Craft Council of BC <info@craftcouncilbc.ca>

The Capilano University Textile Arts Department has just learned that due to proposed budget cuts, the long standing Textile and Studio Arts programs (including Ceramics) will be terminated.  As a crafts community we cannot afford to lose another studio based art program – where will the crafts people of tomorrow be trained?

I am sure those who attended the programs at Capilano University would agree with Jennifer Love, BC Rep Surface Design, when she says:

Speaking for myself, I can say that those three years were the most educational, stimulating and motivating that I have ever experienced. It was life-changing for me. Those courses made me push past my usual boundaries into various discomfort zones that taught me more than I could ever have accomplished on my own. They helped give me the determination and the passion to pursue my own art (even though other life changes have competed with that goal at times!) and also to do whatever was in my power to help raise the profile of textile art in the art world generally and the community at large.

Programs like the Textile Arts and Studio Arts programs at Capilano University are essential if the craft sector is to grow and thrive!  If you want to help save these programs, please make your voice heard and let’s reverse this decision.

Along with our own letter of protest, we will be asking every Provincial Craft Council and the Canadian Crafts Federation to write a letter to the following:

Senate Rep: Grace Mcnab gmcnab@capilanou.ca

Board Reps:  Dr. Frank Harris fharris@capilanou.ca

Stephen Williams swilliam@capilanou.ca

Dean: Jennifer Moore jmoore2@capilanou.ca

Please spend a few minutes and send an email to each of these people telling them why their decision is short-sighted and ill-informed.

Please take the time to sign the online petition.  If you would rather use Facebook, a page has been set up to communicate about the potential closure of the programs.

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