by Carole Epp | Sep 20, 2012 | Uncategorized
The Awards & Scholarships is an OCC flagship program
that celebrates excellence in making, allows for peer recognition, and
provides opportunity for promotion.
Its days of accompanying the Annual General Meeting are
gone – instead, the 2012 Award & Scholarships recipients will be
honoured with a special event. As such, we are very excited to introduce
you to the inaugural Craft Awards Ceremony – a night
dedicated to makers and objects, and to celebrating the very best of
contemporary craft. As part of the evening we will be announcing the
award recipients of the prestigious John Mather Award for Lifetime Achievement, as well as the Volunteer Committee Outstanding Service Award.
In order to build anticipation and excitement, we will be
withholding the announcement of which award each recipient has won
until the Ceremony on Thursday, October 4, 2012. We invite you to join
us in celebrating the award winners with friends, family, patrons,
donors, collectors, and the OCC board, staff and volunteers.
Awards Ceremony
- Thursday, October 4, 7:00 – 9:00 pm
- Gladstone Hotel Ballroom
- 1214 Queen Street W, Toronto
- Tickets $15, or $10 for Students
- Light refreshments will be served with a cash bar
- Dress: Business/formal
Followed by a reception at the OCC Gallery for the Award Winners 2012 exhibition
- Thursday, October 4, 9:00 – 11:00 pm
- OCC Gallery
- 990 Queen Street W, Toronto
- Free
- Light refreshments served
Special thanks to the 2012 Awards & Scholarships jury,
Kai Chan, Heidi Earnshaw, Melanie Egan, Karl Schantz, Chiho Tokita, and
John Wiggers.
Thanks also to the many donors and supporters that
continue to sustain this program, as well as the OCC Volunteer Committee
for their long term commitment to creating awards that make a
difference.
For more information please contact Janna Hiemstra at [email protected] or 416-925-4222 x 225.
For a full list of awards and scholarhips see: www.craft.on.ca/Programs/Award_List
by Carole Epp | Aug 26, 2012 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday
2012 NICHE Award winner, Ceramics – John Davis
Entries are being accepted now for the 2013 NICHE Awards, a prestigious juried competition recognizing excellence in fine craft design.
Professional and student artists may apply online at
www.NICHEAwards.com. The deadline for entries is September 30, 2012. Contest categories include ceramic, fiber, glass, metal, wood, and jewelry arts. New categories added this year seek original artist-made holiday ornaments and decorations; objects for the kitchen and for dining; and jewelry made from alternative materials.
Judging of entries is based on three main criteria:
- technical excellence, both in surface design and form
- a distinct quality of unique, original and creative thought
- market viability (professional entries only)
2012 NICHE Award winner Basketry – C. Smathers
The entry fees are $40 for professional craft artists and $18 for students; up to three artworks may be entered per person. The judging will take place in October. Finalists will be invited to display their work in a NICHE Awards exhibit at the Buyers Market of American Craft, a national wholesale tradeshow of American-made products, February 16-18, 2013, in Philadelphia. Winners will be announced at a ceremony during the Buyers Market on February 17, 2013.
2012 NICHE Award winner Furniture (Cabinetry) Austin Heitzman
The NICHE Awards are sponsored by NICHE magazine, the quarterly trade publication for U.S. and Canadian retailers of fine craft and artist-made products. NICHE is published by The Rosen Group, a Baltimore-based arts marketing, publishing and advocacy firm.
A complete list of last year’s NICHE Awards winners can be found at www.NICHEAwards.com. Requests for images can be sent to the contest coordinator, Jean Thompson, at [email protected] or call 800-432-7238, ext. 218.
by Carole Epp | Jul 4, 2012 | Uncategorized
Opening Reception
Date: Sunday, July 15, 2012
Time: 1:00 to 5:00pm, with remarks at 1:30pm
The Clay & Glass is pleased to invite you to the opening reception
for Tactile Desires: The Work of Jack Sures on Sunday, July 15, 2012.
The reception will be held at the Gallery from 1:00 to 5:00pm, with
remarks by Lead Curator Virginia Eichhorn at 1:30pm. For more
information, or visit our website at http://www.theclayandglass.ca/exhibitions/future-exhibitions/jack-sures/
by Carole Epp | Sep 15, 2011 | Uncategorized
Mark Jaroszewicz presents a solo exhibition of math-concept craft work
September 15 – October 16, 2011Public Opening Reception, Thursday, September 15, 6:00 – 9:00 pmOntario Crafts Council Gallery990 Queen St. W., Toronto The Ontario Crafts Council is pleased to present work by artist Mark Jaroszewicz (yur-a-shev-itch) in a solo exhibition showcasing a math-inspired series called
Metamorphic Numerals. The exhibition, titled “Question, Answer and the Chaos in Between,” takes place from September 15-October 16, 2011 and will also have activities during Culture Days on the weekend of October 1-2, 2011.
The arts and sciences come together in an educational, hands-on exhibition, where visitors are encouraged to participate with the displayed works. Metamorphic Numerals is a multi-sensory approach to understanding math. Counting with our fingers is an ancient method that people around the globe can relate to, and
Metamorphic Numerals revisits this past by using measured clay spheres to form three-dimensional, pinched numeral symbols that are calibrated to the gram. Essentially, each numerical form represents a number through shape and weight, and can be used to represent equations with the use of colour, texture and movement. The exhibition presents examples of how addition, subtraction, multiplication and division can be represented in a 3D format. Find out more at
www.craft.on.ca/Exhibitions/Upcoming_Exhibitions 
Question, Answer and the Chaos in Between takes place during Culture Days (
www.culturedays.ca), and two free events will be hosted at the OCC Gallery.
Saturday October 1st, 1:00 to 5:00 pm: a hands-on workshop for children, where participants will have the opportunity to make their own
Metamorphic Numerals.
Sunday, October 2nd, 1:00 to 2:30 pm: visitors will have the opportunity to meet the artist and ask questions about the series and the presented works.All media, designers, educators (both traditional and alternative), artists, math and science enthusiasts are encouraged to attend and experience an alternative way to interpret math as well as experience craft.
About the artist: Mark Jaroszewicz’s passions in material arts and math spans over twenty years. He studied ceramics and glass at OCAD and graduated with Honours from the Glass program in 1993.
Metamorphic Numerals has exhibited in group exhibitions in Canada, Scotland and South Korea. Children’s workshops have already taken place in Cheongju and Seoul, South Korea. Recently, Mark participated in a symposium at the
Subtle Technologies Festival 2011. Mark lives in Toronto, Ontario and enjoys sharing his perspective of craft’s endless potential and new horizons of cultural contribution to Canadians and the world. Mark Jaroszewicz gratefully acknowledges the Toronto Arts Council and the Ontario Arts Council for their assistance with this exhibition.
