Thea Haines OFFICIAL SYMPOSIUM HOTEL CONTRIBUTOR BIOGRAPHIES Thea Haines is a textile designer, artist, and educator living and working in Hamilton, , The DoubleTree by Hilton . Currently an instructor in textile design at 108 Chestnut Street Dr. Peter Kaellgren Sheridan College, she was previously an artist-in- , ON M5G 1R3 Peter Kaellgren joined the staff of the European residence of the Craft Studio at Harbourfront Department at the Royal Ontario in 1972. Centre, and a member of the Contemporary Textile Please see booking instructions options below. Over the years, he worked to build up its collections Studio Co-operative, Toronto. Her research, practice Online: https://goo.gl/vbSydG of ceramics, glass, silver, furniture and design and consultancy is focused on the use of natural Telephone: 416-599-0555 graphics including contemporary material. In 1977, colourants in surface design, printing and Toll Free: 1-800-668-6600 Peter coordinated the ROM exhibition “A Gather of small-scale production, including the cultivation Fax: 416 597 6351 Glass”. He completed a Ph.D. in Art History with a and harvest of colour-producing plants. Current E-Mail: [email protected] minor in Decorative Arts at the University of projects include a study of colours produced from Delaware in 1987. From fall, 1981, until 1992, his food waste, and a regional survey of dye plants in Ask for the Canadian Society of Decorative Arts antiques column “ROM Answers” appeared in the Hamilton. She received her MA in Textile Design preferred rate or reference group code: DA1 Mclean Hunter publication City & Country Home. from Chelsea College of Art and Design, in London, UK. Peter has published research on ceramics, glass, CSDA Reduced Rate: and silver and played a key role in developing galleries Elizabeth Semmelhack $189/night CAD (plus taxes, etc) TH and special exhibitions. Dr. Kaellgren has lectured Recently named by Fashion magazine as one of the Hotel reservation deadline: SEPTEMBER 8, 2016 34 ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM & GENERAL MEETING widely on post-1500 decorative arts. He was world’s top five game-changing fashion curators, instrumental in organizing the annual Decorative Elizabeth Semmelhack focuses on the construction TRADITION REDEFINED: Arts Symposium at the ROM, 1991-2008. Dr. Kaellgren of gender in relation to dress with a particular interest APPRAISAL CLINIC retired from the at the end in the history of footwear and she applies her cultural THE DECORATIVE ARTS of December, 2009. He was subsequently art history background to the mission of the Museum A limited number of appointments are IN CONTEMPORARY appointed Curator Emeritus and continues to by exploring the multiple roles and meanings of available with each specialist for the afternoon research the ROM collections. Between March, 2011, footwear through innovative and engaging exhibitions. of Thursday, September 29th. Please indicate URBAN CONTEXT and August, 2012, he served part-time as Chief Most recently she has curated Standing Tall: The on your registration card your interest in bringing an object of jewellery or decorative Curator at the of . Curious History of Men in Heels (2015) and the TORONTO, ONTARIO blockbuster travelling exhibition The Rise of Sneaker art for appraisal during this time. SEPTEMBER 29TH - OCTOBER 2ND, 2016 Garth Clark Culture, travelling under the auspices of the American Garth Clark is the Editor-in-Chief for CFile’s publishing Federation of the Arts. Other exhibitions include: For additional information regarding the projects, journal and news magazine. Irving Blum, Fashion Victims: The Pleasures and Perils of Dress in symposium, please visit our website the pioneering contemporary art dealer who the 19th Century (co-curated with Dr. Alison Matthews www.csda-ccad.org or contact the symposium launched Andy Warhol, Ken Price and Andrew David, 2014), Roger Vivier: Process to Perfection coordinator, Lindsay Rose-McLean Lord’s careers calls Clark “ceramics’ great clarifier.” (2012), and The Roaring Twenties: Heels, Hemlines [email protected] 416.949.6387 A hydra-headed force in the field, Clark has and High