Gloria Hickey craft writer

Wednesday, 20 November 2019

Frequently Asked Questions About 10,000 Villages

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1. What is Ten Thousand Villages? Ten Thousand Villages is a marketing organization that sells handicrafts from dev...
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Sunday, 9 June 2019

To Blog, or Not To Blog

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Pins by PLSGOCO I have been a regular blogger now for a few years and have racked up more than 300 of them in addition to my professiona...
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Monday, 11 March 2019

When Politics Make Sense

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Happy International Women’s Day!   “They tried to bury us. They didn't realize we were seeds.” On this day, we are proud to...
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Monday, 28 January 2019

Where Art and Science Meet: Emily Jan

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Apologue1 (The Anteater) 2016 48"x30"x24"  by Em...
Saturday, 19 January 2019

Oh, For the Love of Words!

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I have often joked that my business card should read, "Ms Words, For Fun and Profit".  Yes, words are my friends and I truly rel...
Monday, 12 November 2018

A juror's perspective

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  Hellcat Foos (For Protecting A Space) , 2018, Lindsay Montgomery. One of the aspects I most enjoy about my professional life is its un...
Tuesday, 23 October 2018

The Writing Life: Sound Symposium X1X in Musicworks Magazine

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Ah, the rythms of writing and publishing.  It is its own kind of ebb and flow.  I submitted the following review for a mid August de...
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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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