THE CANADIAN SOCIETY OF DECORATIVE ARTS
The Canadian Society of Decorative Arts/ Cercle canadien des arts décoratifs was formed, with the generous support of the Macdonald Stewart Foundation, to provide a forum for all those interested in the decorative arts.
Previous CSDA/CCAD events
Your CSDA/CCAD membership offers you the opportunity to attend lectures, symposia and events of interest, locally and nationally.
Previous Events
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29th Annual Symposium and Annual General Meeting |
Speakers
Antoine Predock Architect PC, Albuquerque,
NM — Architect of record for Canada’s newest
national museum, the Canadian Museum for
Human Rights. Antoine Predock’s designs
express in architecture the fundamental
commonality of humankind in a unifying and
timeless landmark for all nations and cultures of
the world.
Dr. Katherine Pettipas — Recently retired after
35 years as the Manitoba Museum’s Curator of
Native Ethnology and of the Hudson’s Bay
Company Museum Collection, Dr. Pettipas
specialized in Aboriginal/Euro-Canadian contact
history and was awarded the Canadian Museums
Association’s Award of Distinguished Service in
April 2011.
Sherry Farell Racette — Sherry Farrell Racette
(Timiskaming First Nation/Irish) is an
interdisciplinary scholar with an active arts
practice in painting, textiles and illustration.
She was the 2009-2010 Anne Ray Fellow at the
School for Advanced Research, Santa Fé, New
Mexico and is currently teaching at the
University of Manitoba in the Departments of
Native Studies and Women and Gender.
Helen Delacretaz — Chief Curator of the
Winnipeg Art Gallery since 2008, where she
specializes in contemporary craft and historical
decorative arts. Helen also teaches Islamic,
Hindu and Buddhist art at the University of
Winnipeg.
Sophia Kachor — Sophia Kachor is the executive
director and chief of collections of Oseredok
Ukrainian Cultural and Educational Centre in
Winnipeg where she has curated numerous
exhibitions related to the Ukrainian experience
in Canada. She has also been a sessional
instructor for Ukrainian Canadian folklore and
other Ukrainian language and literature courses
at the University of Manitoba.
Frank Albo — Dubbed “Canada’s Dan Brown,”
Frank Albo is a PhD candidate in the History of
Art at the University of Cambridge, where he
specializes in the influence of Freemasonry in
19th century architectural theory and
historiography. His groundbreaking discoveries
on the Masonic symbolism in the Manitoba
Legislative Building have been featured in
numerous articles, radio, and television
programs.
Ione Thorkelsson — Recipient of the 2010
Governor General’s Award, Saidye Bronfman
Award for Excellence in Fine Craft, Ione
Thorkelsson is recognized for her significant
contribution to studio glass in Manitoba and
Canada. Her work is distinctive, conceptually
fresh, and technically brilliant within the scope
of Canadian practice.
Warren Carther — Warren Carther is recognized
internationally for his architectural glass
commissions. Understanding and exploiting the
structural qualities of glass has allowed him to
create works of unique form and immense scale.
Commissions include the carved glass walls at
the Canadian Embassy in Tokyo and the Charles
de Gaulle Airport, Paris and the nine glass
towers located at Anchorage International
Airport in Alaska.
Tim Worth — Prior to retiring in 2005, Tim Worth
was the curator of Dalnavert Museum. In addition
to co-authoring a manuscript on early Manitoba
furniture with Rick Lair, he also authored a
research article, “Hudson’s Bay Company Branding
Irons”, which was published in the Museum of the
Fur Trade Quarterly.
Rick Lair — Rick Lair studied furniture design at
Sheridan College School of Design. He has made
furniture, wooden accessory items and stringed
musical instruments. His work is in collections
throughout Canada. Since 1988 Rick has been
senior furniture conservator for Parks Canada at
the Western Canada Service Centre.
Alan Lacovetsky — A master at wood-firing,
Alan Lacovetsky constructed a wood fire kiln on
his property just north of Winnipeg. Alan has
taught extensively in Manitoba, as well as
Thailand and Australia. He has just returned
from being Artist in Residence at Fuping Pottery
Village, in Fuping, Shanxxi, China in 2010.
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Kai Chan and Susan Keene in ConversationWed., April 20th, 2011 Textile Museum of Canada |
A special Canadian Society of Decorative Arts event to accompany the exhibition Kai Chan: A Spider's Logic, a 35 year retrospective exhibition curated by Sarah Quinton now at the Textile Museum of Canada – a conversation in the exhibition between these two accomplished artists about Kai Chan’s retrospective and his practice in general.
Kai Chan has exhibited across Canada, the U.S., Japan, Australia and Europe. He is the recipient of numerous grants from the Canada Council for the Arts, and the Ontario Arts Council, as well as the prestigious Jean A. Chalmers National Crafts Award (1988) and Prix Saidye Bronfman Award for Excellence in the Crafts (2002).
www.kaichan.ca
Susan Keene is a Toronto artist whose work in fibre and handmade paper has been exhibited in Canada and internationally since 1980. She is also an educator, writer, editor and curator. Her work is held in public collections such as the Canadian Museum of Civilization, and in 1991 she received the Prix Saidye Bronfman Award for Excellence in the Crafts.
www.susanwarnerkeene.com
A View from the Atlantic!
