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Kirsty Wilson @ Gallery 1313
“Spore Fictions of Biology”
Works by Kirsty Wilson
On view through Jan 9-Jan 20, 2013.
Exhibition closes this Sunday. Please make sure not to miss it if you’re in the Toronto area.
Gallery 1313 is located at
1313 Queen Street West
Toronto, ON. M6K 1L8
Hours of operation: Wednesday – Sunday, 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm
http://g1313.org/
www.facebook.com/pages/Kirsty-Wilson-Designs/389810207775005
www.kirsty-wilson.com
monday morning eye candy: Jenna Stanton
FUSION Scholarships/Awards
FUSION supports member guilds in the crafts community by honouring excellence and endeavour in the field of clay and glass through the FUSION DESIGN AWARD.
Each year, FUSION provides Student Awards of Merit to deserving graduating College students in the two disciplines of glass and ceramics.
The FUSION Bursary provides financial assistance through the Scholarship Fund to clay or glass artists in financial need wishing to further their education in ceramics or glass.
At the Annual Conference FUSION presents Volunteer Awards for outstanding service to FUSION.
FUSION is eligible to nominate deserving individuals for the Ontario Crafts Council Mather Award. Since 1981 to honour their founding member and former treasurer John Mather, the Ontario Crafts Council has presented an annual award for lifetime achievement.
Fireworks Awards are selected by jurors for FUSION’S Biennial Exhibition.
FUSION nominates outstanding individuals demonstrating excellence in their field for national awards on an on-going basis where applicable
FUSION gratefully acknowledges the assistance and generous donations of our many partners, in making the Fireworks awards a reality.
To find out how you can make a donation to one of our awards – either anonymously or in your name, your company’s name, or in the loving memory of a friend or relative, please contact us today.
Awards Eligibility, Guidelines & How to Apply, Download PDF:
Upcoming events @ the Gardiner
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The Vase Project celebrates the art of copying and the role
of the usually anonymous artist in Jingdezhen. Working with 101 blank
vases, the curators created a visual chain letter selecting factory
workers and painters from independent workshops around the city to copy
and hand‐paint a blue-and-white contemporary landscape based on their
original sketch of the smoke stacks of Jingdezhen.
The project took place sequentially over a two year period: the
first factory artist received the sketch which he/she copied on a blank
vessel which was then fired and passed on to the next artist to copy
on a new identical blank vase and so on.
The Vase Project exhibition reveals that even when working
by rote or mimetically the anonymous artist’s individual brushstrokes
contribute to a singular one-off aesthetic within mass‐production.
Curated by Barbara Diduk, Charles A. Dana Professor of Art at
Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, in collaboration with Zhao
Yu, Assistant Professor at the Hunan Normal University, Changsha, China
This exhibition explores the recent allure of China on Canadian
ceramicists. In the past few years, numerous ceramic artists have
attended residencies and exchanges in Fuping and Jingdezhen, replacing
the tradition of visiting Japanese folk (Mingei) potteries, in search of
authentic experiences.
The exhibition traces this new direction and how/if it has re-shaped
ceramic practice in Canada. Themes include contemporary Western
interpretations of Asian iconography, the relationship between the
handmade and mass production and the endurance of blue-and-white (Qing
Hua).
Go East features work by nine artists from across Canada
that were made in China or inspired by their experience of living
there. Artists participating in this exhibition are: Susan Collett, Jackson Li, Sin-ying Ho, Rory MacDonald, Sally Michener, Ann Mortimer, Paul Mathieu, Walter Ostrom and Diane Sullivan.
Curated by Rachel Gotlieb
PROGRAMS
JAN 14: PANEL DISCUSSION: Engaging with Ceramic Processes in Contemporary Art with artists Clint Neufeld and Linda Sormin. Moderated by Mona Flip, Curator of the Koffler Gallery
JAN 16: LECTURE: Under the Influence: The Harlequin Effect with artist Kate Hyde
JAN 25: LUNCH + LEARN: Susan Swan: The Western LightFEB 9: TRANSFORMATION BY FIRE: Hands-On WorkshopFEB 12: LECTURE: Married to Pottery: A Life of Uncertainty with Senior Curator Rachel GotliebFEB 14: JAMIE KENNEDY VALENTINE’S DINNER
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