January 2013

Come Up to My Room

Micah Adams and I worked on a collaborative project that will be included in this year's
addition of Come Up to My Room in one of their public spaces.


 The Gladstone Hotel's 8th Annual Alternative Design Event: 1214 Queen St W, Toronto


Exhibition Hours
Thursday, January 24: 6-8pm 

Friday, January 25: 11am-8pm
Saturday, January 26: 11am-10pm
Sunday, January 27: 11am-5pm



 Opening Reception: Saturday, January 26: 7-11pm

Love Design Party: Saturday, January 26: 10pm-2:30am


http://comeuptomyroom.com/come-up-to-my-room-2013/


   

January 2013

Ontario Society of Artists Members Exhibition of Selected Works

Exhibition runs from January 9th - January 27th, 2013
Opening Reception: Saturday, January 12: 12-4pm
Todmorden Papermill Gallery: 67 Pottery Road, Toronto, Ontario

http://ontariosocietyofartists.org/


   

January - February 2013

Best of 2012

This group exhibition will feature my work along with other award winners from the
Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition from 2012.
Opening Reception: Thursday, January 24, 2012, 6-8 pm

 Exhibition runs from January 24 - February28, 2012



Location: FCP Gallery
100 King Street West, Toronto
*FCP Gallery is located inside First Canadian Place at King Street West and Bay Street.


Gallery Hours
Monday-Sunday: 11:00-3:00

www.torontooutdoorart.org


   

December 2012

Design Sponge Scholarship

The Design*Sponge Scholarship is intended to assist art and design students in the
pursuit of their creative endeavors through financial support. For this year's competition,
I placed third in the graduate student category!
Thanks to Design Sponge* for their support! 


www.designsponge.com


   

June to July 2013

Embroidered Spaces



Exhibition runs from: June 13-July 26th, 2013

Campbell River Art Gallery: 1235 Shopper's Row, Campbell River, BC
Summer hours: Monday to Saturday, 10 to 5

www.crartgallery.ca


   

April to May 2013

Threaded Line



Exhibition runs from: April 12-May 26, 2013

Centre MATERIA , 395, boulevard Charest Est, Québec
Gallery Hours: Wednesday to Sunday from 12 to 5, Thursday from 12 to 8

www.centremateria.com


   

November to December 2012

Material Connection

>Stanzie Tooth and I have curated an exhibition called Material Connections as a part of the World of Threads Festival. Material Connection brings together three contemporary fibre artists; Meghan Price, Anna Torma and Xiaojing Yan, whose varied use of materials and cultural backgrounds gives a sampling of the dynamic world of fibre arts.

Exhibition runs from: Nov 8th – Dec 16th, 2012
Lonsdale Gallery, 410 Spadina Road, Toronto

http://www.worldofthreadsfestival.com


   

October 2012

Award Winners 2012

I am the recipient of an award or scholarship through the Ontario Crafts Council.

Awards Ceremony
Thursday, October 4, 7:00 - 9:00 pm
Gladstone Hotel Ballroom: 1214 Queen Street W, Toronto
Tickets $15, or $10 for Students

Award Winners 2012 exhibition
Opening Reception: Thursday, October 4, 9:00 - 11:00 pm
Ontario Crafts Council Gallery: 990 Queen Street W, Toronto

http://www.craft.on.ca


   

September 2012-Ongoing

Tyler School of Art

I will be going back to school to pursue my MFA at Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia, PA. I will be studying in the Fibers & Material Studies Department! This is a photo of my studio space.

Check out their blog


   

November 2012

reDESIGN for the Textile Museum of Canada

"Pre-Occupied” is a pop up exhbition featuring work that deals with various themes of occupation. This exhibition explores how our pre-occupations are manifested in objects. Some of the artists include: Kasia Czarnota, Hey Day Design, Hugo Dieter, Brothers Dressler, Public Displays of Affection (PDA), Sally McCubbin, Amanda McCavour among others.


I will be redesigning a chair for this event!
The Project: To redesign, reimagine and reinvent a chair that
will be auctioned that night, with proceeds in support of the
Textile Museum's exhibitions, collections and public programs

www.textilemuseum.ca


   

2012 Biannual Juried Exhibition

Pre-Occupied. An exhibition of ideas, objects and occupations

"Pre-Occupied” is a pop up exhbition featuring work that deals with various themes of occupation. This exhibition explores how our pre-occupations are manifested in objects. Some of the artists include: Kasia Czarnota, Hey Day Design, Hugo Dieter, Brothers Dressler, Public Displays of Affection (PDA), Sally McCubbin, Amanda McCavour among others.


