On September 25th, the Canadian Craft Federation, in partnership with the Conseil des métiers d’art du Québec, will present the Naked Craft en direct symposium! The symposium will be a great one-day event that is open to everyone. Tickets can be purchased here.
Craft is remarkable in its ability to present itself in so many modes and methods. You could be any combination of creator, researcher, teacher, vendor, student, or purveyor of craft. There are so many ways to combine, manipulate, and present the multitude of materials available to each artisan. Through traditions and innovations, no two works are ever the same. At the Naked Craft en direct Symposium, attendees will listen to four different speakers and their take on craft.
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Denis Longchamps / Art Gallery of Burlington, Canada
Denis Longchamps is the Chief Curator at the Art Gallery of Burlington, Ontario. He received his Ph.D. in art history in 2009 from Concordia University where he was the administrator of the Jarislowsky Institute for Studies in Canadian Art from 2006 to 2011.
He has contributed essays, articles and reviews to magazines and journals such as Espace-Sculpture, Ceramics monthly, and Ceramics Art and perception. He is also the publisher and managing editor of Cahiers métiers d’art : Craft Journal.
Dr. Sandra Alfoldy / NSCAD University, Canada
Dr. Sandra Alfoldy received her Ph.D. in craft history from Concordia University in 2001, and completed her post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Rochester in 2002. Her current research focuses on the relationship between craft and architecture in post-war Canada, and thehistorical tensions between Canadian studio craft and industrial design. She is the author of “Crafting Identity: the development of professional fine craft in Canada” (McGill Queen’s UniversityPress, 2005), editor of “Neocraft: Modernity and the Crafts” (NSCAD Press, 2007), and co-editor of “Craft, Space and Interior Design: 1855-2005” (Ashgate Press, 2008).
Dr. Juliette MacDonald (to be confirmed, pending funding approval) / Edinburgh College of Arts, Scotland
Dr. Juliette MacDonald is head of the School of Design, Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh. As a teacher Juliette enjoys trying to find ways to motivate students to engage with research as both a process and a reflective opportunity.
Her research interests focus on both historical and contemporary craft and design with a particular emphasis on issues of cultural identity and nationalism. She is currently Principal-Investigator of the AHRC Network Researching Grant “Naked Craft”, examining the postcolonial, geopolitical relationships between local identities and local modes of production across Nova Scotia, Canada and Scotland, UK.
Claudio Pino / Jewellery Designer and Goldsmith
Claudio Pino is a Jewellery Designer and Goldsmith, and is world-renowned for his unique sculptural and kinetic rings. In his design, Claudio Pino searches for originality and integrity of expression while exploring various forms of communication in contemporary jewelry.
Pino holds a Professional Jewellers’ Diploma, a Lapidary Certificate from l’École de Joaillerie de Montréal, and an advanced training certificate in faceted gem cutting. In 2011, Pino pursued a master’s degree in the study of platinum at Holt Academy Jewellery in London England, as well as received intensive individual training from the world-renowned expert on platinum, Mr. Jurgen J. Maerz.