Gloria Hickey craft writer

Tuesday, 27 January 2015

Pollution, Death and Responsibility

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This image shows a bird with enough oil on it to have a lethal effect. My mind has been a riot of ideas lately.  There has bee...
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Sunday, 18 January 2015

Are art critics parasites or cultural missionaries?

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Curator Zach Pearl to my left and publisher Beth Follett to my right. This was the discussion at Eastern Edge about Feminism and Art. One ...
Sunday, 11 January 2015

Does Originality Exist Today?

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This image comes from dingtwist which has a site on originality and creativity. One of the ideas that I have been struggling with ove...
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Sunday, 4 January 2015

Matchmaking is a Fine Art

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Susan Lee Stephen's “Greedy” Seal  in sterling silver, bronze, & copper.    Photo-etched, pierced, riveted  980mm x 65mm x 23mm...
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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...
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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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