MAM FINE CRAFTS FESTIVAL, March 8-17, 2007
Author: Christina - Published 2007-03-09 14:03 - (1229 Reads)Fine crafts CONTAMINATIONS: at the Montreal All-Nighter and at the Canadian Guild of Crafts
Weaving through wood; glass becomes clay; pearls piercing porcelain; textiles with transparency... Artists from the MAM Fine Crafts Collective (the Métiers d’Art Motivés – “motivated fine crafts”) cross-breed their crafts in CONTAMINATIONS, an exhibition of combined works presented at the Canadian Guild of Crafts from March 8-17, 2007 – with a sneak preview at the Montreal HighLights Festival's All-Nighter, overnight March 3-4, 2007, at the Place des Arts.
CONTAMINATIONS will be presented from March 8 to March 17, 2007, at the Canadian Guild of Crafts, 1460-B Sherbrooke St. W., Montréal; the opening will take place Thursday March 8 at 5:30. SNEAK PREVIEW: a LIVE FINE CRAFTS MIXED-MEDIA "HAPPENING" at the Montréal HighLights Festival ALL-NIGHTER, March 3-4, 2007, from 11pm to 5am in the Foyer Jean-Gascon of Théâtre Maisonneuve at Place des Arts (entrance via Place des Arts, métro-level).
*THE MAM FINE CRAFTS COLLECTIVE: http://www.mam-montreal.com
*THE CANADIAN GUILD OF CRAFT: http://www.canadianguild.com/
*MONTREAL HIGHLIGHTS FESTIVAL ALL-NIGHTER: http://www.montrealenlumiere.com
*CRAFT YEAR 2007: http://www.craftyear2007.ca
*CONTACT THE MAM COLLECTIVE: mam at mam-montreal.com 514.333.2626