Add to ORKGThe objective of this thesis is to address the marginalization of craft, specifically textiles, within the Canadian art history canon by isolating and analyzing specific case studies that represent the role of the contemporary textile artists in the modern Canadian arts and culture community. By investigating the work of contemporary textile artists Cindy Baker, Allyson Mitchell, and Anthea Black, I will indicate the ways in which they have made significant contributions to the development and acceptance of contemporary craft in Canada, not simply through their own art practice, but also as lecturers, writers, and curators. These artists have impacted the world of Craftivism, the culmination of modern day activism and craft, making the Cana...
Interviews conducted for Yarns: Community, Creativity, and Craft in the Textile Arts explore the int...
The goal of my dissertation is to explore and present textiles as artistic material. I will briefly ...
This thesis establishes a critical genealogy of the history of curating Indigenous art in Canada fro...
My thesis looks at the work of female contemporary artists who use what has historically been consid...
This thesis explores the impact of American craftspeople, organizers and ideologies on the developme...
My thesis looks at the work of female contemporary artists who use what has historically been consid...
Crafts in Canada have persisted and grown over the past century, despite being marginalised by indus...
My thesis explores the role of textile both as a medium in contemporary art practice and, historica...
In response to various social and aesthetic concerns, clothing companies are increasingly rejecting ...
Activism explores the intersection of feminism, fibre-art practice and activism through an investiga...
The craft of storytelling has all but disappeared from the Western cultural context, and there remai...
In this case study, I argue that during its first twenty-five years the Toronto-based One of a Kind ...
In recent years in the Global North, there has been an extraordinary resurgence of craft. Do-it your...
grantor: University of TorontoThis thesis focuses on the cultural influences undergirding ...
Recent scholarship frames craft as distinct from art and as an encapsulation of cultural expression ...
Interviews conducted for Yarns: Community, Creativity, and Craft in the Textile Arts explore the int...
The goal of my dissertation is to explore and present textiles as artistic material. I will briefly ...
This thesis establishes a critical genealogy of the history of curating Indigenous art in Canada fro...
My thesis looks at the work of female contemporary artists who use what has historically been consid...
This thesis explores the impact of American craftspeople, organizers and ideologies on the developme...
My thesis looks at the work of female contemporary artists who use what has historically been consid...
Crafts in Canada have persisted and grown over the past century, despite being marginalised by indus...
My thesis explores the role of textile both as a medium in contemporary art practice and, historica...
In response to various social and aesthetic concerns, clothing companies are increasingly rejecting ...
Activism explores the intersection of feminism, fibre-art practice and activism through an investiga...
The craft of storytelling has all but disappeared from the Western cultural context, and there remai...
In this case study, I argue that during its first twenty-five years the Toronto-based One of a Kind ...
In recent years in the Global North, there has been an extraordinary resurgence of craft. Do-it your...
grantor: University of TorontoThis thesis focuses on the cultural influences undergirding ...
Recent scholarship frames craft as distinct from art and as an encapsulation of cultural expression ...
Interviews conducted for Yarns: Community, Creativity, and Craft in the Textile Arts explore the int...
The goal of my dissertation is to explore and present textiles as artistic material. I will briefly ...
This thesis establishes a critical genealogy of the history of curating Indigenous art in Canada fro...