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July 19 – September 7, 2025

Every piece, from the initial sketch to completion, is formed lovingly by hand, using both traditional and innovative jewellery-making techniques, to create ‘wearable art’.

Opening Summer 2025

The Craft Ontario Gallery will be moving this summer to a new space in the iconic arts and culture hub at 401 Richmond Street in Toronto! The Craft Ontario Shop will continue to operate out of the the current two locations at 1106 Queen St W and in the Distillery District.

The practices of seven artists were chosen to be featured in Pride in Craft 2025 for the resonant way they clearly move through and around the muddied noise of discourse on trans and queer life. These artists are building unignorable bodies of work, ballasted with the weight of a sense of familiarity. 

June 20 - July 20, 2025

Inspired by fairytales, folklore and queerness with a vintage/kitsch/pop lens, Alisa's punch-needle abstract faces will fill the Craft Ontario Shop's Feature Window with pride this summer! 

Join us for a ceremony and reception on Saturday, June 28 to open a solo exhibition of wooden mask carvings and skin marking paintings by Mi’kmaw artist Gordon Sparks. 

May 16 - June 15, 2025.

Bark, moss, snails and fungi - Explore Jennifer Anne Kelly's featured glasswork, titled "The Forest Floor", available to view in the Retail Feature Window for a limited time.

We are happy to invite you to the Craft Ontario Gallery on Saturday, May 24, 2025 to celebrate the opening of a solo exhibition of beadwork sculptures by Winnipeg-based artist Kae Sasaki! 

Influenced by her surroundings from growing up in Wales and drawn to the versatility of metal, Vivienne Jones' work often reflects on our relationship to nature and man-made architecture. Her jewellery work exhibits an intuitive, layered, organic approach predominately utilizing...

This issue of Studio is a landmark amidst many changes, but its foundation and commitment to craft remains at the core. Themed Structure, this issue examines, defines, and informs various crafts and their relationships with people, places, flows, and materials....

April 11 - May 11, 2025

Featured in the Craft Ontario Shop, Jeannie Pappas' ceramic micro worlds invite viewers in to dwell. They sprout flower hats, grow root-like limbs, and bear celestial patterns—each element carefully considered to enhance their otherworldly character. 

We connected with the 2024 Craft Award recipients to hear how the recognition and funding from receiving an award impacted their arts practice! 

April 4, 2025 from 6-8pm

Meet the next generation of ceramic artists in this exhibition showcasing the work of Ceramics graduates from the Bachelor of Craft and Design program at Sheridan College.