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2008
July 4, 2008 - August 5, 2008
I have an exhibition scheduled at
Circle Craft Gallery on Granville Island, British Columbia.
Hold That Thought: Woven Vessels by Joan Carrigan
Opening Reception: Thursday July 3, 6pm - 8 pm.
I will also be in the Gallery the morning of Saturday July 5.
View Evite
Circle Craft Website
May 2 – June 3, 2008
Weaving Nature: Contemporary Baskets
Bainbridge Arts and Crafts Gallery
presents baskets as woven sculpture. Our basket artists use a wide variety of materials, and bring a contemporary point of view to traditional techniques. Artists include Joan Carrigan, Donna Sakamoto Crispin, Dorothy M. McGuinness, Bill Roeder, Janet Ronacher, Sue Skelly, Melinda Joy West, and guest curator Judith Zugish.
Info at: www.bainbridgeartscrafts.org
March 2008
My Spring/Summer 2008 Workshop Schedule is available!
Click here to download my 2008 brochure in PDF format.
February 7 - April 6, 2008
I am very excited to have one of my pieces included in this exhibition:
Exhibition: Contemporary Craft in BC: Excellence Within Diversity
Location: Vancouver Museum
The Crafts Association in partnership with the Vancouver Museum and the Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre are presenting work by 80 BC artists of diverse medium (ceramic, fibre, wood, metal, glass and mixed media). This is a professional juried show meant to exemplify innovation, creativity, excitement and discipline in the craft field throughout the province. The show is part of a national initiative Craft Year 2007: Celebration of Craft.
2007
This spring I was very fortunate to travel to Scotland, England and Denmark where I shared some of the weaving techniques and materials that I've been exploring here on Salt Spring Island.
Along the way I was also able to attend several wonderful basketry events.
My itinerary included The Closing of the Big Willow Event near Inverness and Bamboozled in Porthleven, Cornwall where I took a workshop with Andris Lapins on Willow Skeining and participated in an exhibition called Split Ends.
I attended several basketry exhibitions including the East Weaves West exhibition in Glasgow, the Scottish Basketmakers Circle exhibition Pushing the Boundaries in East Kilbride and I saw the anniversary exhibition Kurv of the Danish Basketmakers Association in Silkeborg, Denmark.
How fascinating and inspiring it was to visit Maurice Bichard's personal basket collection and the Pitt River's Museum in Oxford and Eva Seidenfaden's basket museum in Denmark.
Wow, and that is not to mention all the wonderful friends and basketmakers I met along the way. Thanks to everyone who helped make that trip happen!
2006
August:
Big News!!
I received a Grant from the Canada Council for the Arts!!
Assistance to Contemporary Fine Craft Artists and Curators:
Project Grant, 2006
Purpose: to research the properties of tree barks and explore their potential use in non-traditional basketry forms.
March:
Exhibition:
Basketry Currents
an exhibit of basketry from Australia, Canada, and United States artists
Curated by Judy Dominic
The Carnegie Galleries, Covington, Kentucky March 10 - April 8, 2006
Invited artists: Rise Anderson, Joan Brink, Jo Campbell-Amsler, Joan Carrigan, Wendy Golden, Flo Hoppe, Mary Merkel-Hess, Nancy Moore Bess, Karen Pierce and Marc Jenesel, Norman Sherfield, John Skau, Tressa Sulary. To view photos from the exhibition see:
www.midwestbasketry.com
2005
March:
I had the honour of being invited along with 7 other Salt Spring artisans, to our sister city Yamanaka, Japan. This thrilling trip was full of inspiring sights and experiences to say the least. Yamanaka is famous for its natural hot springs and lacquer artisans. Our friends and hosts in Yamanaka organized a supremely wonderful 5 days which I, for one, will never forget.
After our time in Yamanaka, my friend Rumi and I arranged to visit Beppu where the Bamboo Research Institute and Bamboo Basketry Trade School is located. We also spent a few days in Kyoto and Tokyo to top it all off. It was a magical trip from start to finish.
September:
Here is a link to an article which features a photo of one of my baskets owned by Linda Ligon, the publisher of Interweave Press.
www.naturalhomemagazine.com
2004
Entwined Vessel with Root Handle has won the Handweavers Guild of America Award at the Convergance 2004 in Denver, Colorado!
Kevin Wallace, the Juror for Don't Fence Me In - Containing the West wrote:
"A work by Joan Carrigan from her Entwined Series received the HGA Award. This work was utterly charming. Originally a more experimental or contemporary work was considered for the award; however, after spending time walking through the exhibit and looking at the works, I realized that the restraint and subtlety employed by the artist was responsible for a powerful work that remained in the mind and heart much longer than those which offered a greater initial response."
from Shuttle Spindle & Dyepot, Volume XXXV, No. 4, Fall 2004
2003
Reflections Exhibition
2002
Entwined Vessel with Root Side Handles has won the
Handweavers Guild of America Award at Convergence 2002 in Vancouver, B.C.!
