Gloria Hickey craft writer

Sunday, 28 December 2014

Throwing Yourself Open to Fate

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This is the third Christmas I have spent on my own– without the company of family or friends.  The grim reaper has been pruning my fami...
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Monday, 22 December 2014

With Eyes that Close

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This image shows the installation after a snow, which lent an atmosphere of innocence. The mud made a hungry slurping sound as I pulled...
Sunday, 14 December 2014

Stuck on Fast Forward

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On Monday of this week I sent in my topic list for the indexers at Bloomsbury Press in the U.K.  That means we are getting very close to p...
Sunday, 7 December 2014

The solace of books

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Death is what instructs most of all, and then only when it is present.  When it is absent it is totally forgotten.  Those who can live w...
Monday, 1 December 2014

Sad News

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Regretfully, I will be not posting a blog this week as I have had a death in the family and need to take some time off.
Sunday, 23 November 2014

Challenge Trans Phobia!

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"Hello, my name is Gloria.  What pronoun are you?"  I am at a clothing swap in support of a student lead campaign to promote...
Tuesday, 18 November 2014

Weaving Community Through Collaborative Eco-Art

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Typically, there are two kinds of craft books:  coffee table books with gorgeous photographs of objects and how-to books that focus on...
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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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