28th Annual Symposium and Annual General Meeting
Halifax, Nova Scotia
September 23-25, 2010
Each year, the CSDA holds its annual symposium in a different Canadian province, providing delegates with an opportunity to focus on the historical legacy of that province as reflected in its decorative arts, and to look at the current expression of that unique history and culture as expressed by its artists, crafts people and architects.
The 28th Annual Symposium and Annual General Meeting took place in September 2010 in Nova Scotia. Hosted by the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia in Halifax, the fifty-five delegates attending the Symposium enjoyed a stimulating program surrounded by the warm hospitality for which the Maritimes are so well known.
Presentations covered a satisfyingly broad range of topics, including Mi'kmaq quillwork, an historical and contemporary overview of majolica, St. Mary's University's priceless Salzinnes Antiphonal manuscript, contemporary expressions of traditional Nova Scotian architectural forms, and a perspective on future trends in the decorative arts. Field trips included a tour of Pier 21 by its dynamic champion, Ruth Goldbloom; a tour of NASCAD; a most enjoyable visit to Mount Uniacke which had been preceded by a lively lecture on the house and its furnishings; a tour of Lunenberg, and a delightful farewell gathering at the Chester home of Peter and Alexandra McCurdy.
A SUMMER ESCAPE
Historic architecture, fine craft and music in the country
SUNDAY, JUNE 27, 2010
• An informal tour of historic house museum and fine example of Gothic Revival architecture, the 1862 Hillary House in Aurora.
• Visit with renowned ceramic artist Ann Mortimer in her studio home to see umbrellas and more.
• A country lunch and tour with Curator John McIntyre at the Sharon Temple National Historic Site.
• An afternoon concert in the splendid setting of the Temple
by rising young Russian-Canadian pianist Alexander Seredenko.
For further information : "A Summer Escape" PDF 
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Canadian Society of Decorative Arts/Cercle Canadien des arts décoratifs
27th Symposium and Annual General Meeting
Montreal, October 15-18, 2009
McCord Museum & Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
A QUEBEC PERSPECTIVE ON CANADIAN DECORATIVE ARTS
Presented in the vibrant cultural centre of Montreal, the conference was hosted by the McCord Museum of Canadian History, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts and the Stewart Program for Modern Design.
Experts and scholars spoke about the collecting of Canadiana before and after the Second World War, the development of Canadian industrial design and the creative energy and output of artists, artisans and designers since that time.
Panel discussions brought together speakers and other specialists to animate discussion of current issues in the broad field of the decorative arts. Receptions in and visits to architectural and cultural settings added fascinating concrete examples to the conference theme.
ART DECO in TORONTO
May 22-23, 2009
Toronto, Ontario
Sculptural panel, Toronto Hydro Electric Building, Chapman & Oxley, 1931-33
An Art Deco prelude in Toronto was organized by the Canadian Society of Decorative Arts for delegates to the Tenth World Congress on Art Deco in Montreal.
THE CARLU AND AN ART DECO WALKING TOUR
A tour of the CARLU with morning coffee and pastries in the Clipper Room followed by a walking tour of mid-town Art Deco sites including Toronto Hydro, Maple Leaf Gardens, the former Dominion Bank and Ontario Hydro buildings, Carr Hall (by Ernest Cormier) and the Cloverhill Apartments. The tour was led by Tim Morawetz, writer and lecturer on Art Deco architecture in Toronto.
DECO DINNER DANCE
Drinks and dessert in the restored Imperial Room of the Royal York, followed by dancing to authentic swing music of the Big Band era by the celebrated Toronto All-Star Big Band.
ART DECO BY BUS
A city-wide tour of several Art Deco landmarks in Toronto with commentary by Tim Morawetz including the Horse Palace and Automotive Building in the CNE grounds, the former Eglinton Theatre, the former Postal Delivery Building and the R.C. Harris Filtration Plant. Trip continued onward to Oshawa to visit Parkwood, the McLaughlin family estate with renovated interior spaces and formal gardens designed in the 1930's in classic Art Deco style by John M. Lyle. Capped off with an afternoon tea and a period fashion show.
A day of decorative arts and design in autumnal Ontario
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Tour historic Hutchison House in Peterborough and take traditional
Scottish tea in the keeping room – enjoy a guided walking tour of Ron Thom’s
iconic architecture at Trent University on the banks of the
Otonabee River – travel through the autumn countryside to the home and studio
of Canada’s renowned furniture designer Michael Fortune near
Lakefield – lunch in his early log house and join him on a personal tour of
his studio and workshop – onward to visit Kate Hyde and Thomas
Aitken in their studio home to see her unique porcelain sculptures,
his fine functional ceramics, and their new collaborative work.
OBJECTS & FRONTIERS: 26th Annual Symposium
24 - 27 September, 2008
Edmonton, Alberta
OBJECTS OF DESIRE: Pursuits of the Collecting Eye
Silver Anniversary Celebration
Twenty-Fifth Symposium and Annual General Meeting October 11 – 14 , 2007
Toronto, Ontario
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Twenty-fourth Symposium and Annual General Meeting
September 14-17, 2006
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
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