Celebrating Decorative Arts & Design!         Célébrons les arts décoratifs et du design !


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Published twice a year, Ornamentum is the only magazine devoted to exploring the large spectrum of decorative arts, material culture and design in Canada. From furniture and furnishings, ceramics, glass, metalwork, graphics, and textiles through to aspects of architecture, industrial, interior and landscape design, the decorative arts encompass craft and the aesthetics of the everyday.

Within this expansive umbrella, Ornamentum provides a forum for discussion of the creative context and talent through which the decorative arts are born, and critically addresses the aesthetics and meanings of objects in terms of historic precedent, tradition and innovation.

Written for a broad readership and extensively illustrated, Ornamentum celebrates material culture in all its forms and expressions.

Ask for a copy of the magazine by name at a retailer, museum or gallery near you!  


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“Ornamentum celebrates material culture in all its forms and expressions”


Current issue POISONS & INTOXICANTS

Spring/Summer 2026 

A national Editorial Advisory Committee counsels Ornamentum's editorial staff on direction and content

EAC Chair: Dr. Sarah Alford (AB)

EAC Members: Maegen Black (NB), Dr. Keith Bresnahan (ON, Janet Carlile (ON), Peter Flannery (ON), Dr. Rachel Gotlieb (ON), Dr. Michele Hardy (AB), Dr. Julia Krueger (SK), Dr. John Leroux (NB), Dr. Denis Longchamps (ON), Steven McNeil (BC), José Niaison (ON), Dr. Laura Sanchini (QC), Robyn Wilcox (ON)


The Canadian Society of Decorative Arts primarily operates out of Tkaronto/Toronto, Ontario. We recognize that the city is situated on the traditional territory and unceded lands of the Anishnaabe, Haudenosaunee, Huron-Wendat, and Mississaugas of the Credit.

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.
© 1981 - 2025 Canadian Society of Decorative Arts / Cercle canadien des arts décoratifs

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