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Illuminations

Illuminations

Works in silver honouring Canadian women in art

January 15 - February 23, 2020

Anne Barros, Anne-Sophie Vallée, Beth Alber, Brigitte Clavette, Chantal Gilbert, Charles Funnell, Elizabeth Goluch, Fiona MacIntyre, Jackie Anderson, Ken Vickerson, Kye-Yeon Son, Lois Etherington Betteridge, Mary Anne Barkhouse, Mary K. Mcintyre, Myra Tulonen Smith

Reception: January 23, 2020 from 6-9pm
Craft Ontario Gallery, 1106 Queen Street West, Toronto 

Inspired by Canada's 150th Anniversary in 2017, this collection of silver candleholders honours Canadian women's creative past and inspires their future.

Fifteen renowned Canadian metalsmiths transformed donated heritage silver into unique candleholders, each piece honouring Canadian women's involvement in a particular art.

Illuminations is a travelling exhibition produced by the Metal Collective and curated by Laura Brandon.

Lois Etherington Betteridge. 6 Craft, 2017, sterling silver, glass, leather, weaving, pottery, wood, 30 x 19 x 19 cm.

Anne-Sophie Vallée. Didascalie, 2018. Sterling silver, brass, copper, gypsum cement, pigments, powder coating. 32 x 13.4 x 13.4 cm.

Mary Anne Barkhouse. Dark Water, Safe Harbour, 2018. Sterling silver, Purpleheart wood.

 

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