Cape Breton Centre for Craft & Design

15% Member Discount

Your membership not only keeps you informed about what is happening in the field of craft and design in Cape Breton, but it also provides you with preferential rates for classes and workshops as well as advanced registration. Go

Courses

Cape Breton Centre for Craft & Design has five state-of-the-art studios in clay, metal and glass, weaving, printmaking and multi-purpose where courses are offered to the public in spring, fall and winter semesters. Go

Artisan Trail Map

What better way to learn about Cape Breton than through the lives and work of its artisans. Our Artisan Trail Map will set you on a trail of discovery and beauty with good measures of culture, history, adventure and charm. Go

Forms

Find all the information you need to know about our product assessment process, becoming a member or hosting an exhibition at Cape Breton Centre for Craft & Design. Go

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Happy Thanksgiving Sunday 🦃🍂 The Gallery Shop is open today, Sunday, October 13th from 10AM-4PM 🧡
TODAY in Port Hawkesbury! 🩵 Join us from 1-3PM for a meet and greet with Jody and Rebecca 🥰
Happy @celticcolours 🍂🎻🎼 We hope you enjoy taking in all the music and culture our Island has to offer over the next nine days. If you're in @downtownsydney, be sure to visit our Gallery Shop at 322 Charlotte Street to take a piece of Cape Breton home with you ❤️
Our pumpkin patch sure is growing! 🎃🌿 We have lots of new hand felted pumpkins by @rbtwig in stock in the Gallery Shop – come drop by today, we're here until 4PM 🧡
Do you love taking photos on your phone and want to take your skills up a notch? 📸

Don't miss our upcoming cell phone photography workshop on October 19 and 26 with Chad Tobin! We will discuss framing, photographing people, landscapes and getting to know features that help you take more control over your device📱

For more information and to register, email: tammy@capebretoncraft.com 🥰
Calling all tea lovers 🫖 just in time for @celticcolours later this week, we have the new Natalie MacMaster set from @capebretonteacompany which includes three handmade teas – Fit as a Fiddle, Kitchen Party and The Autograph 🎻

Come try them for yourself, perfect for your next spot of tea! ☕️
🌾 Flax Workshop for Professional Artists 🌾

Join Cape Breton artist @kristifarrier on Sunday, October 20th to learn how to hand process flax fibre and the lessons learned from working toward a sustainable hand papermaking practice 🙌

This workshop is for professional fibre artists and there is no registration fee. For more information and to register, email: alistair@capebretoncraft.com 💌
Calling all youth ages 8-12 in Port Hawkesbury area 📣 Join us for our upcoming clay workshop with Jody Bender 🙌

During this two-day workshop, students will make a functional ceramic jar using slab-building techniques. For all the details and to register, click the link in our bio!

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