YELLOWKNIFE GUILD OF ARTS AND CRAFTS
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Happy 80th Anniversary to the Yellowknife Guild of Arts and Crafts! We are celebrating 80 years of arts and crafts with a year-long party of special events, exhibits, demonstrations, and activities throughout the city of Yellowknife. The Guild was established in 1946 with an aim to provide art and craft education reflecting a community beyond a resource extraction town. Eighty years later, we are one of the oldest and enduring craft guilds in Canada, and are continuing to support artistic development and offer instruction in a wide variety of arts and crafts with a talented pool of passionate instructors. Today, the Guild has over 18 different disciplines, from pottery to fibre arts to stained glass to silversmithing and more, all shared under one roof. As the anniversary celebration continues, please keep checking here and on our social media for regular updates on ways we are sharing 80 years of arts and crafts with Yellowknife, participating artists, opportunities for participation, Guild trivia, and more. |
| YK ARCC Exhibit and Reception Visit YK ARCC for a 3-month exhibition of arts and crafts produced by Guild members and a display of tiles and other items created during our anniversary activities. |
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| Guild Demonstration Day Visit the Guild for our second demo day to observe our artists demonstrating needle felting, rigid heddle weaving, knitting, pottery, fabric dyeing, and basket making. |
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| Guild Demonstration Day The first Guild demo day gave visitors the oppotunity to observe our artists demonstrating raku firing and various fibre and mixed media arts. Visitors also participated in hands-on activities including a tapestry weaving and raku glazing. |
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| Old Town Ramble and Ride The Guild participated in the Old Town Ramble and Ride festival with a display of pottery by Guild artists, deminstrations of wheel throwing and handbuilding, and a public a ceramic tile painting activity. |
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| Fireweed Studio Food and art: a lovely and long-standing tradition at the Guild. Fireweed Studio enjoyed a wonderful 2026 season with many visitors appreciating and purchasing the arts and crafts produced by our members. |
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| Snowking's Winter Festival The Yellowknife Snowcastle was the venue for a display of fibre art created by Guild artists, where visitors participated in our weaving wall activity, and observed arts and crafts demonstrations. |
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