Cape Breton Centre for Craft & Design

05/30/2026

Happy weekend ☕️ Show us your favourite mug – you know the one for you reach for every morning, the chipped-but-loved studio cup, or the piece that somehow makes coffee taste better 👀 Put your fave in the comments!

We're obsessed with this pair handmade by Alana Wilson of Builder Burner Ceramics 🔥

05/29/2026

Join us for an artist talk with Miranda Crabtree and Kristi Farrier during Unama’ki Cape Breton Craft Week 🌿✨

Hear directly from artists connected to Ground Rules: Materia as they share insights into their creative practices, experiences in Cape Breton Highlands National Park and the ways land, material, memory, and environment shape their work.

This inspiring conversation will offer a deeper look into the exhibition and the powerful connections between art, place, and storytelling.

Curious about our residency programs? Be sure to join us!

✨Wednesday, June 3, 5PM
✨322 Charlotte Street

05/29/2026

Proof that every cozy home needs a colourful cat pillow 😻✨

Find this cutie handmade by Needleit Rug Hooking Studio in the Gallery Shop, we're here until 6PM!

05/28/2026

Meet textile artist in residence, Camille Richart, at Colaisde na Gàidhlig / The Gaelic College during Unama'ki Cape Breton Craft Week 🧶✨

Coming from Montréal, Camille Richart’s work uses the medium of textiles as a vessel to interrogate our relationship with the environment. Camille has been integrating plastic waste into weaving, her preferred medium, where pattern and material reveal themselves thread by thread. Camille’s work is part of a conscious and committed approach aimed at repurposing materials.

Throughout the week, visitors are invited into the weaving studio to see Camille’s textile practice unfold in real time exploring weaving, fibre traditions, slow making, and the connections between craft, culture, and community.

📍 Colaisde na Gàidhlig / The Gaelic College, St. Ann’s
🗓 June 1–7, 10AM-4PM

For more information, visit: capebretoncraft.com/craftweek

05/28/2026

Join us for this special Mini Moccasin Keychain Workshop with Mi’kmaw artist, Char Lafford 🧡

Using generations of knowledge passed down through family, Elders and community, Char will guide participants through creating their own mini moccasin keychain while sharing stories, skills, and the importance of cultural connection through craft. 🪶🧵

Char’s work is rooted in traditional Mi’kmaw arts including hide work, beadwork, quillwork, basket-making, regalia, and drum-making. Passionate about keeping traditions alive, she believes strongly in sharing knowledge with future generations through hands-on learning and community.

📍 Wagmatcook Elder’s Centre
📅 Thursday, June 4, 4–7PM

Spaces are limited. To register, email [email protected] 💌

05/27/2026

We're so excited to welcome Rachel Hunt to the Centre and Gallery Shop as one of our new professional artists 😍💍

Rachel is a goldsmith based in Sydney working in solid gold and silver using traditional hand fabrication techniques. Rachel’s work is genuinely handmade: no computers, no castings.

Starting from pure gold and silver, she alloys, melts, hammers, and coaxes metal into form by hand. From design to setting stones, each step happens in her studio. It’s a slow, deliberate process, and she thinks that’s exactly the point. That sensibility shapes everything she makes: pieces that feel both modern and timeless, built to last a lifetime and then some.

Drop by the Gallery Shop and see her amazing work in-person! ✨

05/27/2026

Check out this fabulous workshop for kids (7+)

Join us for a free hands-on Papermaking Workshop during Unama’ki Cape Breton Craft Week and discover the art of creating your own handmade paper from recycled materials. Learn the process of pulping, forming sheets, and experimenting with texture while making unique paper pieces to take home 🌿📄

🩷 Saturday, June 6, 9AM-12PM
🩷 Middle River Hall

Email [email protected] to register your child today 💌

05/27/2026

Flowers + creativity + a little bit of magic 🌸✨

Join Jay Rawding for a hands-on pressed flower workshop where nature becomes art! Learn the basics of flower pressing, create your own layered botanical composition, and take home a beautiful handmade maple flower press to keep creating long after Craft Week ends.

No experience needed, just bring your curiosity (and maybe a few special blooms from home 🌿).

📍 North Shore and District Fire Hall, Indian Brook
🗓 Friday, June 5, 1–3 PM

Email [email protected] to register today 💌

We serve the craft community of Cape Breton Island from beginners and recreational practitioners to highly accomplished professionals, offering instruction as well as resource and support services.

05/26/2026

Let creativity and nature inspire your child this Craft Week 🌿🎨

Join us for Nature and Art in D'Escousse, a free outdoor art workshop where children (ages 6-12) can explore the beauty of the natural world through hands-on creativity and imagination. Set in the scenic outdoors, this fun and engaging experience encourages young artists to connect with nature while creating their own unique artwork.

For all the details, visit the Craft Week event schedule: https://capebretoncraft.com/craft-week/events/

Email [email protected] to register your child today 💌

05/26/2026

Happy Tuesday 🌷

Today we're welcoming all the spring feelings into the Gallery Shop with the newest arrival 'Old Dutch Window' by Satu Kimbley 🥰

See it in all its beauty today until 4PM!