Reception and Awards Presentation:
Sunday September 30, 2012, 2:00 pm
Exhibition runs from: August 31st – October 7th, 2012
Grimsby Public Art Gallery: 18 Carnegie Ln., Grimsby, ON., L3M 1Y1


http://www.town.grimsby.on.ca/ArtGallery/Main/


   

August 2012

*QueenSpecific

*QueenSpecific is a window exhibition space displaying site specific art installations. I will be showing some lined paper samples in this window gallery on Queen Street West.


Exhibition runs from: August 10 - September 12, 2012
Queen Specific*: 787 Queen Street West, Toronto

www.queenspecific.com


   

July 2012

Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition


Nathan Phillips Square, Toronto
Friday, July 6th, 2012: 10:30-7:30
Saturday, July 7th, 2012: 10:30-7:30
Sunday July 8th, 2012: 10:30-6:30

www.torontooutdoorart.org


   

July to September 2012

Neon Clouds

"A new piece of colourful scribbles will be on display 24 hours a day. Neon Cloud explores embroidery’s subtle quality versus it’s accumulative presence. Through the accumulation of sewn line, this piece is an intricate three-dimensional scribble.

The Stantec Window Gallery is located at 24 Spadina Avenue on the West side of the street.

http://www.stantecwindowgallery.com/


   

March - April 2012

Pre-Occupied. An exhibition of ideas, objects and occupations

"Pre-Occupied” is a pop up exhbition featuring work that deals with various themes of occupation. This exhibition explores how our pre-occupations are manifested in objects. Some of the artists include: Kasia Czarnota, Hey Day Design, Hugo Dieter, Brothers Dressler, Public Displays of Affection (PDA), Sally McCubbin, Amanda McCavour among others.


Opening Reception: March 11, 2012
Exhibition runs from March 11, 2012

Exhibition Hours: Weekends, noon-6pm
173 Macdonell Ave., Toronto

http://craftandtheneweconomy.org/off-site-events/


   

February 2012

Flightpath Lecture Series

Flightpath is a journey from A to B. Presented by Knock Twice, this new monthly lecture series invites two young artists/creatives to share their experience, speaking about what they do and how they got there, in one inspiring evening.


February 28, 2012 at 7:30 pm (Doors open at 7)

Speakers: Amanda McNaughton & Amanda McCavour

The Ossington
61 Ossington Avenue
Toronto, Ontario

Seating is limited: please rsvp on the Facebook event page

http://www.knocktwiceblog.com/flightpath/


   

April 2012

Line and Shadow
Featuring Larry Kagan and Amanda McCavour

Opening Reception: April 19 2012, 7-10pm
Exhibition runs from: April 19th-May 20th, 2012
Lonsdale Gallery, 410 Spadina Road, Toronto, ON

www.lonsdalegallery.com

   

March- April 2012

Stop, Drop, Repeat

This exhibition at the Design Exchange, will focus on the textiles and patterns of the work of Marlis Saunders, Canadian Bauhaus pioneer. I will be making a new installation piece for this exhibition based on pattern and repetition.

Exhibition runs from March 7-April 23, 2012

Design Exchange
234 Bay Street
Toronto, ON
Hours:
Monday to Friday 10:00a.m. - 5:00p.m.
Saturday to Sunday 12:00p.m. - 5:00p.m.

http://www.dx.org


   

March 2012

La Maison des métiers d'art de Québec Residency

I will be completing a three week residency at La Maison des métiers d'art de Québec in their textile studio.

The Gladstone Hotel Cafe
1214 Queen Street West
Toronto, ON

http://www.mmaq.com/

   

February- March 2012

Home Away from Home

This exhibition will feature one of my room installations which will be relocated and installed at La GNO in Sudbury.
Exhibition runs from February 25 - March 24, 2012

La Galerie du Nouvel-Ontario
174 Rue Elgin
Sudbury, Ontario

www.gn-o.org

   

January - February 2012

Best of 2011

This group exhibition will feature my work along with other award winners from the Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition from 2011.

