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Summer 2009
July 24-26
Spring Garden Rd. and Queen St.
Halifax, NS
SUMMER MARKET 2009
The 32nd NSDCC Summer Craft Show will be held on the lawn and parking lot at the corner of Spring Garden and Queen, beside Dalhousie University. This is an incredible location, taking in the sites, sounds and smells of bustling Spring Garden Road, and just a stones throw from the Halifax Waterfront.
10-15,000 attendees peruse and purchase the work of the NSDCC's fine craftspeople each summer.
Collectors will have the opportunity to wrap themselves in handyed silks and handwoven jackets. Find the perfect mug for early morning coffee, a handturned wooden bowl for an upcoming wedding gift or perhaps the upcoming nuptials are yours, several jewellers will be on hand, locally made gold bands would complete the day. Craftspeople working in glass, visual art, wood, textiles, metal, clay make the NSDCC shows one of their premiere events each year.
Demonstrators will be on hand throughout the event to show their skills in handcoiling clay, stitching, basketry spinning, weaving and metalwork to name but a few. Please spread the word.
To see a directory for the event including map, booth numbers and exhibitor bios, please follow this link
2009 NSDCC Summer Show Directory
Here are the nuts and bolts...
Friday, July 24 - 10am to 8pm
Saturday, July 25 - 10am to 6pm
Sunday, July 26 - 10am to 6pm
FREE ADMISSION & LIMITED FREE PARKING THROUGHOUT THE EVENT
Corner of Spring Garden and Queen Streets beside the Dalhousie University Sexton Campus building. We will be under large white tents, with a few smaller tents.
Julie Rosvall
Program Coordinator
Nova Scotia Designer Crafts Council
1113 Marginal Road
Halifax, NS B3H 4P7
p. 902-423-3837
f. 902-422-0881
programs@nsdcc.ns.ca
www.nsdcc.ns.ca
- Shannon MacGregor, Earth Goddess - Halifax NS
- Thea C. Crawford, Leave Your Hat On
www.leaveyourhaton.com
- Jessie Tesolin
www.jessietesolin.com
- candice j prior, priorart - www.priorart.ca
- Nancy Allen, SNAZ Designs
www.snazdesigns.com
- Cynthia & David Ryder, and now for something completely different-jewelry
www.mboot.net
- Leonard Landry, Landry's Birdseye Bowls
www.ceibathurst.com/birdseye/
- Jennifer Hunter, Hunter Street Silver
www.hunterstreetsilver.com
- Hilda de Weever, de Weever's Wovens
http://www.deweeverswovens.com
- Christopher Harding, Harding Studios - Fredericton NB
- Sandra Blackmore, Scrumptious Delights - Moncton NB
- Ernest Cadegan
www.ernestcadegan.com
- Deborah Wheeler, Ostrea Lake Pottery - Halifax NS
- Margaret Boyle, Common Threads Silk - Truro NS
- Jonathan Corey, Masterworks Jewellery
www.masterworksjewellery.com
- Timothy Finley, Flight of the Eagle Jewellery Arts
www.flightoftheeagle.ca
- Lynda Constantine, Constantine Designs
www.constantinedesigns.com
- Gail Heinze-Milne, Glass with Class
www.glowingembers.ca
- Kathryn A. Gordon, Glass Art by Kathryn Gordon
www.glassartbyKathryn.com
- Suzanne Babineau, La P'tite Poterie
www.suzannebabineau.com
- Ingo & Julie Doetsch, Raven Glass
www.ravenglassstudio.ca
- Greg & Tina Brooks, Peppermaster Hot Sauces
www.peppermaster.com
- Shannon Richardson, Formation Silverworks - Kingston, NS
- Beverly McClare, Tangled Garden
www.tangledgarden.ns.ca
- Lesley Armstrong, Armstrong Fox Textiles
www.armstrongfox.ca
- Trudy Gallagher, Bejewel
www.bejewel.ca
- Teresa E. Dunnigan, Canarie Poterie - Antigonish, NS
- John King, Shooting Star Studio
www.shootingstarjewellery.com
- Sanna Rahola & Douglas Drdul
www.raholadrdul.com
- Fred Baltzer, Whispers & Echoes Steel Craft - Aylesford, NS
- Shanie Stozek Pottery
www.shaniestozek.com
- Lee Horus Clark, Burnt, Normal Church Pottery
www.burntnormal.blogspot.com
Exhibitors from previous years can be found at the links below.
Archived Summer Craft Market Directories (pdf format):
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ONGOING
Town Clock Stitchers
Are you interested in needlework of any level and in its many forms? Programs include guest speakers, demonstrations, knit nights, and workshops to learn new techniques. The annual dues cover membership in the Town Clock Stitchers and the Embroiders Association of Canada, a subscription to the EAC’s quarterly magazine and use of the Town Clock Stickers lending library. Info: Elizabeth Craig, President, 422-2035. Museum of Natural History, Hfx. Sept – May, last Tues of each month, 7:30 pm.
Nova Scotia Wildlife Carvers' and Artists' Association
Meets every Thurs night at 7 pm
at the Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History. New members welcome.
Info: contact Daphne (902) 464-0997.
Atlantic Woodworkers' Association
Normally meets 7 pm, first Tues. of each month, Training Room, Kent's in Dartmouth.
Atlantic Spinners and Handweavers
Meet regularly at the Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History, 1747 Summer Street, Hfx. Info: www.parl.ns.ca/ash/.
Mayflower Quilters' Guild
Supports and promotes quilting activities throughout the Province of NS. Mayflower Quilters' Guild meets on the 3rd Thursday of each month (Sept - June except Dec) at 7:30 pm at the Dartmouth North Community Centre, 134 Pinecrest Avenue, Dartmouth, NS.
Breton Quilters
The Breton Quilters Guild are a group
of enthusiastic quilt makers who meet most Mondays at the Cape Breton Centre
for Craft and Design from Sept - June. They work to preserve the art and heritage
of quilt making. This busy group always has a project on the frame, many of
which are donated to local groups such as the Palliative Care Unit of the
Regional Hospital.
They also have block-of-the-months projects, raffle
quilts and all sorts of other activities. Membership in the guild provides
an opportunity for quilters to exchange ideas and information and to enjoy
the fellowship of quilting together. Info: irons@syd.eastlink.ca
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