Sustainability Through Craft

We will be hosting two side by side projects, one in our CraftLAIR programming space and the other in the Mary E. Black Gallery.

Sustainability Through Craft: 2023 Members Exhibition

Craft Nova Scotia is pleased to present the 23rd members’ exhibition, Sustainability Through Craft, as one of 7 exhibits in our 2023 calendar year. This exhibition has been curated with both works of fine craft and community engagement projects. This combination will be a radical stimulus for the interconnectivity of community, craft, and sustainability.

The works on display in this exhibition are a response to the theme and title, Sustainability Through Craft. Drawing inspiration and framing their work within one of the four pillars of sustainability: Social, Cultural, Economic, and Environmental. This participatory exhibition will bring together traditional craft practices and new ways of thinking. It will reach beyond the boundaries of our Mary E Black Gallery and connect with other regions throughout the province. In addition, this project will align with and support the province’s climate sustainability strategy, and aid in increasing the awareness of environmental impacts that the Craft sector both imposes and suffers from.

CraftLAIR: Community Makerspace with Emily Gillies
The Community Makerspace is an immersive project offering a unique exploration of grassroots fibre craft and its deep-rooted connections with the community.
Artist in resident, Emily Gillies will transform our CraftLAIR into an open studio makerspace for the public to experience craft through spinning, weaving and dyeing practices. Participants are invited to share their stories about what brings them to craft through this participatory practices---- Why do they do it? How did they learn to do it? What are the social benefits? and How is craft practiced in communities, in solidarity and/ or collective ways?