Gloria Hickey craft writer

Sunday, 23 October 2016

All things Inuit

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If there were a recurring theme for my month of October so far, it would be all things Inuit.  From October 3 to the 7th, there was an Inu...
Tuesday, 18 October 2016

Forget Me Not

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Thanks are due to my co-curator on this show the resourceful Sharon LeRiche. This is not a typical show about war.  Its perspective f...
Monday, 10 October 2016

The Immaterial World by Juleyn Hamilton

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This past week I have been happily overwhelmed by the New Dance Festival that has invited me to be one of their guest writers.  There have b...
Friday, 7 October 2016

Joe Ink. + Sara Porter=The Motif of the Ageing Dancer

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Joe Ink.'s performance of 4OUR admirably accomplished its goal of expressing the "intriguing paradox that as we mature into...
Monday, 5 September 2016

It's a laugh or cry world

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gal·lows hu·mor Noun Grim and ironic humour in a desperate or hopeless situation. Last Friday evening I accidentally slopped p...
Monday, 22 August 2016

Tuckamore 2016 ends with a flourish!

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Last night, August 21, 2016 the 16th Tuckamore Festival concluded with a splendid finale featuring this year's crop of young talent...
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Tuesday, 16 August 2016

How to Charm an Audience: Suzie LeBlanc and/or The Gryphon Trio

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The second week of the musical marathon that is the Tuckamore Festival is upon us.  But before week one fades from our memories I want...
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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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