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Beneath the Surface Residency Artists Announced
The Beneath the Surface residency, a partnership between Craft NB and Parks Canada is returning to Fundy National Park from June 3rd to June 7th, 2019. This residency is designed to give a select number of Craft NB members the opportunity to experience New Brunswick’s...
Call For Artists: Beaverbrook Art Gallery Shop
Craft NB is seeking artist applications for the Craft NB Showcase in the Beaverbrook Art Gallery gift shop! In partnership with the Beaverbrook Art Gallery, juried members of Craft NB are invited to display and sell work at the Beaverbrook Art Gallery Shop in Downtown...
Welcome Craig Schneider as curator, Beneath the Surface 2019
Please welcome CRAIG SCHNEIDER as the curator for the Beneath the Surface 2019 Residency! We are so delighted to have such a passionate, and talented craftsperson at the helm. With his many years of teaching experience and kind nature, this year’s residency will be a...
How to Write a Great Artist Statement
Written by Alison Murphy, Craft NB Executive Director What is an artist statement? An artist statement is a general introduction to your work. A good artist statement should enhance what a viewer sees, and provide a concise approach to a visual piece. A genuine, well...
Tell Your Story with Content Marketing: Crafting Your Business
Written by Vena Carr, Craft NB Marketing Manager Chances are, you probably already have an online presence. If you don’t, then get online already! Like the famous Bob Dylan lyric goes, “The times they are a-changin’...” Maybe you’re still struggling to make online...
Why Would I Volunteer for Craft NB? 5 Reasons
Written by Allison Green, Craft NB Vice President If you had asked me when I started my craft education if I would ever want to volunteer on the board of a non-profit organization, I would have said: “Are you crazy? I have enough trouble keeping track of my own...
Craft NB Incubator Needs Assessment and Program Design
Craft NB is considering the need for and design of a Craft Centre and Incubator Program for artists and craftspeople in New Brunswick. No decisions have been made yet regarding whether, where, and how a Craft Centre and Incubator Program will be established in New...
Summer Student Job: Content Creator & Marketing Assistant
Employment Opportunity Title: Content Creator & Marketing Assistant Terms of Employment: Full time, 8 weeks, daytime, $11.25/hour Start Date: June 19th Location: Fredericton, New Brunswick Deadline for Application: June 6th Job Description Craft NB is...
Etsy vs eCommerce: Crafting Your Business
Written by Vena Carr, Craft NB Marketing Manager You’re a local fine craft rock star! At one point in your life, you developed a passion for your craft and all of your friends and family encouraged you to turn that passion into a career. So, you become a slave to your...
Doubting Myself: Insecurities as an Artist
Written by Izabell Fagan After years of working in finance and regulatory, travelling to hearings, writing pages and pages of evidence, responding to interrogatories by the hundreds, I have found something that frees me from the constraints of “institutional” think...