ALBERTA CRAFT COUNCIL STAFF enjoy carving soapstone bears Sunday Jan 30th

Fun filled Sunday Jan 30 with the staff of the Alberta Craft Council. Everyone participated and everyone turned out a materpiece! Something we wanted to do for a long time and Sunday was the day. Great day with lots of fun - when you are at the Alberta Craft Gallery ask them about their bears - maybe they will have their own exhibition!

THE 16% EXHIBITION

THE ARTS NEED YOUR HELP! Please join the "I support the arts" campaign.

The Alberta government cut $5.5 million of 16% of the entire resources of the Alberta Foundation for the Arts. The Craft Council lost $37,000 (16%) from its 2010-11 core grant. The Craft Council Board has decided to demonstrate this cut as visibly and shockingly as possible with the "The 16% Exhibition".

The Alberta Craft Council has prepared a number of post cards to be sent to the Alberta Government - Premier Stelmach and MLA's. A picture of the soapstone bear that I carved was selected as one of the images to be shown on the post cards.

Wellspring Edmonton Fund Raising Art Auction

Wellspring Edmonton is a new cancer support centre that is being established in Edmonton, it is an effort of which we are most supportive and to this cause we are donating this piece of sculpture for the fund raising art auction to be held this coming Feb 5th at the Enjoy Centre in St Albert.

This piece is 8 in tall, marbled Brazilian soapstone and appropriately the first sculpture that I have carved in 2011. Hope that it finds a good home.