Links - Artisans and Craftspeople

PRODUCING COMPANIES - groups that create or show art

Greater Vancouver

• Andrighetti Glassworks www.andrighetti.com
• Arte Vargus Glass Blowing Studio www.artevargas.com
• Coad Canada Puppets www.coadcanadapuppets.com
• Crafthouse Gallery www.cabc.net/mem_sect/ChGall.html
• Crafthouse Shop www.cabc.net/mem_sect/Chshop.html
• Favourite Things Art & Giftware www.creativelyenhanced.com
• Gallery of BC Ceramics www.bcpotters.com/Gallery_Home.htm
• Georgia Youngs Art Solutions www.georgiayoungs.ca
• Industrial Artifacts www.industrialartifacts.com
• Joe Blow Glassworks www.joeblowglassworks.com
• Klee Wyck Carvers - 604-926-4786
• Lattimer Gallery (northwest coast native art) www.lattimergallery.com
• Little Cricket Gift Gallery - 604-476-1234
• Lonsdale Sculptors Society - 604-985-1556
• Malaspina Printmakers Society www.malaspinaprintmakers.com
• Markian Studios (glassworks) www.markianstudios.com
• New-Small and Sterling Studio Glass www.hotstudioglass.com
• Object Design Wearable Art & Gallery www.objectdesigngallery.com
• Robert Held Art Glass www.robertheld.com
• Studiostone stone carving www.studiostone.ca
• The Attic - A BC Artisan Cooperative - 604-814-3425
• The Joint Woodworking Studio www.thejoint.ca
• Vancouver Guild of Puppetry www.puppeteers.org/reg_pacnw_van.html
• Vancouver Wooden Boat Society www.vcn.bc.ca/vwbs/index.htm

British Columbia

• Cassiar Mountain Jade (Britiannia Beach) www.jadecity.ca
• Cherryville Artisans http://cherryvilleartisans.homestead.com/
• Glass Expressions (Comox) www.glassexp.com
• Inclaynations Pottery (Chemainus) www.inclaynations.com
• Siska Art Gallery (Lytton) (Native Art) - 250-455-0072
• Sooke Harbour House Art Gallery www.sookeharbourhouse.com/reception.html
• South Shore Art Gallery (Sooke) www.sooke.org/southshoregallery
• The CRS Trading Post (Britiannia Beach) www.thecrstradingpost.com
• The Pottery Shop (Penticton) - 250-492-8247
• The Pottery Store (Chemainus) - 250-246-2594

FESTIVALS - groups that celebrate art in the community

British Columbia

• BC Cultural Crawl www.art-bc.com
• Campbell River Shoreline Arts Society Woodcarving Competition www.crshorelinearts.com
• Fibre Arts Festival (Gibsons) www.gibsonslandingfibrearts.com
• Fire and Ice Festival (Qualicum Beach) www.fireandicefestival.net
• Kelowna Clay Festival www.clayfestival.okanaganpotters.ca

International

• SOFA Chicago - International Exposition of Scupture Objects and Functional Art www.sofaexpo.com

SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS - groups that serve the arts

Greater Vancouver

• Burnaby Potters Guild www.vcn.bc.ca/bpg/
• Fraser Valley Quilters Guild http://members.tripod.com/~FVQG/
• Fraser Valley Potters Guild www.members.shaw.ca/fraservalleypotters/index_2.htm
• Greater Vancouver Woodturners Guild www.gvwg.ca
• Vancouver Woodarts Society www.vancouverwoodarts.com
• Woodcarvers Association of the Fraser Valley - 604-853-8049

British Columbia

• BC Glass Arts Association http://www.bcgaa.org/
• Canadian Artists in Porcelain (BC Chapter) - 604-942-9478
• Canadian Artists Representation (CARFAC) (BC Chapter) www.vcn.bc.ca/carfac/
• Circle Craft Co-op of BC www.circlecraft.net
• Crafts Association of BC www.cabc.net
• Creative Jewellers Guild of BC www.fuzzysilvercat.com/cjg.html
• Island Artisans Association www.islandartisans.cal
• Pacific Woodworkers' Guild http://pacificwoodworkersguild.com/
• Potters Guild of BC www.bcpotters.com
• Safety and Health in Arts Production and Entertainment (SHAPE) www.shape.bc.ca
• Thompson Valley Potters Guild http://www3.telus.net/tvpg/

Canada

• Canadian Artists Representation (CARFAC) www.carfac.ca
• Canadian Bookbinder and Book Artists Guild www.cbbag.ca
• Canadian Craft and Hobby Association www.cdncraft.org
• Canadian Crafts Federation http://canadiancraftsfederation.ca
• Canadian Knifemakers Guild www.ckg.org
• Canadian Quilter's Association www.canadianquilter.com
• Embroiderers' Association of Canada www.eac.ca
• Glass Art Association of Canada www.glassartcanada.ca
• Metal Arts Guild (Ontario) www.metalarts.on.ca
• Saskatchewan Craft Council www.saskcraftcouncil.org
• Sculptors Society of Canada www.cansculpt.org

