Product Assessment
2026 DUE DATES
Online application form completed and physical work dropped off by:
Summer Applications Due: Friday, May 29 at 2 pm
Winter Applications Due: Friday, August 14 at 2 pm
Ready to make waves at Craft Nova Scotia markets?
It all begins with submitting your work for product assessment.
Craft Nova Scotia's product assessment process is an evaluation of a professional maker's product(s) to determine their quality, functionality, performance, and compliance with specific standards or requirements. It involves a detailed analysis of various aspects of the products, such as their design, materials used, manufacturing process, durability, safety, and overall suitability for their intended purpose.
A peer-review committee, comprised of experienced craftspeople in various artistic mediums, reviews the applications. Current Maker Members of Craft Nova Scotia can apply to have their work juried without paying additional fees. If you are currently a non-member, you are not required to register your membership prior to acceptance. You can register for your Maker Membership upon approval of your product assessment.
Please note that Craft Nova Scotia accepts the standard / product assessment jury results from our fellow craft organizations:
- Craft New Brunswick
- PEI Craft Council
- Craft Council of Newfoundland & Labrador
- Mawi’Art
- Cape Breton Centre for Craft & Design
If you have been successful in an assessment with one of the above organizations you do not need to resubmit to Craft Nova Scotia. Contact us for more information.
Assessment Application Checklist
The online application form requires the following information:
- Maker/business bio (max. 300 words) and general information
- Website, social media links (if applicable)
- 1–5 photographs of your retail / market set up (to show how your pieces would be displayed)
- Cultural context statement (if applicable) Our submission form asks applicants to include a cultural context statement to provide the committee with more information to assess questions of cultural appropriation and cultural knowledge. If your work reflects, represents, is inspired by or draws upon cultural knowledge, wisdom, visual language, or narrative based on or in a specific cultural, politicized, or racialized group, please articulate the group that your work represents, and how you are connected to that group.
The physical submission requires:
- At least 6 pieces of work with necessary material/usage labels attached (if your work falls under government regulations), ideally securely packed in boxes
- Identification labelling (ie. Item 1, Item 2, etc.) for each of your physical submissions
- Promotional materials like business cards, brochures, product packaging
To schedule a delivery / drop off of work, email Emma: emmap@craftnovascotia.ca