Events

2026

After the Fire Ban is lifted (mid-Autumn) : C.R.A.F.T./qʷicčiƛma's firepit AGM

September 30-October 1 : hišimłuwa with Tsimka Martin and Michael Red
Music Making Thinking & Recording Residency with Tsimka Martin and Michael Red; visitors are invited to visit the studio to listen to their creative process, meanwhile engage in their own quiet making/project while the recording is underway. Quiet community. hišimłuwa means working together as a group, whatever it is they are doing. Invitation will be sent to C.R.A.F.T./qʷicčiƛma's mailing list mid-September.

July 12-17 Printmaking Residency
A curated gathering of local-coastal printmakers working in community.

July 1 at C.R.A.F.T./qʷicčiƛma
Fish Leather Tanning Experiments led by Janette Cormier and Lonnie Morse; Quilts: recent work by Susan Lauder; Work-In-Progress Open House: The Little Big House new artwork by Rod Sayers; Open Studio, Garden and Ideas Everywhere: Workspaces of qʷicčiƛma, some editioned works will be available for purchase.

March 27-28, 2026 : Research Drift: CHANGING TIDES in collaboration with U.F.Ɵ (Unidentified Facility Onsite)

This March 28, C.R.A.F.T. and U.F.Ɵ arrive at the same shoreline, inviting a diverse group of perspectives from near and far away to meet in place and going aboard the MV Frances Barkley in Port Alberni, following the Alberni Inlet to Bamfield on Vancouver Island.

February 20, 2026 : In residence: Tsimka Martin and Michael Red.
Creative visioning and Chinese New Year Celebratory Lunch with Elders and Artists