Harbourfront Centre, the heart of Toronto’s waterfront, welcomes you to our 10-acre lakeside site. Come view our exhibitions, eat great food from the World Café, and listen to tunes spun by local DJ Vinny Grüvhunter.

The event is part of the inaugural Toronto International Jewellery Festival in conjunction with Meta-Mosaic, the 2013 SNAG Conference.

Like what you see? Jewellery will be available for purchase at The Centre Shop. Sport your new bling over dinner, then dance the night away.

Don’t miss this opportunity to see eight amazing exhibitions:

RE: Position

Dialogue: International Contemporary Jewellery

RepeatRepeat

Family Album

Quintet: A Conversation in Design

Mobile Canada: RV exhibition

This End Up: exhibition in a container

Spark: George Brown College Graduates exhibition in the Centre Shop

Friday, May 17
5:30-11pm
York Quay Centre
235 Queens Quay West
Open to the Public
Free!

Workshop: Developing an Artistic Identity
with Michael David Sturlin

Presented in conjunction with SNAG 2013 Meta-Mosaic Conference
Saturday, May 11 & Sunday, May 12, 2013 – 10am-4pm
Harbourfront Centre
$300 (Metal Arts Guild of Canada Members);
$325 (non-MAG members)

Ring to Brighten a Rainy Day .750 gold, tourmaline, diamond 4 x 4.5 x 3 cm 2003 photo credit: Robert Diamante

During this engaging and informative two-day workshop for jewellery makers, Michael David Sturlin will instruct how to work towards developing an individual style and/or build upon current projects. For 40 years, Michael has been creating jewellery and adornments with precious materials.

You will:

• refine and elaborate a project through an extended series of 2-D sketches, followed by 3-D models in paper and foil maquettes,
• attend a private one-on-one consultation to discuss and review your project, and
• depart the workshop with an elaborated concept for a design series.

Limited to 10 participants. Click here to register.

In partnership with Metal Arts Guild of Canada.

Craft at Harbourfront Centre is a dynamic axis point for contemporary craft in Canada and an integral part of the country’s largest, public, multidisciplinary arts complex. Harbourfront Centre inspires people to engage with ideas expressed by today’s craft designers and artists. We advocate collaboration between craft, design and art and actively engage the disciplines in mutual exhibition and event opportunities.

Feature Lecture with Tsunami Glassworks
with viva voce- Voices from the Craft Studio

January 26, 2013
1–5pm
Studio Theatre
FREE!

Tsunami Glassworks, Ventricle - Hand Blown Glass

Tsunami Glassworks, Kris Gene and Eva Milinkovic glass designers from Windsor, Ontario, will present as a part of the Well Done exhibition and give an illustrated lecture for Innovators + Ideas. They will speak about their successful career, innovative solutions to glass design, their inspiration and future projects.

www.tsunamiglassworks.com

> Well Done Exhibition

Joining Tsunami Glassworks will be four current artists-in-residence for viva voce – Voices from the Craft Studio. Jen Kneulman, Nick Chase, Lana Filippone, and Heather Rathbun will give illustrated talks about their work, careers and how Harbourfront Centre helped in their artistic development.

viva voce Speakers:

Jen Kneulman - Sketches in White work (detail)

Jen Knuelman – is a graduate of OCAD University’s Material Art and Design program where she majored in Fibre.Waste is an inevitable element in Kneulman’s work. Misprints, flawed fabric, selvedges and cut threads are saved not discarded. She re purposes scraps to create samplers using the technique of drawn threadwork. As well, Kneulman owns and operates Freshly Printed, a company that produces domestic textiles for the home.  She was accepted into Harbourfront Centre’s artist-in-residency programme and awarded a scholarship in 2010.

www.freshlyprinted.ca

Nick Chase - Saw Cut Series

Nick Chase graduated from Sheridan Institute: Crafts and Design majoring in Glass. He is influenced by natural and urban landscapes and often refers back to his New Brunswick roots. He was accepted into Harbourfront Centre’s artist-in-residency programme in 2009.

http://nchasedesigns.ca

Lana Filippone - bell jar - detail house brooch

Lana Filippone received an honours degree from Queen’s University in French Literature which led her to France where she taught English. While In France she spent her time painting, making and travelling.   When she returned to Canada she graduated from Sheridan Institute: Crafts and Design majoring in ceramics.  She was accepted into Harbourfront Centre’s artist-in-residency programme in 2009.

