Returning May 1-25, 2020

Made to be discovered

ACTIVATING ENRICHING CRAFTED CONNECTIONS

Each May craft-based work is featured & exhibited in dozens of venues throughout Metro Vancouver. As the only month-long festival in North America designed to celebrate the vitality of our hand-crafted world, we are committed to advancing appreciation of fine craft from across a continuum, including the ancestral, tribal & traditional to leading-edge contemporary.

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Crafted Vancouver pools together a unique blend of local, national & international:
Independent makers + designers, studios & craft collectives, galleries, museums, showrooms, shops & luxury brands, craft & design schools, cultural organizations, craft member associations, curators, scholars, collectors, embassies, writers, chefs and other regional producers of food & beverage, all making, exhibiting, supporting or selling exceptional craft-based work.

 

Returning May 1-25, 2020

Crafted Vancouver Returns May 1-25, 2020!

2020 is Craft Year in Canada and Crafted Vancouver returns May 1-25 along with our Spotlight on Australia programme of events.

Submissions for 2020 will begin August 2019.

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Ends June 16: Omer Arbel: Particles for the Built World @ Surrey Art Gallery

Particles for the Built World focuses on Arbel’s experiments with concrete over the past five years. What if we poured concrete into fabric forms rather than plywood boxes or tube columns used in most building construction? The astonishing results are on display in this exhibit.

Photo credit: Richard Olak Media for Crafted Vancouver

Carter Wosk Award Nominations Now Open until July 15

The Carter Wosk Award in Applied Art + Design

celebrates British Columbians whose work directly contributes to the cultural and economic fabric of the province. The annual award, run by the BC Achievement Foundation since 2003, recognizes talented artists and innovators who have carved out a niche for themselves within their field and mastered the space where creativity and commerce meet. This kind of creative innovation serves to enhance day-to-day life for individuals, enrich society as a whole and strengthen the economy.

Season 2 of Citizens of Craft begins!

Our Strategic Partner, Canadian Crafts Federation has just released Season 2, Episode 1 of Citizens of Craft: The Podcast.  Available now on citizensofcraft.ca/podcast or wherever podcasts are streamed. Featuring guest speakers Leopold Kowolik of Studio Magazine and Sage Paul, this episode explores the manifesto statement “One size should not fit all.” Special segment with B.C. author Leanne Prain. Hosted by Maegen Black.

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