Gloria Hickey craft writer

Tuesday, 4 September 2012

It's finally out!

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   I am referring to the newest issue of Cahiers métiers d'art ::: Craft Journal Vol. 5 No 2 Printemps Spring 2012.   Now, ...
Tuesday, 28 August 2012

Walter Dexter by Jonathon Bancroft-Snell

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One of Walter Dexter's amazing torso pots.  The author focuses on the emergence of them in Dexter's work. You know ...
Sunday, 19 August 2012

A behind the scenes look

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I have received a few questions about the curatorial round table that I had proposed for the upcoming UAAC conference in Montreal this N...
Sunday, 12 August 2012

Review of Rangifer Sapiens

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1887-1954 White earthenware with terra sigillata, cobalt sulfate, cobalt underglaze and clear glaze   A few blogs ag...
Thursday, 9 August 2012

Sloppy Craft Book Project

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The NeoCraft Conference in Halifax was in my opinion a game-changer for Canada. Time to get back in the swing of things.  Time to get ...
Friday, 3 August 2012

We're back!

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Our Amish neighbours at Verdant View Farms. Well, we've braved the electric storms, the fog and the inevitable delays in airports ...
Monday, 2 July 2012

Time to Unplug

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Got the draft chapter on curatorial strategies finished!  So, it is time for a little family vacation in Amish country.  Looking forward to ...
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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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