The Manitoba Craft Council’s
Craft in Colour
About the Exhibition
Craft and colour are intrinsically linked. Humans have been making objects with their hands for millennia and figuring out how to apply colour to them for just as long. Why are we so seduced by colour? Why have our ancestors spent so much of their precious time and energy learning how to dye, glaze, paint, and stain colour onto the objects they made for survival or enjoyment?
Craft in Colour tells the story of humans through the objects we use, worship, wear, and admire. When making Craft, one cannot help but engage with the culture they are engaged with. Artists pull inspiration from the natural world, cutting-edge technology, the motifs of their cultural backgrounds, fantasy words, and the playfulness we often leave behind in childhood.
About The Manitoba Craft Council
The Manitoba Craft Council (MCC) was founded in 1978 as Manitoba’s only not-for-profit arts organization dedicated exclusively to contemporary craft. Their purpose is to promote, develop and advocate for contemporary craft and its makers in Manitoba. For over 40 years, the organization has worked to ensure that contemporary craft ant the artists who produce it are supported, recognized and celebrated for their contribution to the cultural and economic life of Manitoba.