Innovators + Ideas (I2) 2008
Harbourfront Centre Contemporary Craft Series
Each year, the Craft Department at Harbourfront Centre offers a series of high-calibre programmes supporting the professional development of its artists-in-residence, as well as craft/design students and the greater community. Programme content reflects current, national and international ideas and directions relevant to contemporary craft/design practice. Harbourfront Centre strives, whenever possible, to collaborate with likeminded individuals, arts institutions, museums, galleries, colleges/universities to develop programmes such as those listed below.
Greg Payce, Conjunction, 200520 cm high, porcelain with slips
Photo: M.E. Hutchinson
Greg Payce Ceramic Artist
Calgary, AB September 19 – 21 Payce is one of the most important ceramic artists working in Canada today. Born in Edmonton in 1956, Payce received his B.A. from the University of Alberta in 1977 and his M.F.A. from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in 1987. Payce also undertook winter residencies at the Banff Centre in 1982 and 1984 and from 1984 to 1985 studied art history at the University of Victoria. In 1988 he became a faculty member at the Alberta College of Art and Design in Calgary. Payce’s work, The Importance of Being Banff, is currently in the exhibition through September 21. LECTURE: September 19
Friday | 7:30pm
Studio Theatre, York Quay Centre
235 Queens Quay West
$10 | $7 students & seniors
Info & Box Office | 416.973.4000 MASTER CLASS: September 20 – 21
Saturday – Sunday | 10am – 5pm
$100 | $50 students & seniors
Call Melanie Egan for details | 416.973.4963
Calgary, AB September 19 – 21 Payce is one of the most important ceramic artists working in Canada today. Born in Edmonton in 1956, Payce received his B.A. from the University of Alberta in 1977 and his M.F.A. from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in 1987. Payce also undertook winter residencies at the Banff Centre in 1982 and 1984 and from 1984 to 1985 studied art history at the University of Victoria. In 1988 he became a faculty member at the Alberta College of Art and Design in Calgary. Payce’s work, The Importance of Being Banff, is currently in the exhibition through September 21. LECTURE: September 19
Friday | 7:30pm
Studio Theatre, York Quay Centre
235 Queens Quay West
$10 | $7 students & seniors
Info & Box Office | 416.973.4000 MASTER CLASS: September 20 – 21
Saturday – Sunday | 10am – 5pm
$100 | $50 students & seniors
Call Melanie Egan for details | 416.973.4963
Jeanne Bellavance Textile Artist, Professional Embroiderer
Montréal, QC October 27 – 31 Responding to a resurgence of hand stitching techniques, most notably embroidery, Bellavance will teach a week long master class, concentrating on numerous embroidery techniques and highlight Luneville embroidery. "Raised by a mother who thrived on needlework, I naturally became interested in playing with threads. Apprenticeships with both Cretan and Cree women confirmed my attraction to materials and ornamentation, and lead me to study professional embroidery in Parisian haute couture workshops. Since then, I have conceived and produced work for fashion, costume and interior designers as well as for collectors, exploring a variety of techniques and styles along the way. My most recent work emphasizes the sculptural dimension of embroidery, and particularly the way in which light enhances the materials’ translucent quality."
— Jeanne Bellavance MASTER CLASS: 27 – 31 October
$150 + Materials $75
Call Melanie Egan for details | 416.973.4963
Montréal, QC October 27 – 31 Responding to a resurgence of hand stitching techniques, most notably embroidery, Bellavance will teach a week long master class, concentrating on numerous embroidery techniques and highlight Luneville embroidery. "Raised by a mother who thrived on needlework, I naturally became interested in playing with threads. Apprenticeships with both Cretan and Cree women confirmed my attraction to materials and ornamentation, and lead me to study professional embroidery in Parisian haute couture workshops. Since then, I have conceived and produced work for fashion, costume and interior designers as well as for collectors, exploring a variety of techniques and styles along the way. My most recent work emphasizes the sculptural dimension of embroidery, and particularly the way in which light enhances the materials’ translucent quality."
— Jeanne Bellavance MASTER CLASS: 27 – 31 October
$150 + Materials $75
Call Melanie Egan for details | 416.973.4963
Jeanne Bellavance, Chute – Jaune, 2007Woven textiles, wire mesh
Courtesy of the artist
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