Ontario Craft Council Awards Ceremony
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
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Call for entry: 2013 Niche Awards
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.
Tactile Desires: The Work of Jack Sures
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/
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