Join the 460 Club today!
Dear Friend,
Cape Breton Centre for Craft & Design is facing a significant challenge and we need your help. The new provincial budget included cuts to arts and culture funding that directly impact organizations like ours. As a result, the Centre has lost $46,000 in core operational funding from the Province of Nova Scotia. Operational funding is what keeps our doors open, our studios running, and our programs accessible to the community.
For more than 50 years, the Centre has been a place where creativity, culture, and community come together. Located in downtown Sydney, we showcase the work of over 120 local artisans in our Gallery Shop and provide exhibitions, workshops, and educational programming that serve thousands of people each year across Unama’ki Cape Breton.
This funding cut will have real impacts on the programs and services we are able to offer. Without replacing this support, the Centre will be forced to make difficult reductions, including:
- Reduced hours in our Gallery Shop, which means fewer opportunities for the public to discover and purchase locally made craft
- Fewer courses and workshops for community members who want to learn new creative skills
- Reduced youth programming, limiting opportunities for young people to explore creativity and hands-on learning
- Reduced Indigenous programming, which plays an important role in celebrating and sharing Mi’kmaw culture and craft traditions
Rather than scaling back our impact, we are turning to the community that believes in the importance of arts and culture. We are launching The 460 Club.
Our goal is simple:
460 supporters × $100 each = $46,000
By joining the 460 Club, you will help us close this funding gap and ensure that the Centre can continue to offer creative programming, support local artists and makers, and provide cultural experiences that enrich our community.
A gift of $100 may seem small, but together, 460 people can make an extraordinary difference.
Arts and culture are not a luxury – they are part of what makes Unama’ki Cape Breton a vibrant place to live, visit, and call home. The Centre plays an important role in preserving craft traditions, supporting local makers, and creating opportunities for people of all ages to connect through creativity.
Will you join the 460 Club?
You can also donate in-person at the Centre or by mail. All donors will receive a tax receipt.
If you are able to give more than $100, your additional support will help us build resilience for the future.
Thank you for believing in the power of creativity and for helping keep the arts alive in Unama’ki Cape Breton.
With gratitude,
Lori Burke
Executive Director, Cape Breton Centre for Craft & Design
Registered Charity Number: 10688180RR0001
A huge thank you to all those who have donated:
A Tech Roofing Ltd., ALA Medicine, Cyril Abbass, Michelle Adams, Marc Arseneau, Sally Austin, Tim Babcock, Parker Bagnell, Diane Baker, Lloyd Baker, Mora Ballantyne, Caroline Baxendale, Carol Beaton, Janet Beaton, Shelley Bennett Trifos, Wendy Bergfeldt, Ben Black, Tracey Boutilier, Keli Brewer, Lee-Anne Broadhead, Ian Brodie, Nelson Burgoyne, Refina Buhariwalla, Sharon Ann Burchell, Alice and Anthony Burke, Doreen Burke, Frank Burke, Joanne Burke, Karen Burke, Natasha Burke-Morash, Renee Burt, Bernard Burton, Meghan Burns, Earlene Busch, David Cameron, Elizabeth Campbell, Lorna Campbell, in memory of Theresa Campbell, Barrie Carnat, Suzanne Carte, Corrine Cash, Beverly Cathcart, Holly Chisholm, Sandra Christensen, Sheila Christie, Daniel Christmas, Mary-Anne Cohen, David Comeau, Betty Ann