Monday 16 October 2017

Cloth Cultures: Future Legacies of Dorothy K. Burnham


During Canada’s 2017 Sesquicentennial celebrations, the Royal Ontario Museum will host an international conference to explore the material culture of textiles through the work and legacies of Dorothy K. Burnham (1911-2004), internationally renowned textile scholar and member of the Order of Canada (1985). Burnham was in the vanguard of the generation of early 20th century curators who made textiles and costume a field of valid scholarly research by finding out how and why objects are made in particular ways, what they meant when produced and what they mean to us today.
This international conference will examine the contemporary trajectories that stem from Dorothy K. Burnham’s legacies by bringing together an international group of academics, artists and maker communities directly or indirectly influenced by her work. It will be of interest to those working from many scholarly disciplines and practices including anthropology, sociology, history, economics aesthetics, museology, weaving, spinning and fibre art. Together, we will explore the current diversity of interdisciplinary methods used to study the technologies, economics, meanings and cultural imbued in global textiles and clothing, and in the process acknowledge and assess Burnham’s many contributions.

Tuesday 10 October 2017

Fusion: Clay and Glass Show


October 13th - 15th
Artscape Wychwood Barns (601 Christie Street)

Reception and Awards: October 13th at 7-9pm

October 14th: 8am - 5pm
October 15th: 11am - 5pm

Tuesday 3 October 2017

Canadian Craft Biennial Exhibition


Bringing together seventy makers from across Canada, Can Craft? Craft Can! presents works in glass, ceramics, wood, metal and fibre that address the themes of exploring ideas of Identity, Sustainability and Materiality.

August 19 – October 29, 2017

Lee-Chin Family Gallery
Art Gallery of Burlington
1333 Lakeshore Road, Burlington, ON