Projects

Craft East Buyers’ Expo 2025

Craft East Buyers’ Expo is a vehicle for the purpose of promoting crafts and giftware manufactured exclusively in the Atlantic Provinces. For two days in February the finest in candles, clothing, food, glass, home decor, jewellery, leather, metal, Indigenous art & craft, paintings, paper, pottery, stone, wood and much more will be gathered in beautiful downtown Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Moncton – Atlantic Gift + Home Market – March 2025 Craft Lab Showcase

To further develop export markets for Atlantic Canadian craft producers, Craft Alliance will once again lead our CRAFT: Lab – Toronto Incubator Project to attend the Toronto Gift + Home Market trade show in August 2024. This will be a pan-Atlantic mission where Craft Alliance will lead the coordination and development of the project. The project will involve exhibitors from Atlantic Canada looking to expand their sales to Central and Western Canada. The Toronto Gift + Home Market is a wholesale trade show produced by the Canadian Gift Association and is held twice a year in Toronto, Ontario.

Approximately 8-10 Atlantic Canadian craft producers will be selected to participate in a Pavilion Showcase at the Toronto Gift + Home Market in August 2024.  This project will fill quickly; contact Craft Alliance for instructions to apply.

Toronto Gift + Home Market – January 2025

To further develop export markets for Atlantic Canadian craft producers, Craft Alliance will once again lead our CRAFT: Lab – Toronto Incubator Project to attend the Toronto Gift + Home Market trade show in January 2025. This will be a pan-Atlantic mission where Craft Alliance will lead the coordination and development of the project. The project will involve exhibitors from Atlantic Canada looking to expand their sales to Central and Western Canada. The Toronto Gift + Home Market is a wholesale trade show produced by the Canadian Gift Association and is held twice a year in Toronto, Ontario.

The pavilion showcase will accommodate 12 Atlantic Canadian craft producers will be selected to participate in a Pavilion Showcase at the Toronto Gift + Home Market in January 2025.  This project will fill quickly; contact Craft Alliance for instructions to apply.

Craft East Buyers’ Expo: Virtual Marketplace (Ongoing)

Attention Wholesale Craft Producers: The Virtual Marketplace is for buying and selling wholesale Atlantic Canadian craft is online!  Register now to sell your products online to an audience of hundreds of retail buyers.

Activate your profile on the Virtual Marketplace to access promotional opportunities and take part in any Craft East Buyers’ Expo virtual activities.

Please note there are NO DATES for the Virtual Marketplace – this is an ongoing initiative.

COLLECT 2025 – Exhibition Opportunity, London, UK

The Crafts Council, UK founded Collect with the aim to build the profile and sales for collectable craft and to promote the very best galleries and artists in the field. It continues to be the only gallery-presented art fair dedicated to modern craft and design in the United Kingdom. Craft Alliance is planning an exhibition of Atlantic Canadian artist/makers to exhibit at Collect in March 2025.