Local and Visiting Artist Lectures
Each season MAWA invites local and visiting women artists to present lectures about their artistic practice. In 2010 MAWA hosted Sandee Moore (Winnipeg), Jamelie Hassan (London, ON), Erika DeFreitas (Toronto), Kristin Nelson (Winnipeg), and Dominique Rey (Winnipeg).
The Manitoba Craft Council and MAWA are pleased to present two lectures by Dr. Sandra Alfoldy, Professor of Craft History at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University and and Associate Curator of Fine Craft at the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia. See below for full event details and bio.
The Allied Arts: Architecture and Craft in Postwar Canada
Wednesday, May 9, 7:30 pm at the RAW Gallery, 290 McDermot Avenue
Painting, sculpture, architecture, design and craft continue to jockey for status in the artistic landscape, and one of the most coveted positions is that of public art. Materials easily classified as craft when produced on a small scale in a studio setting suddenly appear sculptural or painterly on a large scale. Since World War Two Canadian architecture has provided unique occasions to challenge and shape the field we call contemporary craft. This lecture will explore instances where Canadian architecture and craft have worked together, and sometimes at odds with each other, in an effort to demonstrate that even in the twenty-first century they remain Allied Arts.
DIY Will Never Die!
Thursday, May 10, 7-9 pm at Eckhardt-Grammatte Hall, University of Winnipeg
A lecture examining the DIY movement – why it remains so popular and its implications for professional craftspeople.
Dr. Sandra Alfoldy is Professor of Craft History at NSCAD University, and Associate Curator of Fine Craft at the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia. She is the author of The Allied Arts: Architecture and Craft in Postwar Canada (2012) and Crafting Identity: The Development of Professional Fine Craft in Canada (2005), editor of Neocraft: Modernity and the Crafts (2007) and co-editor of Craft, Space and Interior Design, 1855-2005(2008). She was the Chief Curator of the national Canadian exhibition at the Cheongju International Craft Biennale (2009) and the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics. She is currently at work on a new book on craft and popular culture.
Caroline Dukes International Women’s Month Artist Lecture
KC Adams
Thursday, March 29, 2012, 7-8 pm at MAWA
Presented with the support of the Caroline Dukes Fund at The Winnipeg Foundation
KC Adams will discuss the journey of her practice that encompasses ceramics, beading, installation and photo-based arts.
Born in 1971, the Winnipeg-based artist KC Adams graduated from Concordia University with a B.F.A in studio arts. Her work has been featured in numerous exhibitions including My Winnipeg at La maison rouge in Paris, France, The Language of Intercession at the OBORO Gallery in Montreal and PHOTOQUAI: Biennale des images du monde in Paris, France. She has participated in residencies at the Banff Centre, the Confederation Art Centre in Charlottetown, National Museum of the American Indian in New York and Canada Council’s residency in Parramatta, NSW, Australia. Twenty pieces from the Cyborg Hybrid series are in the permanent collection of the National Art Gallery in Ottawa, ten Circuit City prints are part of the collections of the Indian and Inuit Art Centre in Ottawa, and Birch Bark Ltd. is in the collection of the Canadian Consulate in Sydney, NSW, Australia. KC has also served as the Administrative Coordinator at Plug In ICA, Board President at aceartinc, Director at Urban Shaman Gallery and has taught children at Art City, Learning Through the Arts and Manitoba Arts Council’s Artist in the Schools program.
Caption: The Gift That Keeps On Giving, installation (rocks, unfired clay, sugar, salt, flour, lard, milk), 2011