Spirits (2011). received many honours; Fellow of the Royal College PRESENTING SPONSORS of Art, London, several honorary doctorates and Semmelhack has been featured in articles and interviews lifetime achievement awards, the “Art Book of the in numerous publications including National Geographic, Year” award from Art Libraries Society of North Vogue, Elle, InStyle, W Magazine, Women’s Wear Daily, America, medals from the Independent Publishers Fashion, Flare Magazine, Forbes Magazine, The New Association and others. He is author of over sixty Yorker Magazine, GQ Magazine, The Toronto Star, Celebrating the Art of Ceramics books and several hundred reviews and essays. The Globe & Mail and many others. Semmelhack With Mark Del Vecchio in 1981 he founded Garth has also published a number of books, catalogs and Clark Gallery in New York, Los Angeles and briefly academic articles including: Standing Tall: The Curious London and Kansas City. He founded the Ceramic History of Men in Heels (2015), Out of the Box: The Rise of Arts Foundation in 1979 and was its Director until Sneaker Culture (2015), Fashion Victims: The Pleasures and 2005. An active speaker, Clark has spoken on five Perils of Dress in the 19th Century (with co-curator Dr. continents in thirty countries at over 100 major Alison Matthews David); Roger Vivier: Process to Perfection CSDA/CCAD venues from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New (2012), On a Pedestal: From Renaissance Chopines to Box 235, Station Q York and the Victoria and Albert Museum, London Baroque Heels (2009), Icons of Elegance (2005), and Toronto, ON Canada M4T 2M1 Heights of Fashion: A History of the Elevated (2008). The CSDA is a registered charitable organization No. 0652438-22-13 to the Sorbonne University, Paris. Cover image: Dale Chihuly, Laguna Torcello (detail), 2012. 12½ x 64 x 20'. SYMPOSIUM PROGRAM // TRADITION REDEFINED: THE DECORATIVE ARTS IN CONTEMPORARY URBAN CONTEXT

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29TH FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30TH 6:30PM- The University Club of Toronto SUNDAY, OCTOBER 2ND 7:15PM (380 University Avenue) 1:30PM - Waddington's Auction House Breakfast on your own Cocktail Reception Breakfast on your own 3:00PM (275 King St. East, Toronto) (hor d'oeuvres and cash bar) Symposium Registration 9:00AM- 9:00AM- Cynthia Findlay Antiques 10:00AM (55 Centre Avenue) 7:30PM Gala Dinner 11:00AM (284 King Street West) Please indicate your dinner selection on your Private shopping morning with Decorative Art & Jewellery Appraisal Annual General Meeting registration card, as well as any dietary restrictions. Clinic, featuring specialists from light refreshments Waddington's 15 Min. Coffee Break Please note that there is a supplementary fee of $115.00 (CAD) in addition to the registration 11:00AM Proceed on foot to nearby * Advance registration required and limited number 10:15AM- Thea Haines fee if you wish to attend the cocktail reception OCAD University (100 McCaul Street, of spaces available. Please indicate interest to and gala dinner. * Formal attire welcome. participate on your registration card. 11:00AM (Textile Designer/Instructor, Sheridan College) approx. 15 minute walk) Farming Colour: Dye Plants & Dye Gardens SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1ST 3:00PM - Dr. Peter Kaellgren An informative overview of natural colour history, 11:30AM- Guided tour of OCAD and special 3:45PM (Curator Emeritus, Royal Ontario Museum) combined with an in depth discussion of specific 12:30PM presentation of student work plants and colours achieved from them. Collections and Heirlooms: Breakfast on your own 12:30PM Lunch on your own, plus time for Insights into Downsizing and Dispersal 11:00AM- Elizabeth Semmelhack Researching, organizing and investigating viable 11:45AM (Senior Curator, The ) 10:00AM- The Royal Ontario Museum registrants to make their own way to options regarding downsizing and dispersal takes Fresh Kicks: Sneakers as Fashion 11:00AM (100 Queens Park) the time but can prove worthwhile in the end. Dr. Peter Since the 1970s sneakers have increasingly become central