Cigar Box Guitar Building Workshop

Saturday, July 20, 2019 - 12:00pm to Sunday, July 21, 2019 - 5:00pm

This workshop will be led by Ken Vickerson, a cigar box enthusiast and a professor in the Material Art and Design Program at OCADU. Ken will share his passion for this humble instrument, discuss its history and impart tips and tricks for making and playing your own CBGs.

Tools will be provided. It is suggested attendees bring their own cigar box but laser cut plywood boxes will also be available. Experience with hand and power tools is not required but it is an asset. Children under 13 years of age must be accompanied by a parent.

Registration is limited to 12 participants.  Material fees (approx. $45) will be payable in cash to Ken at the end of the workshop. 

Click on link to Register:

https://www.craftontario.com/membership-programs/co-space.html#KenVickerson

 

Website: 
https://www.craftontario.com/membership-programs/co-space.html#KenVickerson
Cost: 
$100 registration Fee and $45 supplies
Digital Screen: 

Stick in a Box - a celebration of handmade music by Ken Vickerson & Friends

stick in a box
Saturday, July 13, 2019 - 10:00am to Saturday, July 27, 2019 - 5:00pm

Ken part of the Material Art & Design Program at OCAD U has pursued this concept through a project that brings CBG building and playing workshops to creative communities over the past 6 months. His enthusiasm has inspired friends and collaborators whose work is also featured in the exhibit. 

Reception is July 19, 5pm to 7pm

Gallery Hours are: Monday 11:00 am to 6:00 pm; Tuesday & Wednesday 10:00 am to 6:00 pm, Thursday to Saturday 10:00 am to 7:00 pm and Sunday 12:00 pm to 5:00 pm

https://www.craftontario.com/membership-programs/co-space.html#KenVickerson

Venue & Address: 
Co Space, 1106 Queen St. West, Toronto
Website: 
https://www.craftontario.com/membership-programs/co-space.html#KenVickerson
Email: 
ken.vickerson@gmail.com
Digital Screen: 

Illuminations

Saturday, November 3, 2018 - 7:15am to Sunday, November 25, 2018 - 5:00pm

Each unique artwork reflects on an aspect of women’s historic contribution to the arts in Canada

OPENING: Saturday, November 3, 1-4 pm at Boarding House Arts

 6 Dublin Street South, 2nd Floor, Guelph

The exhibition is open from 12-5 pm Wednesday through Sunday until

 25 November 2018. The gallery is wheelchair accessible.

 

Contemporary silver candleholders created by 15 renowned Canadian metalsmiths. Each piece creatively reflects on art forms that generations of Canadian women have practised, including architecture, art, craft, design, fashion and textile, film and video, gastronomy, horticulture, music, photography, sculpture, theatre and writing.

The artists are 15 of Canada’s most renowned metalsmiths: Beth Alber, Jackie Anderson, Mary Anne Barkhouse, Anne Barros, Lois Etherington Betteridge, Brigitte Clavette, Charles Funnell, Chantal Gilbert, Elizabeth Goluch, Fiona Macintyre, Mary K. McIntyre, Myra Tulonen Smith, Kye-Yeon Son, Anne-Sophie Vallée, Ken Vickerson

 

“I am delighted to be part of this project,” says Guelph resident Lois Etherington Betteridge.  “It is not only a celebration of the craft of metalsmithing but sends a strong signal that women count in the arts in Canada and always have.”

“We believe that through the work of artists, a material that mattered to past generations – silverware that was treasured and displayed in every dining room – can become newly relevant and exciting in the present,” says the exhibition curator Dr. Laura Brandon, a specialist in art, memory and commemoration who has written about Canada’s forgotten women artists.

The exhibition was inspired by Canada’s 150th anniversary in 2017. Two families donated the heritage silver.

Venue & Address: 
Boarding House Arts, 6 Dublin Street South, 2nd Floor, Guelph
Email: 
kvickerson@faculty.ocadu.ca or laura@laurabrandon.ca
Digital Screen: 

The Allure Online Auction - Works by Canadian Contemporary Jewellery Artists

Saturday, November 25, 2017 - 9:00am to Thursday, November 30, 2017 - 5:00pm

As some of you may know, Ken Vickerson has work coming up for auction at Waddington’s here in Toronto on Nov. 30.  I have attached the link to the online gallery, please take a look at a variety of work by some well known Canadian jewellers. There are previews of the work between Nov. 24-27 (click on additional info for the schedule) and Ken will be in attendance on Sat., Nov. 25 between 11-5 at the auction house at 275 King St. East, 2nd floor. 

http://jewellery.waddingtons.ca/auctions-433/The-Allure-Online-Auction---Works-by-Canadian-Contemporary-Jewellery-Artists

Venue & Address: 
Jewellery.waddingtons.ca

The Allure Online Auction - Works by Canadian Contemporary Jewellery Artists

Saturday, November 25, 2017 - 9:00am

Some of you may know that Ken Vickerson has work coming up for auction at Waddington’s here in Toronto on Nov. 30.  Attached is the link to the online gallery, please take a look at a variety of work by some well known Canadian jewellers. There are previews of the work between Nov. 24-27 (click on additional info for the schedule). Ken  will be in attendance on Sat., Nov. 25 between 11-5 at the auction house at 275 King St. East, 2nd floor.  It would be great to see you, drop by, say hi and check out this amazing collection.

http://jewellery.waddingtons.ca/auctions-433/The-Allure-Online-Auction---Works-by-Canadian-Contemporary-Jewellery-Artists