Join us for our inaugural Unama'ki Cape Breton Craft Week!
Click here for the full Craft Week schedule!
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
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
This suite of online courses assists Makers in the development of their craft businesses. These courses are all self-paced, meaning you can learn on your own schedule!
Learn More
Happy weekend โ๏ธ Show us your favourite mug โ 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 ๐ Tag us with your faves!
We`re obsessed with this pair handmade by Alana Wilson of builderburnerceramics Builder Burner Ceramics ๐ฅ
Join us for an artist talk with @mircrabtree and @kristifarrier during Unamaโki Cape Breton Craft Week ๐ฟโจ
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!
โจWednesday, June 3, 5PM
โจ322 Charlotte Street
Proof that every cozy home needs a colourful cat pillow ๐ปโจ
Find this cutie handmade by @needleitstudio in the Gallery Shop, we`re here until 6PM!
Meet textile artist in residence, Camille Richart (@camille.richart), at @gaeliccollege during Unama`ki Cape Breton Craft Week ๐งถโจ
Coming from Montrรฉal, Camille Richartโs 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. Camilleโs 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 Camilleโs textile practice unfold in real time exploring weaving, fibre traditions, slow making, and the connections between craft, culture, and community.
๐ Colaisde na Gร idhlig / The Gaelic College, St. Annโs
๐ June 1โ7, 10AM-4PM
For more information, visit: capebretoncraft.com/craftweek
Join us for this special Mini Moccasin Keychain Workshop with Miโkmaw artist, Char Lafford ๐งก
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. ๐ชถ๐งต
Charโs work is rooted in traditional Miโkmaw 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.
๐ Wagmatcook Elderโs Centre
๐
Thursday, June 4, 4โ7PM
Spaces are limited in this free workshop. To register, email chichi@capebretoncraft.com ๐
We`re so excited to welcome Rachel Hunt (@huntfine) to the Centre and Gallery Shop as one of our new professional artists ๐๐
Rachel is a goldsmith based in Sydney working in solid gold and silver using traditional hand fabrication techniques. Rachelโs 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. Itโs a slow, deliberate process, and she thinks thatโs 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! โจ
Check out this fabulous workshop for kids (7+)
Join us for a free hands-on Papermaking Workshop during Unamaโki 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 ๐ฟ๐
๐ฉท Saturday, June 6, 9AM-12PM
๐ฉท Middle River Hall
Email chichi@capebretoncraft.com to register your child today ๐
Flowers + creativity + a little bit of magic ๐ธโจ
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 ๐ฟ).
๐ North Shore and District Fire Hall, Indian Brook
๐ Friday, June 5, 1โ3 PM
Email chichi@capebretoncraft.com to register today ๐