to Guided tour of special exhibit Kaellgren, who has years of experience acquiring fashion, especially men’s fashion. This talk will explore how Chihuly: From Sand. From Fire. Comes Beauty; 2:00PM- Design Exchange artifacts for and working with auction sneakers came to be the most baroque accessories in men’s Immerse yourself in a spectacular exhibition houses, appraisers and antique dealers, will offer a 3:00PM (234 Bay Street) wardrobes and how today everyone -- high fashion designers to exploring colour, light, and form by one of the number of suggestions in his talk. Design Exchange is a non-profit design museum cutting edge artists are participating in sneaker design. world’s foremost artists working in glass today. located in the historic * Following the conclusion of the talk, registrants will building. Registrants will enjoy a private, guided make their own way to the Gardiner Museum for the 11:45AM- Curator led tour of special exhibit 11:00AM- Free time to explore other areas tour of the art deco and art moderne architectural continuation of the program. 275 King Street East 12:00PM of interest in the museum. elements of this landmark interior. (King & Sherbourne) is adjacent to the King 12:30PM at the Textile Museum streetcar line and the Sherbourne bus. 12:00PM- Lunch on your own 3:00PM- Richard Fiennes-Clinton 1:00PM- Group will proceed on foot 1:15PM 5:30PM - Gardiner Museum 2:00PM to nearby DoubleTree by Hilton 1:15PM Board bus in front of museum for a short ride to 4:00PM (Toronto Historian, Muddy York Walking Tours) will lead us on a historic architectural walking tour 6:00PM (111 Queen's Park, Toronto) (108 Chestnut Street) SHARP the West Queen West neighbourhood. Reception & Late Registration of select locations in the heart of the downtown Private Lunch and CSDA financial district, ending at the heritage Dominion Executive/HNC Lunch Meeting 1:30PM- Tour of David Kaye Gallery Bank Building. 6:00PM - Garth Clark 2:15PM (1092 West) 7:00PM (Founder, Ceramic Arts Foundation, USA) 2:30PM- Guided tour of nearby Osgoode Hall 4:00PM- The Vault Reinventing Ceramics: 3:30PM (130 Queen Street West) 2:30PM- Proceed on foot to nearby Craft Ontario 6:00PM (1 King West) New Paradigms for Clay in Art Osgoode Hall is a landmark building in downtown 3:15PM (1106 Queen Street West) Closing Reception Garth Clark's fast paced multi-media presentation Toronto constructed between 1829 and 1832 in the Artist presentation and special showing of their work. Designed by Darling and Pearson in the Beaux-arts ventures down new paths that are opening for late Georgian Palladian and Neoclassical styles. style with Renaissance Revival detailing, the ceramics globally in art, design, architecture, and 3:15PM Re-board bus for short drive through the city. Dominion Bank Building (1914) was one of Toronto's technology. He address new marketplaces, shifting 3:45PM- Curator led presentation at nearby earliest skyscrapers. The original bank vault was aesthetic concerns, the melding of craft and design, 4:45PM Campbell House Museum 3:30PM- Private collection tour and reception built into the bedrock of the building in 1913 and is the arrival of unfired clay as the hot new sculptural (160 Queen Street West) 5:00PM now only open to the public for private receptions. medium, and how to collect, make, market, at the home of Mrs. Rosalie Sharp educate, curate, and survive in a new ceramic Campbell House is an 1822 heritage house and museum in * At 5:00PM, the bus will return downtown and landscape. . It was built for Upper Canada Chief drop registrants back at either the Royal Ontario Conclusion of Program Justice Sir William Campbell and his wife Hannah. Museum or the DoubleTree hotel * 1 King West (King & Yonge) is adjacent to the Dinner on your own King subway stop and the King streetcar line. * Events will conclude for the day at approximately 5:00PM at Dinner on your own, with the opportunity to explore various the corner of Queen & University, adjacent to the Osgoode subway Nuit Blanche events throughout the city. For more information stop, as well as the Queen streetcar line. on Nuit Blanche visit www.nbto.com