Gloria Hickey craft writer

Sunday, 29 December 2013

Everybody Gets a Trophy - New CD Captures the Malaise of a Generation

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I liked the consistency in the design work of the actual CD to its cover art.   True to public relations wisdom they later went with a pho...
Sunday, 22 December 2013

Shortest Day features short films

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Based on a true story Le Trotteur features a young man who could outrun both horses and trains. December 21st is the shortest day of the...
Sunday, 15 December 2013

Opinions mean nothing if they are not substantiated

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A harvest of glass pumpkins by Michael Trimpol of Little River Hotglass.  Michael is one of my trusted experts when it comes to glass tech...
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Sunday, 8 December 2013

Segura's Success Melts St. John's Winter Cold

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Last night I was at Turkey Joe's on George Street to attend a fundraiser to help a friend and filmmaker by the name of Tamara Segura...
Sunday, 1 December 2013

Spare, Raw and Poetic the writing of Joel Thomas Hynes, Paintings by Gerry Squires

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Cover image from Say Nothing Saw Wood The highlight this week for me was something of a double-bill.  It was the launch of Joel Thomas H...
Monday, 25 November 2013

'Tis the Season for Craft Fairs: Niche Marketing Succeeds

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Once upon a time, craft fairs were the stuff of church bazaars.   In other words, the hand made goods were created and donated with good i...
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Sunday, 17 November 2013

What do you believe in?

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Thanks for the loan of the catalogue Mary!  I understand it is for sale from the Agnes Etherington Gallery for $22. This week throug...
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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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