Gloria Hickey craft writer

Saturday, 28 April 2012

What are you planting? Planted Pots and more…

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Ceramic chainmaille sculpture by Jason Holley of Newfoundland This spring week I have been working on a variety of projects t...
Monday, 23 April 2012

Calling all Craft Curators: Dirty, Democratic & Exquisite

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Invitation image from Dirt, Detrius & Vermin- exhibition at Mount Saint Vincent University Art Gallery, a curatorial composition of ...
Monday, 16 April 2012

Ego, Glass and the Economic Downturn

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Transparent Banded Vortex Vase by Michael Trimpol of Little River Hotglass, all photos courtesy of Michael From April 7 to the 14th, ...
Monday, 2 April 2012

"I don't collect art, I collect artists"

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1886-1919  by Michael Flaherty, white earthenware,glaze, terra sigillata, photo courtesy of the artist I spent a good part of my energy las...
Monday, 26 March 2012

Looking Down from the Top of Craft Mountain

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Andy Pomorski, Gate 2011, forged iron, brass, bronze copper This week the Spring/Summer 2012 issue of Studio magazine will be arriving on n...
Sunday, 18 March 2012

Do Awards Really Matter?

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Charles Lewton-Brain basks in the sunshine- exuberantly.  Photo courtesy of the Canada Council for the Arts. Congratulations are in...
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Thursday, 8 March 2012

Jason Holley gets "buzzed" on TO

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As a professional observer of the craft community in Newfoundland and Labrador I try to keep up with emerging talent. I find satisfaction in...
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Gloria Hickey is an independent curator and writer living in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador with more than 300 published craft related articles. She holds a Masters degree in Philosophy of Art from the University of Toronto (1981) and has curated major exhibitions for several institutions in Ontario, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador. including the Canadian Clay and Glass Museum. She has also published a chapter in the book The Culture of Craft (Manchester University Press 1997) and has edited two books published by the Canadian Museum of Civilization – Common Ground: Contemporary Craft, Architecture and the Decorative Arts (1999) and Making and Metaphor: A Discussion of Meaning in Contemporary Craft (1994). She is a two-time winner of the Betty Park Award for Critical Writing, hosted by the Surface Design Journal of CA, and received the 2010 award for Cultural Leadership in the Atlantic Region. In 2011, she was the first winner of the Critical Eye award in Newfoundland and Labrador.
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