Manitoba Craft Council

Manitoba Craft Council A community that is shaped, motivated, and defined by its love of contemporary craft in all its manifestations.

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C2 Centre for Craft is closed Saturdays of a long weekend. a community that is shaped, motivated, and defined by its love of contemporary craft in all its manifestations.

We have new artists in the C2 Shop! Over the next few weeks, we'll be spotlighting each artist. This week, we’re featuri...
06/06/2026

We have new artists in the C2 Shop!

Over the next few weeks, we'll be spotlighting each artist. This week, we’re featuring: @⁠kristiemahclothing⁠
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An artist at heart, Kristie MAH is fascinated by shape, texture and design, incorporating a love of detail into everything she creates, from clothing and baskets to paintings. Kristie graduated with honours from U of S with a B.A. in Fine Arts. Through her university education, she gathered inspiration from her teachers and experiences, leading her to create her own clothing line, rope basket designs and continue her work as a fine art painter. For over 20 years, she has travelled and vended at festivals and shows, with original fine art paintings sold across North America.

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You can shop Kristie MAH’s work in person at C2 Centre for Craft:

1-329 Cumberland Ave
Wed - Sat, 12 - 4 PM

or online through the link in our bio.

Join us TONIGHT for a free drop-in workshop with !Happy Face Beaded Pin Drop-In Workshop with Candace NeumannFirst Frid...
06/05/2026

Join us TONIGHT for a free drop-in workshop with !

Happy Face Beaded Pin Drop-In Workshop with Candace Neumann
First Friday, June 5th | 6-9pm | FREE

Make an expressive face pin using a mix of vintage and seed beads, thread, colourful wool melton and filled with local wool scraps and/or traditional medicines with artist Candace Neumann. Each pin is as unique as its maker, and guaranteed to make you smile. All you need are basic sewing skills, and the desire to have fun!

Workshop available while supplies last. An adult must accompany children taking part in the workshop.

This we are taking a trip back to 2015 to take a look at our show “Play, Precarity and Survival.” This show brought to...
06/04/2026

This we are taking a trip back to 2015 to take a look at our show “Play, Precarity and Survival.” This show brought together 6 talented ceramic artists who use ceramic history, material properties, and studio and/or commercial ceramic production processes to playfully and incisively explore, resist and/or perform unmoored contemporary identities. This exhibition considered how cross-generational im/migrant experiences, colonial narratives, social class, and hybridized identities - what we normally call “globalization” - are enacted in and through the vibrant discourse that is twenty-first-century ceramics. What is it about this thirty-thousand year old medium that facilitates such timely and compelling twenty-first-century investigations?

Today we are looking at Marcel Dzama’s ( ) “Melting Snowman Canister Set” from 2005. The set was designed by the artist and produced as a limited edition of 2500 by Cerealart, Philadelphia, and manufactured at a porcelain factory somewhere in China. It marks the moment of Dzama’s bittersweet migration from his childhood home in working-class Winnipeg to his adult home in urban New York, even as it honours his father, a baker by trade.

Want to see more? All of the works from Play, Precarity, and Survival are on our Google Arts and Culture page, check it out!

Congratulations to on winning the Making a Mark Award! It was so fun to celebrate at the Mayor’s Luncheon for the Arts ...
06/04/2026

Congratulations to on winning the Making a Mark Award! It was so fun to celebrate at the Mayor’s Luncheon for the Arts together.

Also congrats to all other winners and nominees (including the amazing ) for all of your work in the Winnipeg arts community!

The C2 Centre for Craft is seeking craft based works to display in our small washroom community gallery the "Loo-vre." T...
06/03/2026

The C2 Centre for Craft is seeking craft based works to display in our small washroom community gallery the "Loo-vre."

The theme for this display will be works of craft exploring "down the drain."
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Submission Deadline: July 31, 2026
Works displayed: August 21st - December 11th, 2026
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This submission is for Manitoba Craft Council or Manitoba Crafts Museum and Library members only, at any membership level. ⁠
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For more information: https://c2centreforcraft.ca/2026/05/27/loo-vre-gallery-call-for-submissions-2/

Artist Spotlight: Maureen Winnicki Lyons ()---Whimsy the Woolly MammothYarn, rope, stone, glass, wire, reclaimed leather...
06/01/2026

Artist Spotlight: Maureen Winnicki Lyons ()

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Whimsy the Woolly Mammoth
Yarn, rope, stone, glass, wire, reclaimed leather, acrylic, resin, unprocessed wool, redirected landfill waste, tulle, fabric, assorted beads, novelties and mixed media
2025-26

Mayhem the Woolly Mouse
Felted wool, aluminum armature, lampwork glass
2025-26
Lampwork glass for eyes, nose, and toes by Jessica Ripley

Whimsy & Mayhem
Rug-tufted, punch-needled and needle-felted from assorted yarns
2025-26

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Maureen Winnicki Lyons is fascinated by the technique of her craft and continually explores new ways of manipulating wool. Her artwork Whimsy, the Woolly Mammoth presents a nearly life-size female mammoth created through a range of textile techniques including tufting, felting, hooking, weaving, and punch-needle embroidery. The work responds to Colossal Biosciences’ plan to genetically engineer a woolly mammoth calf by 2028, set against the reality of climate change and a looming sixth mass extinction. Winnicki Lyons’ mammoth becomes both an homage and quiet act of resistance, reflecting on the misplaced focus of technological intervention at a time when many living species remain on the brink of disappearance.

