Gloria Hickey craft writer

Sunday, 29 March 2015

Puffy Dresses be Damned!

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I don't know about you but I am not trying it on. The text message read, "I fear for our puffy dresses".  It was from my...
Wednesday, 18 March 2015

Transfixed by Louise Moyes

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Louise Moyes in her one-woman show Taking in Strangers Louise Moyes could recite the alphabet and stroke her arms through the air like...
Sunday, 15 March 2015

Being a mother of an activist

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When I was in the seventh grade a boy in another seventh grade set fire to my hair.  It was supposed to be our solemn communion at St. M...
Sunday, 8 March 2015

Introducing Joe Fowler

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My current favourite artist is Joe Fowler.  He seems to be genuinely creative and I really like the way he works across media.  Joe ...
Tuesday, 3 March 2015

Too many ideas! Not enough time

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Kailey Bryan's piece in my upcoming exhibition is one I am very excited about. My mind is a very crowded place:  too many ideas, p...
Friday, 20 February 2015

Entertainment or Insight?

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Colin Furlong holds the stage as Joseph Smallwood.  Newfoundland's Napoleon? On Wednesday night I traded in my Ash 'Wedndesday...
Sunday, 15 February 2015

Public Art that Succeeds at the Faculty of Medicine

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This is one of those rare examples where public art succeeds.  The instance is Crafting a Legacy, a ceramic mural that was unveiled at The...
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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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