2026 Craft Award Recipients
Announcing the 2026 Craft Award Recipients! Congratulations to all of this year's recipients and thank you to our jurors!
Announcing the 2026 Craft Award Recipients! Congratulations to all of this year's recipients and thank you to our jurors!
Preview Exhibition: September 30 - October 10, 2026
Craft Ontario is proud to continue to support the rich history and culture of Canada’s Indigenous peoples thorugh displaying the 2026 Cape Dorset Annual Print Collection. The official release date of the prints for sale is Saturday October 17, 2026.
August 26 - September 26, 2026
A solo exhibition by Hitoko Okada exploring speculative futures of the textile supply chain through two large-scale installations combining ceramics, recovered ocean plastic, and traditional Japanese materials to interrogate the displacement of heritage plant fibres by petrochemicals.
June 17 - July 25, 2026
A two-person exhibition featuring the work of Judy and April Martin, a mother and daughter whose quilted compositions explore themes of personal history, material transformation, and the rhythms of nature through intricate hand-stitched textiles.
April 29 - June 6, 2026
Gabriel George’s immersive installation is inspired by the ancient ritual of Theyyam, reinterpreting traditional visual languages to explore how craft, ritual, and cultural storytelling remain connected across cultures and generations.
March 11 - April 18, 2026
A solo exhibition by Toronto-based artist Akash Inbakumar that brings together installation, textile, and performance work to form a meditation on endurance.
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There is an annual opportunity to apply for the Exhibitions program. Craft Ontario seeks proposals for solo and two-person exhibitions to take place in the Craft Ontario Gallery during the following year. Look for the annual Call for Entry during the winter and spring.