C.R.A.F.T. The Centre for Retrofitting and Failure Techniques. C.R.A.F.T. qʷicčiƛma qʷicčiƛma (the sky opened up) is how we translate this concept to nuučaańuł

C.R.A.F.T./qʷicčiƛma explores and fosters contemporary arts practice with people of all stripes. We are a small, Indigenous-led organization with a locally-oriented printmaking studio, an outdoor garden/stage/gathering area, and a digital space with unlimited potential.

[ CENTRE ] To be a lightning rod and reference point in arts-based practice and research. To form, then document, current experimental practices.

for (Generosity)

[ RETROFITTING ] To activate the possibility of redoing, reworking, revisiting concepts and materials as a methodology for testing, building, making, and sustaining communities, practice and work.

[ AND ] Inclusion

[ FAILURE ] To approach risk with awareness, but without fearing unexpected results. To use openness, observation, and adaptation as a productive trajectory and test space into an unknown future.

[ TECHNIQUES ] To refine and integrate the practice of arts-based research, making and execution. To explore the [re]distribution of wealth through making-based practice. To be self-sustaining in this work. 

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C.R.A.F.T. is a B.C. non-profit society located on Ahswinnis Reserve, Port Alberni, Canada. Incorporation Number S0073243.

Board :
Klehwetua Rodney Sayers, co-founder & president
Michelle Jacques, vice-president
Emily Luce, co-founder & treasurer/secretary

C.R.A.F.T. is buoyed by many individual and organizational supporters as we carry on this adventure. We thank you and look forward to sharing the ongoing results of our collective vision on this new platform.