In recent years the Canadian contemporary glass movement has suffered deep losses with the passing of distinct and pivotal members of our community.
Many were front and center during the formative period of our history while others were active on a more remote basis and are therefore somewhat obscure to their present day fellows.
How best to describe them or ourselves? Artist, craftsperson, designer, educator, curator, dreamers or gambler? Hot, cold or stained? Driven,
passionate and obsessed alchemists, or inventors and friends? They operated
both as individuals and under the mandated umbrellas of organizations and
institutions.
They were our colleagues. Without them many of us may not have been here today as participants and or observers in and out of our wonderful activity. Variously they taught or advised us, formed liaisons with organizations, governments or patrons and through different levels and methods of collective action, created a legacy that we continue within today. As creators, they, by intention or otherwise, influenced, designed and formed not only objects but also a community. Their surviving impression is in this room.
An exhibition such as this acts as a necessary celebration of the legacy. Also hopefully, an instigation by exhibition. This exhibition is dedicated to the memory and place of honor these individuals –our colleagues, formed and hold in our collective history.
As ye sow, so shall ye reap. - Alfred Engerer
Many were front and center during the formative period of our history while others were active on a more remote basis and are therefore somewhat obscure to their present day fellows.
How best to describe them or ourselves? Artist, craftsperson, designer, educator, curator, dreamers or gambler? Hot, cold or stained? Driven,
passionate and obsessed alchemists, or inventors and friends? They operated
both as individuals and under the mandated umbrellas of organizations and
institutions.
They were our colleagues. Without them many of us may not have been here today as participants and or observers in and out of our wonderful activity. Variously they taught or advised us, formed liaisons with organizations, governments or patrons and through different levels and methods of collective action, created a legacy that we continue within today. As creators, they, by intention or otherwise, influenced, designed and formed not only objects but also a community. Their surviving impression is in this room.
An exhibition such as this acts as a necessary celebration of the legacy. Also hopefully, an instigation by exhibition. This exhibition is dedicated to the memory and place of honor these individuals –our colleagues, formed and hold in our collective history.
As ye sow, so shall ye reap. - Alfred Engerer
CLAUDE BETTINGER 1942 – 1998 JEFF GOODMAN 1961 – 2012 NADA HEALEY 1947 – 1991 MEGAN KENNY 1972 – 2007 GUNDAR ROBEZ 1953 – 2005 STEPHEN TAYLOR LISA WUOHELA 1951 - 2012 DANIEL CRICHTON 1946 – 2002 KEVIN GRAY 1959 – 2012 FRANCOIS HOUDE 1950 – 1993 | TONY LEE 1955 – 2008 JOHN SAWYER 1955 – 2012 GERALD TOOKE 2011 SHIRLEY ELFORD 1943 – 2011 CLARK GUETTEL 1949 – 2011 ALEXANDER KAPRAN 2008 JEFF POTTER 1947 – 2012 REJINE STOWE 1994 GORDON WRIGHT |