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Serious Play
Curated by Katrina Craig ()
May 1 - June 25, 2026
C2 Centre for Craft — 329 Cumberland Ave., WPG, MB⁠
Wed - Sat, 12 - 4 PM

Over the run of Serious Play, we’ll be highlighting each of the four artists in the exhibition. Serious Play is currentl...
05/29/2026

Over the run of Serious Play, we’ll be highlighting each of the four artists in the exhibition. Serious Play is currently on display at the C2 Centre for Craft at 329 Cumberland Ave, Winnipeg, Manitoba until June 25th, 2026!

Artist Spotlight: Charlotte Sigurdson ()

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The Queen of Hearts
Wood, acrylic paint, textiles, goldwork
2026

The King of Hearts
Wood, acrylic paint, textiles, goldwork
2026

The Jack of Hearts
Textiles, acrylic paint, goldwork
2026

The Queen of Spades
Wood, acrylic paint, textiles, goldwork
2026

The King of Spades
Wood, acrylic paint, textiles, goldwork
2026

The Jack of Spades
Textiles, acrylic paint, goldwork
2026

The Queen of Clubs
Wood, textiles, acrylic paint, 24k gold leaf, goldwork
2026

The King of Clubs
Wood, textiles, acrylic paint, goldwork
2026

The Jack of Clubs
Textiles, doll clay, goldwork, acrylic paint
2026

The King of Diamonds
Doll clay, acrylic paint, textiles, goldwork
2026

The Queen of Diamonds
Wood, acrylic paint, crystals, beadwork
2026

The Jack of Diamonds
Textiles, acrylic paint, crystals, goldwork
2026

The Joker
Wood, textiles, beadwork
2026

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Charlotte Sigurdson’s dolls personify the court cards from a standard deck of playing cards. Her work shifts these characters from their usual role as visual symbols in a structured game, where rules dictate play and outcomes are clearly defined, into the realm of imaginative and social play, where possibilities are open-ended and infinite. By personifying these familiar figures, Sigurdson breathes life into them, giving us all hints to their playful personalities and lives. In doing so, she invites viewers to imagine who these characters might be, encouraging us to participate in limitless imaginative play with these familiar icons.

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Serious Play
Curated by Katrina Craig ()
May 1 - June 25, 2026
C2 Centre for Craft — 329 Cumberland Ave., WPG, MB

It is Thursday yet again, so it is time for another ! This week, we are travelling back to 2014 to revisit our show “B...
05/28/2026

It is Thursday yet again, so it is time for another ! This week, we are travelling back to 2014 to revisit our show “Backspace Forward”. “Backspace Forward” was a joint collaboration between the Manitoba Crafts Museum and Library () and the Manitoba Craft Council. The works included in the show play on the interstices of time, drawing on real historical artifacts from the MCML collection, artists looked at historical craft traditions and techniques and teased out their relevance and potential in modern contexts, discovering how the past can inform their present practices.

This week, we are highlighting the work of Paul Robles ( ) titled “Untitled (Burnt Moon)” which is made of Cut Origami Paper, and burnt vellum on vellum

Want to see more? All of the works from Backspace Forward are on our Google Arts and Culture page, check it out!

The Manitoba Craft Council is thrilled to celebrate two incredible makers in our community! We are so proud to have nomi...
05/26/2026

The Manitoba Craft Council is thrilled to celebrate two incredible makers in our community! We are so proud to have nominated Vi Houssin and Grace Nickel for the 2026 Winnipeg Arts Council Awards.

Swipe through to learn more about these talented artists:

Vi Houssin () is a finalist for the RBC ON THE RISE Award, which honours an emerging professional Winnipeg artist in any discipline. Vi’s incredible talent and fresh perspective bring so much energy to the craft world, and we love seeing her work recognized on this stage.

Grace Nickel () is a finalist for the MAKING A MARK Award, which recognizes excellence, creativity, and outstanding impact by an established professional Winnipeg artist. Grace’s dedication to her practice and profound impact on the craft community make this recognition so well-deserved.

📣⁠2026 CRAFTED applications are due in 1 week! 📣⁠And we’ve got exciting developments to share! CRAFTED programming is no...
05/24/2026

📣⁠2026 CRAFTED applications are due in 1 week! 📣⁠

And we’ve got exciting developments to share! CRAFTED programming is now taking place in September and November. More info below.

This year’s CRAFTED on the Catwalk will build on last year’s partnership with CBC as we celebrate the international success of the hit APTN, CBC and Netflix series North of North! CRAFTED on the Catwalk will take place on September 15 with an exclusive one-day NORTH OF NORTH Market on September 16 highlighting designers and artists whose work appears in the series. Artists travelling from the North to participate in CRAFTED on the Catwalk will be vending at this exclusive event. Artists from North and South are invited to apply to CRAFTED on the Catwalk.

The signature CRAFTED: Show + Sale returns November 6-8, where visitors can shop from 100 craft artists throughout all four floors of the Gallery.

Since 2015, CRAFTED: Show + Sale has been Winnipeg’s leading contemporary craft sale, ⁠drawing thousands of visitors and approximately $450,000 in sales for artists annually. To support artists, CRAFTED maintains accessible participation fees and artists keep 100% of the profit from their sales.⁠ CRAFTED offers artists an opportunity to connect with shoppers, while building relationships with fellow makers from across the country.

CRAFTED is a proud partnership between , Nunavut Development Corporation, , , and the Nunatsiavut Government ❤️.

Visit wag.ca/crafted to access the application guide and apply now!⁠
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Deadline to submit is 11:59pm on May 31, 2026.

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