Craft Alliance Atlantic is a Canadian non-profit organisation with a mandate to provide marketing opportunities and to encourage export of Canadian fine craft. A key objective of the Alliance is to enhance the professionalism, education and advancement of fine craft in Canada and abroad. Canada’s Atlantic region is a hub for resilient and creative people. The beautiful and powerful indigenous history combined with immigrant traditions has transformed the cultural landscape of the region.
Here & Now: Collected Works from Canada’s Atlantic Coast draws attention to the uniqueness of the ecosystem and the sustainable practices of craft artists of the region.
Artists
- Judy Blake (ceramics)
- Brigitte Clavette (metal)
- Darren Emeneau (ceramics)
- Jessie Fraser (textiles)
- Rebecca Hannon (jewellery, metal, mixed media)
- Wesley Harris (metal)
- Rilla Marshall (textiles)
- Nancy Oakley (ceramics)
- Shawn O’Hagan (textiles)
- Shane Perley-Dutcher (metal, sculpture)
- Heather Pitts (ceramics)
- Mengnan Qu (metal, ceramics, mixed media)
- Pamela Ritchie (metal, jewellery)
- Kye-Yeon Son (metal)
- Gordon Sparks (wood)
- Isako Suzuki (ceramics)
- Anna Torma (textiles)
- Sorrel Van Allen (metal)
Contact
PO Box 8802
Halifax RPO CSC
Halifax, NS
Canada B3K 5M4
+1 855 567 4897
@craftallianceatlantic
Bernard Burton
Executive director
Bruno Vinhas
Curator
Elle Tomie
Operations co-ordinator
Lori Burke
Cape Breton Centre for Craft & Design
Kelly Jerrott
Craft Nova Scotia
Ayelet Stewart
PEI Crafts Council
Rowena House
Craft Council of Newfoundland & Labrador
Shawn Dalton
Mawi’Art: Wabanaki Artist Collective