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Local Artists & Craftspeople Wanted!

12/7/2013

The Scotsville School of Crafts’ gallery and gift shop is being set up and we are looking for consignments of textiles, handmade soap, paintings, woodworking, sculpture, handmade candles, leatherwork, jewellery, and other examples of Cape Breton Island fine art and craft.

The Scotsville School of Crafts’ gift shop and gallery is open throughout the summer and autumn each year, and is a popular stop for tourists and locals alike. During the Celtic Colours International Festival we host several community events, including the Lakeside Impressions gallery opening, community meals, workshops and square-dancing.

The consignment rates are as follows:
20% for members of the Lake Ainslie Weavers and Craft Guild
30% for non-members

Artwork and crafts should be labelled with a tag indicating price (full retail price), maker, materials and washing/care instructions (if applicable).

Items can be dropped off at the School before Tuesday, July 16, or at the home of Elaine Panuska (Lake Ainslie, 258-3078) or Cate Lake-Thompson (Mabou, 945-2256). Pick-up in other local communities may be arranged by calling either of these numbers or emailing: info@scotsvilleschoolofcrafts.ca

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Welcome! Ciad Mile Failte!

The Scotsville School of Crafts was founded in 1991 by the Lake Ainslie Weavers & Craft Guild. Their vision has transformed an old school into a unique centre for the display and teaching of several traditional crafts that include weaving, spinning and painting.

This well equipped facility, on Cape Breton Island’s west coast is centrally located in Inverness County on beautiful Lake Ainslie (Nova Scotia’s largest freshwater lake) in the village of Scotsville. It is accessible from the Trans Canada in Whycocomagh, the Margarees on Rt 395, and Rt 19 between Mabou and Inverness.

The Lake Ainslie Weavers & Craft Guild offers classes at the School in spring and fall and operates a gallery and summer gift shop featuring products produced by local artisans. During October’s ten day Celtic Colours International Music Festival, a unique Cape Breton Island-wide celebration of Celtic & Gaelic culture, the Scotsville School hosts Lakeside Impressions with a gallery of works by Guild members as well as a variety of workshops of interest to the many international visitors that attend the festival.

In past years, Guild members have designed and registered local tartans and reproduced a highly acclaimed 100 Year Old Trousseau which was exhibited at the Mary Black Gallery in Halifax, the Highland Village in Iona, Cape Breton and the Miners Museum in Inverness. They have also performed their skills at public demonstrations and recently have been raising money for the local palliative care society by participating in the International Back to Back Wool Challenge, based in Australia, in which a sheep is sheared, the wool spun and a sweater knit in a day following international rules.

The Scotsville School of Crafts is a member of the Cape Breton Centre for Craft and Design and has several juried members in the Lake Ainslie Weavers and Craft Guild.

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