Gloria Hickey craft writer

Sunday, 23 February 2014

Call of the Wild, Fibre Style

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This is an interior view of the Gros Morne venue. CALL FOR PROPOSALS WILD, PURE AESTHETIC WONDER Fibre Explorations of Gros Morn...
Sunday, 16 February 2014

Lets Give Credit to the Submerging Artist

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An example of Kathleen Knowling's hooked wit. Let's give credit where credit is due.  Not credit as is in card (although...
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Monday, 10 February 2014

The Bend in the Road is Ahead

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This has been one of those weeks where I have been haunted by one of my favourite expressions:  control is an illusion.  It seemed no m...
Sunday, 2 February 2014

One in a Line–Margo and Sophia Meyer's Creative Legacy

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Some collaborative projects are unintended. I stepped out of the winter's cold on Sunday morning and into the warmth of the ...
Sunday, 26 January 2014

Collaboration is in the Air

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Has anyone else noticed?  Collaboration is one of the new buzzwords in both the arts and business worlds.  It is a rare instance whe...
Sunday, 19 January 2014

Learning from the word NO

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Nicola working on one of huge pieces in her Junkosphere show at The Rooms. I learn more from rejection than acceptance and it is a l...
Sunday, 12 January 2014

WANTED: New Art Critics, New Blood for an Endangered Species.

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I often joke that the only people who make less money than artists are those who write about them.  And if those writers are the special...
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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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