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CCBC is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to supporting professional craftspeople. Through our gallery, gift shop, window installations, craft resource library, and annual awards, we promote contemporary craft and foster a thriving creative community in British Columbia.
around the kitchen table: crafting connections
clarrissa long
This exhibition explores the intrinsic connection between making and communication, proposing the physical act of creation as a language in its own right.
feb 26 – apr 23 | 2026
call for entry: apply to be part of the 2026 edition of the Earring Show!
a group exhibition that explores identity as an internal architecture—shaped by memory, inheritance, and transformation—revealed through craft-based practices in ceramics, metalwork, and printmaking.
The CCBC’s Featured Region Program highlights guilds, organizations, and art communities around BC. This spring we hosted a lovely group of artists from Cortes Island, BC, including weaver Amy Robertson. Read more about Amy’s journey of becoming a craftsperson below!
With her CCBC gallery show Rebirth, we asked artist Amy Chang to share with us a bit about herself, her inspiration, and her projects.
Exhibition will be on view in our gallery from June 5 – July 24, 2025.
“My long answer can be simplified into one sentence: I craft because I cannot help it.”
learn all about craft mediums, processes, and techniques, and find out how to care for the craft in your collection
view our effort to catalogue and digitize ccbc archives and to collaborate with community groups bringing their records to light
access a wide variety of craft-related materials and educational resources that are intended for the greater public and arts sector alike