Cormier, Jennifer Craig, Catherine Cross, Edward Cross, Elaine Cuff, Peg Cummings, Carol Cunningham-Huott, Suzie Currie, Paula Curry, Paula Davis, Edna Del Zoppo, Tamara Deverell, Peter Donovan, Chrisanna Doyle, Rex and Heather Dunn, Brenda Durdle, Brian Dwyer, Teena Marie Fancey, Eric Favaro, Kristi Farrier, Sherry Finney, Joanne Fitzgerald, Anne Flint, Margaret Forsythe, Lois Foster, Joella Foulds, Margaret Fraser, Eirinn Fraser, Donna Frizzel, Robert Garcia, Marg Garey, Tory Gilliam, Judy Gillis, Rosalie Gillis, Sandra Gillis, Cathi Gorham-Mol, Helen Graham, Karen Graham, Michelle Greenwell, Paula Greer, Mervi Haaakoski, Taylor Haley, Hall’s HVAC, Brett Hanham, Rebecca Hannon, Brent and Judith Harding, Dave Harris, Annamarie Hatcher, Judith Head, Sharon Heading, Marco Hearing Health Centre, Alison Hood, Allison Howard, Greg Howard, Sean Howard, Rowena House, Vivian Hsu, Elise Hunsberger, Karen Hunsberger, Nova Imprint, Marlene Ivey, Lynne Jelokhani, Kelly Jerrott, Phil Jones, Dorothy Kaiser, Sandra Kay, Dianne Kempt, John Khattar, Heike Koch, Cathy Komourdjian, Jessica La, Barbara Landry, Reg Landry, Stephanie Langley, Elizabeth Lalonde, Rhonda Lamb, Sue Lanoe, Donna Leon, Beth Lewis, Janice Lewis, Amy Letournal, Catherine Lionais, Barbara Longva, Judy Lorway, Robin Lorway, Jody MacArthur, Carole Lee MacAskill, Terri MacAulay, Bette MacDonald, Craig MacDonald, Elizabeth MacDonald, Gerald MacDonald, Karen MacDonald, Janice MacDonald, Jocelyn MacDonald, John T. MacDonald, Lars MacDonald, Lorna MacDonald, Rosemary MacDonald, Ryan MacDonald, Scott MacDonald, Sonya MacDonald, Margaret Joan MacDonnell, Hughena MacDougall, Paul and Faye MacDougall, Jenessa MacInnis, Minerva MacInnis, Lynda Lou MacIntyre, Maribeth MacIntyre, Mary Frances MacIntyre, Michael and Sharon MacIntyre, Heather MacIsaac, Scott MacKeigan, Stephen MacKeigan, Donna MacKenzie, Allison Mackie, Charlene MacKinnon, Patsy MacKinnon, Wendy MacKinnon, Don MacLean, Jim MacLean, Cheryl and Michael MacLennan, Elaine MacLeod, Katie MacLeod, Robert MacLeod, Shari MacLeod, Shauna MacLeod, Kelly MacLeod, Beverley Macneill, Elayne MacNeill, Patricia MacNeil, Teresa MacNeil, Wynn MacNeil, Dawn White and Saul MacNeil, Donna MacRury, Susan Marjetti, Michelle Marsh, Teresa Marsh, Jan McCabe, David McCorquodale, Grant McDaniel, Lisa McLean, Nancy McLean, Nathalie McLean, Honorine McMullen, Mike McMullen, Kevin McNamara, Lisa Meecham, Joanne Menchefski, Tara Milburn, Charlotte Miller, Maggie Miller, Paul Moore, Jude Morrison, Laurie Murchison, Sarah Nettleton, Helen Neufeld, Erika Nikolai, Maria O’Hearn, Carl O’Neill, Elizabeth Parkhouse, Betty Paruch, Lisa Patterson, Bob Pelley, Brenna Phillips, Danielle Phillips, Christine Porter, Port of Sydney, Lisa Ramsay, Remax Park Place, Sophie Richard, Merle Richardson, Megan Ringer, Molly Ritchie, Emilie Roach, Karen Roberts, Anne Morell Robinson, Jo-Anne Rolls, Hugh Ross, Dwight Rudderham, Jasmine Rudderham, Judi Rutherford, George Sakalauskas, John Saunders, Elaine Sawlor, Heather Schmidt, Anne Sewell, Anne Marie Shea, Bernard Siller, Ralph Simpson, Josephine Sobol, Heather Sparling, Janis Steele, Patricia Stevenson, Keith Sutherland, Mary Elizabeth Swain, Elizabeth Tait, Donna Tatlock, Teddy Tedford, Gordon Thompson, John and Marion Thompson, Carrie Thompson-Graves, Paul Timmons, Shannon Travers, Meg Turner, Janice Tulk, Lindsay Uhma, Catherine Vardy, Dianne Wadden, Kelsey Watson, Karen Wawer, Alexis Weatherbee, Kellie White, Linda Wright, Patricia Wright, Bonne Wynn, Adam Young, Mary Yurchesyn, Jitka Zgola
A heartfelt thanks to those who chose to give anonymously too.
