Innovators + Ideas (I2) 2010
Harbourfront Centre Contemporary Craft Series
Each year, the Craft Department offers a series of dynamic, high-calibre programmes supporting the professional development of its artists-in-residence, craft + design students and the greater community. Programme content reflects current, national and international ideas and directions relevant to contemporary craft + design practice.
Figure 7, Tyler Rock, 2006.
blown, 40" x 48" x 4".
Photo: John Dean
Tyler Rock (Calgary, AB)
Tyler Rock's artistic practice has shifted between conceptual art and glasswork, based on the aesthetic tradition of the vessel. His interests focus on the relationships among the components of the vessels, the visual weight and the profile of the forms. His work has received recognition from the Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Alberta College of Art and Design (ACAD) and the Canada Council for the Arts. He has also been selected as artist in residence at the studio at the Corning Museum of Glass in Corning, New York. In addition to his studio practice, Tyler is the program head of the Glass Department at ACAD plus an instructor at Red Deer College and the Corning Museum of Glass.
He has been an entrepreneur running various glass studios over the past 20 years and currently owns and operates Firebrand Glass studio with his wife and fellow glass artist, Julia Reimer.
Tyler's work can be seen as part of the Slanguage exhibition at Harbourfront Centre from March 27 - June 20, 2010. Opening Reception: Friday, April 9, 6pm - 10pm. FREE.
LECTURE: Tyler Rock – Iterations
Saturday, March 27 | 7pm
The Studio Theatre, York Quay Centre
235 Queens Quay West
FREE!
MASTER-CLASS + DEMONSTRATION
Saturday, March 27 | 10am - 4pm
Sunday, March 28 | 10am - 4pm
York Quay Centre
235 Queens Quay West
Fee: $50 (Limited registration)
To register please contact:
Anastasiya Sukhina
416-973-2731
asukhina@harbourfrontcentre.com
