The Craft & Design Studio is a unique Canadian career-oriented program and facility. It is an artist-in-residency incubator and training centre with a self-directed and transformative learning ethos.
Embracing a broad diversity of craft and design practices, the program is open to post-graduates and those with equivalent training demonstrating a thorough understanding, conceptually and technically, in one of five areas: Textiles, Glass, Ceramics, Jewellery or Design. Residencies in the Design Studio are not available in 2025.
Harbourfront Centre’s Craft & Design program is the only one available in Canada that offers an emerging artist residency in contemporary craft and design, with a strong focus on professional development. Long-term commitments to artists offer resources and opportunities (mentorship, discourse, exhibitions and symposia) and play a significant role in developing and promoting craft and design as a creative discipline.
Juliana Scherzer. Photo: Emily Hood