LIDS Book Launch

The Ladies Invitational Deadbeat Society (LIDS) and friends will be converging in Toronto at the end of May for a performance by Wednesday L AND an official BBQ book launch Continue reading →

A Handmade Assembly

I’m headed to Sackville, NB from the 24th to the 27th of October to participate in A Handmade Assembly. I’ll be moderating the opening round table at 7:30pm on the Continue reading →

Performing Austerity @ TSA Symposium

Anthea and I have been busy working on a new body of research into the use of craft and crafted aesthetics as a form of political expression and identity construction. Continue reading →

Cahiers métiers d’arts ::: Craft Journal

The newest issue of the Cahiers métiers d’art/Craft Journal has just come out, and it features an extended essay-length version of the text I wrote about the Craft Off series. Continue reading →

Incredisensual Panty Raid Laff Along

I have reunited with the Ladies Invitational Deadbeat Society, a performance collective I have been working with since 2006. We are doing a month-long residency in Calgary from June 11 Continue reading →

The Brick Factory @ NCECA Seattle 2012

I just got back from a whirlwind trip to the annual NCECA (National Council for Education in the Ceramic Arts) conference, held in Seattle this year. I was there with Continue reading →

New publications

Three new(ish) publications with writing about craft, curatorial practice, and contemporary ceramics: The exhibition text for the Craft Off series is included in a publication produced by the Mountain Standard Continue reading →

Actions+Material residency@ Watershed

I’m halfway through a two-week residency at the Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts right now. The residency is called “Actions+Material” and was organized by artist Summer Zickefoose around the Continue reading →