WINNIPEG — The Winnipeg Art Gallery is being transformed into a massive four-floor showcase of handmade goods.
On Saturday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Winnipeggers can check out the WAG’s CRAFTED show. It showcases more than 50 artists from around Manitoba and Nunavut featuring their handmade goods in time for the holiday season.
More than 1,500 people showed up for the first day of the event on Friday.
One of the participants is Adina Tarralik Duffy. Duffy is a Nunavut designer who creates wearable art from ethically harvested caribou antler, beluga vertebrae, teeth and other found bones.
“With such a large gathering of Northern artists, the opportunity to be inspired at CRAFTED is going to be limitless,” said Duffy in a news release. “It’s going to be a treasure trove of talent and I’m very much looking forward to seeing what everyone has created.”
The show also features local Winnipeggers.
As part of the event the WAG is also wrapped in wool hand knit from knitters around the world. After the show is over, the banners will be separated into colourful scarves which will be handed out to Winnipeg’s less fortunate. A local knitting group coordinated the “yarn storm” which attracted knitters from around the world to help participate in the event.
Tickets are $5 for the day and available to purchase online or at the WAG.
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