Join Curator Leona Herzog on Saturday, April 12 from 11:00 am to 12:00 noon for an insightful tour of the ideas behind Crafting Wellness–mind + body…at a cost.
Crafting Wellness examines the expected and unexpected benefits of participating in a craft practise. We are familiar with how engaging with craft contributes to wellness and will look at the downside as well, considering injuries resulting from repetitive motion, toxic materials, heavy lifting, and other realities inherent in making things with our bodies. There is an impact on the maker, as well as the work.
Five contemporary artists are represented: fabric artist Ingrid Lincoln, potter Alan
Lacovetsky, multi-media artist Takashi Iwasaki, Métis beadwork artist Jennine Krauchi,
and cast glass maker Sacha Kopelow.
Pieces from the MCML collection are included, highlighting the historical significance
crafts played in leisure activities and as components of therapeutic treatments.