http://whimworks.ca/

Heather Rathbun - Sprocket Series

Heather Rathbun received her Bachelor of Fine Art from NSCAD University majoring in Jewellery Design/Metalsmithing and Photography in 2008.  Rathbun creates wearable objects that incorporate kinetic, manipulative elements and her pieces often have a separate function, aside from being wearable.  She was accepted into Harbourfront Centre’s artist-in-residency programme and awarded a scholarship in 2010.

www.heatherrathbun.com

Unfortunately, this event has been cancelled. Please contact our Box Office at 416-973-4000 for refunds. We apologize for the inconvenience.

PRESENTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH AUTHORS AT HARBOURFRONT CENTRE

Lecture: Fair World: A History of World’s Fairs and Expositions

November 28, 2012
7:30pm
Brigantine Room

$ 10 regular; FREE for Authors at Harbourfront Centre supporters, students and youth 25 and under.

Paul Greenhalgh is internationally renowned as an historian of art and design and the decorative arts. He is currently Director of the Sainsbury Centre for the Visual Arts in the UK, one of the country’s principal institutions for the study and display of art. Prior to this, he was Director or a senior figure in a number of institutions around the world, including the V&A (London), and the Corcoran Gallery of Art (Washington DC). From 2001 to 2006 he was in Canada as President of NSCAD University. Since returning to Europe in 2010, he has also been invited major institutions and by government to perform a number of national roles. He has lectured all over the world and published numerous books and articles. He was born in Lancashire, Northern England, and now lives in England.

Fair World: A History of World’s Fairs and Expositions  from London to Shanghai 1851-2010, is the second volume on this theme by Paul Greenhalgh, and is the most comprehensive history of Expos so far written. The great Expositions were the most heavily attended events of any kind in history, and are among the most dramatic manifestations of civilization. An exploration not just of the cultural impact of these extraordinary displays, but also of their political, social and economic impact, Fair World is a vital text for anyone interested in the unfolding of civilization in the modern age. The book deals in detail with Canada’s proud contribution to this history.

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> For More Information on Authors at Harbourfront Centre

Thursday, November 15 7:30 p.m.  FREE
Harbourfront Centre
Brigantine Room
235 Queens Quay West
Toronto, ON M5J 2G8
craft@harbourfrontcentre.com

Join us for the official launch of the Toronto International Jewellery Festival!  TIJF will unveil their new website and online exhibition Bijoux, curated by Noel Guyomarc’h and Paul McClure and present an exciting list of speakers for the Pecha Kucha!   So, please come and raise a glass to celebrate the Canadian jewellery community.

Co-hosted by Innovators + Ideas: Craft at Harbourfront Centre.

Speakers include Martha Glenny, Marina Babić, Annie Tung, Noel Guyomarc’h, Myles Mindham, Ezra Satok-Wolman and Greg Fraser

tijf.info

Throughout the year, the Craft Department offers a series of dynamic, high-calibre programmes supporting the professional development of its artists-in-residence, craft and design students and the greater community. Programme content reflects current, national and international ideas and directions relevant to contemporary craft and design practice.

Craft at Harbourfront Centre is a dynamic axis point for contemporary craft in Canada and an integral part of the country’s largest, public, multidisciplinary arts complex. Harbourfront Centre inspires people to engage with ideas expressed by today’s craft designers and artists. We advocate collaboration between craft, design and art and actively engage the disciplines in mutual exhibition and event opportunities.

Originally from Austin Texas, Peter Ivy moved to Rhode Island at age 20, where he received his BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design. In the following years he apprenticed in the Seattle area and was fortunate enough to work with prominent makers such as David Levi, Dante Marioni, Josiah McElheny, and about 10 other studios. In 1998 he returned to the Boston area to teach at R.I.S.D. and Massachusetts College of Art. Interested in exploring new interests, he then moved to Japan where he became an Associate Professor at Aichi University of Education as the Head of the Glass program. Currently located in Toyama, Japan, Peter is concentrating on making wares for daily use in his own studio Ryudou Kenkyusho which roughly translates as “Flow Laboratory.”

> Peter Ivy’s designs at Harbourfront Centre 

> peterivy.com