Opening Reception: Thursday, January 19, 2012, 6-8 pm
Exhibition runs from January 16 - February 24, 2012

100 King Street West, Toronto
Location: FCP Gallery

Gallery Hours
Monday-Sunday: 11:00-3:00

www.torontooutdoorart.org

   

January 2012

Do West

The second annual Do Design event will turn storefronts on Toronto's Dundas Street West between Bathurst Street and Grace Street, into exhibition venues for design objects. My installation will be in the window of "Saving Grace".

Exhibition runs from January 27-January 30, 2012.

907 Dundas Street West, Toronto

http://dowest.ca/DWD.html

   

December 2011 - January 2012

Neon Glow

ARTiculations is a new art supply store (+ gallery + resource center) opening up in my neighborhood; the Junction. I will be showing work in the window space and the Earl Selkirk gallery within the store.

Opening Reception (and Grand opening of the store!): Thursday, December 1, 2011, 8-10 pm
Exhibition runs from December 1-January 20, 2012

ARTiculations
Earl Selkirk gallery
2928 Dundas St West (The Junction)
Toronto, ON

Store Hours
Monday - Friday 10:00am - 7:00pm
Saturday 9:00am - 6:00pm
Sunday 10:00am - 5:00pm

http://www.articulations.ca"

   

November 2011

TexpoArt Textile Art International Triennial

Exhibition runs from November 1-30, 2011
Iasi, Romania

   

November 2011

Accumulate
Presented by MADE

For this project, building, stacking and folding will be explored through a new embroidered work. This piece will be a playful exploration of materials and structure.

Opening Reception: Thursday, November 3, 9:30-11
Exhibition runs from November 3-February 27, 2012

The Gladstone Hotel Cafe
1214 Queen Street West
Toronto, ON

www.gladstonehotel.com/events/exhibitions


www.madedesign.ca

   

November 2011

reDESIGN
for the Textile Museum of Canada

In November, the Textile Museum of Canada will launch reDESIGN at the Gladstone Hotel on the occasion of the Museum's 36th birthday. I will be redesigning a chair for the event! The Project: To redesign, reimagine and reinvent an armchair that will be auctioned that night, with proceeds in support of the Textile Museum's exhibitions, collections and public programs.

Gala: Thursday, November 3, 6:30-9:00

The Gladstone Hotel
1214 Queen Street West
Toronto, ON

Cost: general public $100, Reservation Required

www.textilemuseum.ca

   

October 2011

Show Off

Micah Adams and I will be presenting installations in the storefront windows of Radar Media. Curated by Sharlene Rankin and Kim Gertler

October 18-30, 2011 With a street party on October 22, 2010 from 7-10pm

The Junction, Toronto
Dundas and Keele

Our Installation will be at:
Radar Media Co.
3122 Dundas Street West

www.mason-studio.com/showoff
www.micahadams.ca

   

October 2011

Art Toronto
with Lonsdale Gallery

My Installation "Stand In for Home" has been selected as a Special Project installation for this year's Art Toronto 2011. I will also be featured in Lonsdale Gallery's booth at the fair (booth #1008).

Opening Night Preview: Thursday, October 27, 2011, 6:30-10:00 **tickets are $200
Exhibition runs from October 28-October 31, 2011

Public Hours:
Friday, October 28, 2011: 12-8
Saturday, October 29, 2011: 12-8
Sunday, October 30, 2011: 12-6
Monday, October 31, 2011: 12-6

Metro Toronto Convention Centre
North Building, Exhibit Hall A & B
255 Front Street West
Toronto, Ontario

www.tiafair.com
www.lonsdalegallery.com

   

October 2011

Scribble

Opening Reception: October 13th, 2011
Exhibition runs from October 13th-November 20th, 2011 
Lonsdale Gallery, 410 Spadina Road, Toronto, ON

www.lonsdalegallery.com

   

August 2011

Heir/Looms

Opening Reception: August 26th, 2011
Exhibition runs from August 26th-August 31st, 2011 
Studio Beluga, 160 St-Viateur Est, Suite 508A, Montreal, QC, H2T 1A8

www.studiobeluga.ca

   

