It’s a move to grow Cheticamp’s Rug Hooking tradition.
The Unama’ki Cape Breton Centre for Craft and Design has announced a new pop-up exhibition that opens next week called “Revival of Cheticamp Rug Hooking”.
The show features works created through a mentorship program where 10 community members learned rug hooking and related skills from established artists.
Cheticamp rug hooking frame (Ken Kingston photo)
The centre’s Sustainable Craft Manager Al Cusack says the idea for the exhibition came from community discussions on Sustainable Craft Programming in 2022.
Revival of Cheticamp Rug Hooking will be on display in the new community rug hooking space at Le Conseil des Arts de Cheticamp from October 24th to November 22nd