 General Admission
$15 Alberta Craft Members
www.eventbrite.ca/e/1243626122...
April 5, 2025 | 11am - 1pm
Tickets:
$20 General Admission
$15 Alberta Craft Members
www.eventbrite.ca/e/1243626122...
We are delighted to share some recent coverage for our exhibition Innovative Threads: Contemporary Weaving, currently on display in our Calgary Gallery until April 12, 2025.
February 19, 2025 at 5:34 PM
We are delighted to share some recent coverage for our exhibition Innovative Threads: Contemporary Weaving, currently on display in our Calgary Gallery until April 12, 2025.
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📣Alberta Craft Saturday Round-Up
Edmonton #YEG
Today marks the beginning of our "For the Love of Craft: Vintage Craft Sale & Fundraiser." What can you expect? A carefully curated selection of beautiful, affordable vintage craft pieces!
📣Alberta Craft Saturday Round-Up
Edmonton #YEG
Today marks the beginning of our "For the Love of Craft: Vintage Craft Sale & Fundraiser." What can you expect? A carefully curated selection of beautiful, affordable vintage craft pieces!
February 15, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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📣Alberta Craft Saturday Round-Up
Edmonton #YEG
Today marks the beginning of our "For the Love of Craft: Vintage Craft Sale & Fundraiser." What can you expect? A carefully curated selection of beautiful, affordable vintage craft pieces!
📣Alberta Craft Saturday Round-Up
Edmonton #YEG
Today marks the beginning of our "For the Love of Craft: Vintage Craft Sale & Fundraiser." What can you expect? A carefully curated selection of beautiful, affordable vintage craft pieces!
ArtBus is BACK! Save the date, and get ready to hop on the ArtBus on March 22nd!
ArtBus is a free, all-ages one-day event that takes guests across downtown Edmonton to participating galleries and artist-run centres via special ETS buses.
ArtBus is a free, all-ages one-day event that takes guests across downtown Edmonton to participating galleries and artist-run centres via special ETS buses.
February 13, 2025 at 7:31 PM
ArtBus is BACK! Save the date, and get ready to hop on the ArtBus on March 22nd!
ArtBus is a free, all-ages one-day event that takes guests across downtown Edmonton to participating galleries and artist-run centres via special ETS buses.
ArtBus is a free, all-ages one-day event that takes guests across downtown Edmonton to participating galleries and artist-run centres via special ETS buses.
📢For the Love of Craft: Vintage Craft Sale & Fundraiser
February 15 - March 7, 2025
Alberta Craft Feature Gallery - Edmonton
#AlbertaCraft #VintageCraft #CraftSale #EdmontonEvents #CraftCommunity #FundraiserEvent
February 15 - March 7, 2025
Alberta Craft Feature Gallery - Edmonton
#AlbertaCraft #VintageCraft #CraftSale #EdmontonEvents #CraftCommunity #FundraiserEvent
February 12, 2025 at 8:20 PM
📢For the Love of Craft: Vintage Craft Sale & Fundraiser
February 15 - March 7, 2025
Alberta Craft Feature Gallery - Edmonton
#AlbertaCraft #VintageCraft #CraftSale #EdmontonEvents #CraftCommunity #FundraiserEvent
February 15 - March 7, 2025
Alberta Craft Feature Gallery - Edmonton
#AlbertaCraft #VintageCraft #CraftSale #EdmontonEvents #CraftCommunity #FundraiserEvent
Join Alberta Craft this Saturday, from 2 - 4pm, for the reception of Kate Ritchie's Repetition in Building.
Repetition in Rebuilding explores the concept of home as a dynamic space woven from intimacy and affection.
Repetition in Rebuilding explores the concept of home as a dynamic space woven from intimacy and affection.
February 11, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Join Alberta Craft this Saturday, from 2 - 4pm, for the reception of Kate Ritchie's Repetition in Building.
Repetition in Rebuilding explores the concept of home as a dynamic space woven from intimacy and affection.
Repetition in Rebuilding explores the concept of home as a dynamic space woven from intimacy and affection.
Join us for a heartwarming and creative event at Alberta Craft Gallery + Shop - Edmonton as we celebrate the season of love with a free Valentine-themed Make & Take and the opportunity to drop off donations for our upcoming For the Love of Craft Vintage Craft Sale & fundraiser!
February 6, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Join us for a heartwarming and creative event at Alberta Craft Gallery + Shop - Edmonton as we celebrate the season of love with a free Valentine-themed Make & Take and the opportunity to drop off donations for our upcoming For the Love of Craft Vintage Craft Sale & fundraiser!