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ALBERTA CRAFT AWARDS CELEBRATION 2016
Friday, October 14, 5-9pm 5:00 pm - Buffet Dinner, Main Mall ACAD (cash bar) 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm - Premier Speaking Event & Awards Ceremony, Stanford Perrott Lecture Theatre, Room 340.
Canadian Crafts Federation Conference,
Alberta College of Art + Design
1407 - 14TH AVENUE N.W., Calgary (MAP)
Tickets available HERE
Join us for the Alberta Craft Awards Celebration! Ticket options: Premier Speaking Event & Awards Ceremony - $15 Buffet Dinner, Premier Speaking Event & Awards Ceremony - $45 * For those attending the CCF Conference the Buffet and Event is included 2016 marks the 10th presentation of the Alberta Craft Awards. This year's celebration will be held in conjunction with the evening symposium of the Canadian Crafts Federation annual conference; Cultivating Craft: Pathways to Practice at the Alberta College of Art + Design. The Alberta Craft Awards will be presented alongside the CCF/FCMA's National Robert Jekyll Award for Leadership in Craft. It follows ACAD's Visiting Premier Speaker, Shannon Stratton, an ACAD Alumni and William and Mildred Lasdon Chief Curator of the Museum of Arts and Design in New York City. The evening events also include a buffet dinner, performance and exhibition by Katrin Steiger, ACAD's 2016 "Craft at the Cutting Edge" Artist-in-Residence, an exhibition by ACAD's Craft Faculty and Alumni, and the ACC exhibition Carrying On, an exhibition of bags, pouches and other cultural containers by Albertan indigenous artists. This years Alberta Craft Awards nominees are: (for more info on the nominees: http://www.albertacraft.ab.ca/2016-nominees/ ) Award of Achievement Anna Burger-Martindale, metal/jewellery (Calgary, AB) Award of Excellence Sarabeth Carnat - metal/jewellery (Calgary, AB) Brenda Malkinson - glass (Edmonton, AB) Kari Woo - metal/jewellery (Canmore, AB) Award of Honour Bluerock Gallery - Karen Gimble & Chris Weingarth (Black Diamond, AB) Trudy Golley - ceramics (Red Deer, AB) Dan Miller - ceramics (Edmonton, AB) On The Spot Pop Ups (Edmonton, AB) Julia Reimer - glass (Black Diamond, AB) The Linda Stanier and Family Memorial Award for Excellence in Ceramics JoAnna Lange, ceramics (Edmonton, AB)
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