August 2011

Beehive Craft Collective Juried Craft Fair

I will be showing an installation in their window space.
August 12th-13th 2011 
James Street North, Hamilton

http://www.beehivecraftcollective.ca

   

July 2011

Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibtion

Nathan Phillips Square, Toronto
Friday, July 8th, 2011: 10:30-7:30 
Saturday, July 9th, 2011: 10:30-7:30
Sunday July 10th, 2011: 10:30-6:30

www.torontooutdoorart.org

   

June 2011

Spark Box Studio Residency

I was awarded a one week residency at Spark Box Studio. I will be in Picton at their studio working on a project from June 20th to 26th, 2011.

www.sparkboxstudio.com

   

June - July 2011

Award Winners 2011

Opening Reception: June 1st, 2011 6:30-9:00 pm Exhibition runs from June 1st-July 17th, 2011
Gallery Hours are:
Tuesday-Friday: 11 am - 5 pm
Saturday: 11 am - 6 pm
Sunday: 12 pm - 5 pm

Ontario Crafts Council Gallery
990 Queen Street West, Toronto

http://craft.on.ca/Programs/Awards_Scholarships
http://craft.on.ca/Exhibitions/Upcoming_Exhibitions

   

May-June 2011

Play

Curated By Joetta Maue. Opening Reception May 13th, 7-9 pm Exhibition runs from May 13th-June 24th, 2011
Gallery Hours are:
Monday-Friday: 10 am - 6 pm
Saturday-Sunday: 11 am - 5 pm

Textile Arts Center
505 Carroll St, Brooklyn, NY

http://www.textileartscenter.com/
http://connectivethread.blogspot.com/2011/05/play.html

   

May-June 2011

Ice Box

A new textile installation in the MADE cooler space. Opening Reception May 5th, 7-9 pm Exhibition runs from May 5th-June 30th, 2011
MADE
867 Dundas Street West, Toronto

   

January-February 2011

AVIAN

January 16 – February 20, 2011?opening reception Sunday, January 16th from 2-5pm
Amanda McCavour, Julie Oakes, Peggy Taylor Reid

http://lonsdalegallery.com/2011/02/avian-group-exhibition-until-february-20-2011/#more-2003

   

January 2011

Come Up to My Room

The Gladstone Hotel's 8th Annual Alternative Design Event: 1214 Queen St W, Toronto 
Press Preview, January 27th 4-8pm 
Opening Reception, Saturday January 29 7-10pm
Love Design Party, Saturday January 29 10pm 

http://comeuptomyroom.com/

   

November 2010

Hard Twist Chroma!

The Gladstone Hotel: 1214 Queen St W, Toronto 
Friday November 26, 2010 to Sunday January 30, 2011 with exhibition hours of 12pm-5pm daily. Opening Reception: 6pm-9pm on Friday Nov 26, 2010

http://www.gladstonehotel.com/events/exhibitions/hard-twist-new-twist

 

   

September 2010

Klondike Institue of Art and Culture

I will be doing the Artist Residence Program in Dawson City Yukon at the Klondike Institute of Art and Culture from September to October 2010. 

http://www.kiac.org/programs/residence.html

 

   

July 2010

Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition


On July 9th, 10th and 11th, I will be participating in the Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition at Nathan Phillips Square. 

http://www.torontooutdoorart.org/

 

     

2010 Awards & Scholarships Recipients from the Ontario Crafts Council

I was awarded the Volunteer Committee Scholarship from the Ontario Crafts Council.  As a part of this scholarship, I will be exhibiting work in  the Award Winners 2010 Show.  The show runs from June 2 to July 25, 2010 at the Ontario Crafts Council Gallery which is at 99 Queen Street West, Toronto.

http://www.akimbo.ca/exhibitions/?id=19339
http://www.craft.on.ca/Programs/Awards


     

2009 Cheongju International Craft Biennial


This video was shot at the main gallery at Harbourfront Centre and was on view at the Cheongju International Craft Biennial in Korea as a part of the Canadian Guest Pavillion.  The exhibition was titled, "Unity and Diversity" and was on display in Korea from September 23 to November 1, 2009.  This video interviews residents from each of the craft studios at Harbourfront Centre which is where I have been doing a residency in their Textile Studio from June 2007 to May 2010. 

http://www.cheongjubiennale.or.kr/eng/
http://www.craft.on.ca/OCC_News/Cheongju