International

• Americancraft.com www.americancraft.com
• American Art Pottery Association www.amartpot.org
• American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists www.aatcc.org
• American Association of Woodturners www.woodturner.org
• American Ceramic Society www.acers.org
• American Craft Council www.craftcouncil.org
• Artist-Blacksmith Association of North America (ABANA) www.abana.org
• Arts, Crafts and Theatre Safety (ACTS) (USA) www.caseweb.com/acts/
• Crochet Guild of America www.crochet.org
• Glass Art Society (Seattle, USA) www.glassart.org
• Independent Jewelers Organization (IJO) www.ijo.com
• International Society of Glass Beadmakers www.isgb.org
• Handweavers Guild of America www.weavespindye.org
• Knitting Guild of America www.tkga.com
• Manufacturing Jewelers and Silversmiths of America (MJSA) www.mjsainc.com
• National Association for the Visual Arts (NAVA) (Australia) www.visualarts.net.au
• National Basketry Organization (USA) www.nationalbasketry.org
• National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (USA) www.nceca.net
• National Ornamental and Miscellaneous Metals Association (USA) www.nomma.org
• National Woodcarvers Association (USA) www.chipchats.org
• Northwest Wood Carvers Association (WA State) www.woodcarvers.org
• Puppeteers of America www.puppeteers.org
• Silver Users Association (USA) www.silverusersassociation.org
• Society of American Silversmiths (USA) www.silversmithing.com
• Society of Dyers and Colourists (UK) www.sdc.org.uk
• Society of North American Goldsmiths www.snagmetalsmith.org
• The Furniture Society www.furnituresociety.org
• The Studio Potter Network (USA) www.studiopotter.org
• UNITE - Union of Needletraders, Industrial and Textile Employees (NY, USA) www.uniteunion.org
• Woodturning Center (USA) www.woodturningcenter.org
• World Crafts Council www.wccwis.gr

WEB RESOURCES - web-based resources

Canada

• CraftCanada.com www.craftcanada.com

International

• ArtMetal www.artmetal.com
• Crafts Report Discussion Board www.craftsreport.com
• Guild.com www.guild.com
• Dave's Wood Working http://all-wood-working-plans.com/
• Jeweler's Resource www.jewelersresource.com
• National Society for Education in Art & Design - art and design education online network (UK) www.nsead.org
• Warm Glass www.warmglass.com
• WoodCarvers Web (California) www.woodcarversweb.com
• Woodworking.com www.woodworking.com

EDUCATION - groups that teach art

British Columbia

• Island Mountain Arts (Wells) http://www.imarts.com
• Kootenay School of the Arts (Nelson) www.ksac.bc.ca
• Nelson's Summer of Learning www.nelsonlearning.ca
• Okanagan School of the Arts (Penticton) www.osarts.com
• Vancouver Island School of Art (Victoria) www.vancouverislandschoolart.com

SUPPLIERS - groups that sell art or materials

Greater Vancouver

• Cozy Country Crafts (Maple Ridge) - 604-466-1122
• Greenbarn Potters Supply www.greenbarn.com
• Lady Lorraine Designs - specialty lampshade supplies www.ladylorraine.com
• Object Design Wearable Art & Gallery www.objectdesigngallery.com
• The Mad Potter (Richmond) www.themadpotter.ca
• Trio Bronze (Langley) - 604-534-1490
• Wick Your Wax Candle Making Supplies (Maple Ridge) www.wickyourwax.com

British Columbia

• Glass-Smith & Company (Victoria) www.glasssmith.ca
• Kootenay Candles (Creston) www.crestonbc.com/candles/
• Kootenay Forge (Crawford Bay) www.kootenayforge.com
• South Shore Art Gallery (Sooke) www.sooke.org/southshoregallery

FUNDING - groups that provide funding to the arts

British Columbia

• Vada Awards - Vancouver Foundation Visual Arts Development Award www.vada-awards.org

Canada

• Winifred Shantz Award for Ceramists www.canadianclayandglass.ca/Awards.htm

AWARDS - groups that give awards to the arts

Greater Vancouver

• Vancouver Arts Awards www.vancouverartsawards.ca

British Columbia

• Hilde Gerson Award for Craftspeople www.cabc.net

PUBLICATIONS - books, magazines, newsletters, etc

• American Woodworker Magazine www.americanwoodworker.com
• Artichoke magazine www.artichoke.ca
• Basket Bits www.basketbits.com
• Canadian Woodworking magazine www.canadianwoodworking.com
• Ceramic Review www.ceramicreview.com
• Crafts Report www.craftsreport.com
• KnitNet online knitting magazine www.knitnet.com
• Lapidary Journal www.lapidaryjournal.com
• Ornamental & Miscellaneous Metals Fabricator magazine www.nomma.org
• Pottery Making Illustrated www.potterymaking.org
• The Blacksmith's Journal www.blacksmithsjournal.com
• The Wire Artist Jeweller www.wag.on.ca

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 09, 2008