Formerly the Ontario Crafts Council, Craft Ontario is a not-for-profit service organization that works to have craft recognized as a valuable part of life. We promote and celebrate professional craft through providing member opportunities, and advocate for craft practice by educating and empowering diverse audiences.
Her work utilizes the act of observation, relationships, and formal investigations. Gluszak focuses on the creation of objects, to escape from the mundanity of everyday life.
Teaching Materials: Sheridan College Craft & Design Faculty Exhibition
September 8 - October 7, 2017
Craft Ontario Gallery, 1106 Queen Street West, Toronto
Closing Reception Thursday, September 28, 6 – 9 pm
Taking place as part of the 50th anniversary celebrations of Sheridan College’s Craft and Design Program, Teaching Materials brings together the work of many of the program’s highly accomplished Faculty and Technologists. The knowledge and skills they share inspire new generations of craftspeople and help shape the craft and design landscape in Canada. The old adage “those that can’t do, teach” simply doesn’t apply here. The exhibition acknowledges Sheridan’s Craft & Design faculty in their valuable roles as teachers, mentors, and leaders in education, while also sharing their phenomenal skill as makers and designers.
Teaching Materials includes work by:
Elaine Brodie Owen Colborne Jess Riva Cooper Rob Diemert Marc Egan Peter Fleming Lee Fletcher Jin Won Han |
Kate Jackson Laura Kukkee Scot Laughton Sally McCubbin Rachel Miller Meghan Price Katrina Tompkins |
In 1967, a new wave of commitment to Craft and Design found its Ontario home in a program created with the founding of Sheridan College. Now, 50 years into the program, Sheridan’s Craft and Design Program is celebrating and taking stock.
Nothing is Newer Than Tradition
August 19 - October 29, 2017
Art Gallery of Burlington, 1333 Lakeshore Rd, Burlington, ON
Opening Reception: Friday, September 15, 6:00 – 9:00 pm
Nothing is Newer than Tradition presents work that opens up an experience of craft history, where the making of objects critically intersects with both our past and present cultural, social and political ways of being in the world. Craft traditions of making are deeply rooted in identities and cultures that extend beyond current national boundaries and conventions, and remain critical in presenting work that enriches and reflects our lives today.
Juried by David Kaye, Laura Kukkee and Rachael Wong, Nothing is Newer than Tradition includes the work of:
LINA MARIA AVENDANO ANDRÉE CHÉNIER NAOMI CLEMENT HANNAH EPSTEIN AGNES XIAOYAN GUAN HAMILTON HOLMES JOON HEE KIM BRITTANY MACDOUGALL |
MATTHEW MCINTYRE FUZZY MALL DANI ORTMAN SAM PEDICELLI AMANDA RATAJ DENISE SMITH MAGALI THIBAULT GOBEIL MARLENE ZAGDANSKI |
Taking place as part of the inaugural Canadian Craft Biennial (http://canadiancraftbiennial.ca), Nothing is Newer than Tradition presents the work of sixteen emerging Ontario makers that reflect a dedicated engagement with specialized skills and materials. The exhibition explores how craft materials, tools and processes are creatively reiterated through the hands of a new generation of makers.
CHROMATIC GEOGRAPHY:
Natural Dyes in the 21st Century
June 8 - August 26, 2017
Craft Ontario Gallery, 1106 Queen Street West, Toronto
Chromatic Geography examines new trends, and presents a diversity of approaches to the use of natural dyes, from scientific research and raw material development, to innovative, contemporary applications in craft, fashion, design and art, with personal approaches to materials and aesthetics.
Curated by Rachel MacHenry and Thea Haines, with the work of:
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Chromatic Geography is generously supported by the Ontario Arts Council.
Craft Ontario ’17 surveys the work of members across the province, and presents the very best of contemporary craft. Since 1975 Craft Ontario has supported the development of contemporary craft through juried exhibitions of member work.
Congratulations to this year's award recipients:
Juried by Gordon Thompson (Sheridan College Craft & Design Program) and Chung-Im Kim (OCAD University Material Art & Design Program), Craft Ontario ’17 featured the work of:
HANA BALABAN-POMMIER
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BECKY LAUZON
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This annual thematic exhibition brings together emerging and established artists and designers from many disciplines to consider the theme of living well.
'Living Well' explores the tangible and intangible ways in which design improves our daily lives. What is the capacity of design to help us feel or live better? How does it help us achieve higher states of personal health, resource efficiency, conviviality, collaboration, mindfulness, or even happiness? Ultimately, 'Living Well' asks about the ways in which design transforms us, or how we use design to transform ourselves for the better.
This exhibition features the work of:
'Living Well' is an exhibition curated by the Toronto Design Offsite Festival. Funding is generously provided by the Ontario Arts Council and Craft Ontario.
Formerly the Ontario Crafts Council, Craft Ontario is a not-for-profit service organization that works to have craft recognized as a valuable part of life. We promote and celebrate professional craft through providing member opportunities, and advocate for craft practice by educating and empowering diverse audiences.