Gloria Hickey craft writer

Sunday, 27 April 2014

Long Live the Healing Power of Music

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No, I did not go to the Bryan Adams concert at Mile One Stadium on Friday.  No, I did not go to the Steve Dawson concert at the LSPU H...
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Thursday, 24 April 2014

Behind the Scenes of Proliferations Writing Andrée Anne Dupuis Bourret's exhibition essay

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It started with my signing a contract agreeing to write an essay for Eastern Edge's main space gallery exhibit by Quebec artist An...
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Sunday, 13 April 2014

How to Write an Artist Statement

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Customarily, this is the busiest time of the year for me work-wise.  It is a combination of spending by my clients that coincides with t...
Sunday, 6 April 2014

The Unique & Handmade Belong in the Digital Universe

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This image comes from a U.K. potter and illustrator who does commission work, contact info:  cmcgannillustration@live.co.uk This week...
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Sunday, 30 March 2014

Too Many Words!–The Tattoo Dreams of a Sleep Starved Curator

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I don't know about you but I wake up in the middle of the night with words or images racing through my mind and then I have trouble fa...
Monday, 24 March 2014

Why Would You Want to Write About Art?

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Sheila Perry shared this image of a sculpture in Belgium on Facebook.  She pointed out to me how it was integrated with its site and tha...
Sunday, 16 March 2014

Happy St. Patrick's Day - Not

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I have a vivid recollection of grinning like a chimpanzee at two Portuguese sailors in the produce section of my local grocery store. ...
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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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