Craftcare, Meditations on the Practice of Care
2025
This is a meditation on how care-based labor can foster a therapeutic reality that cultivates a reciprocal relationship between craft and the world it inhabits.
We live in a world where competition and consumption dominate, often overshadowing our capacity for care and leaving little room for nurturing practices. Reorienting ourselves toward care disrupts our current reality and encourages us to look towards the horizon and beyond.
Author: Aron Hill
Designer: Jesus Caba
Aron Hill is a Canadian artist currently living and working in Canada. He received his BFA in Interdisciplinary Studies from the Alberta College of Art and Design in 2000, and later completed an MFA at Goldsmiths, University of London. While at Goldsmiths, his practice evolved into installation-based projects combining traditional drawing and painting with formal sculptural elements, large-format photography, and text-based work. More recently, Hill’s focus has shifted toward socially engaged community practices, exploring themes of colonialism and care through traditional and often domestic craft techniques. He is currently completing a book titled Carecraft, which reflects on the emergence of culture through practices of care. Hill has exhibited internationally, occasionally teaches and lectures, and continues to write. His work was recently acquired by the Alberta Foundation for the Arts (AFA).
Craftcare, Meditations on the Practice of Care
2025
This is a meditation on how care-based labor can foster a therapeutic reality that cultivates a reciprocal relationship between craft and the world it inhabits.
We live in a world where competition and consumption dominate, often overshadowing our capacity for care and leaving little room for nurturing practices. Reorienting ourselves toward care disrupts our current reality and encourages us to look towards the horizon and beyond.
Author: Aron Hill
Designer: Jesus Caba
Aron Hill is a Canadian artist currently living and working in Canada. He received his BFA in Interdisciplinary Studies from the Alberta College of Art and Design in 2000, and later completed an MFA at Goldsmiths, University of London. While at Goldsmiths, his practice evolved into installation-based projects combining traditional drawing and painting with formal sculptural elements, large-format photography, and text-based work. More recently, Hill’s focus has shifted toward socially engaged community practices, exploring themes of colonialism and care through traditional and often domestic craft techniques. He is currently completing a book titled Carecraft, which reflects on the emergence of culture through practices of care. Hill has exhibited internationally, occasionally teaches and lectures, and continues to write. His work was recently acquired by the Alberta Foundation for the Arts (AFA).
