Brigitte Clavette -   born 28 July 1956, NB

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2009 Gallery 78, Drawing the Myth, Fredericton, NB and Jonathon Bancroft Snell Gallery, In Memoria, London, Ontario

2004 - 2006 New Brunswick Museum, St-John, NB, Memoria (also Fredericton, Moncton, Campbelton)

1996 Gallery 78, Vascella, Fredericton, NB

1993 Gallerie Colline, Ex-Voto, Edmundston, NB

1992 Gallery 78, Vessel / Forms, Fredericton, NB

1991 Anna Leonowens Gallery, Vestigium, NSCAD University, Halifax, NS and Lewton-Brain, Fontains Centre Gallery, Vestigium, Calgary, AB

SELECTED INVITATIONAL AND GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2010 Museum of Vancouver, Unity and Diversity, and selected works, BC, curated by Dr. Sandra Alflody.

Mary Black Gallery, Beyond Words, Halifax, NS

NB Crafts Council, Hand to Hand, Fredericton, NB, curated by George Fry.

2009 Cheongju Craft Biennale, Unity and Diversity, Cheongju South Korea

NB Craft Council Gallery, Fredericton, NB Architectural Details

Contemporay Silver, MacDonald Stewart Art Center, Guelph, Ont.

2008 Jonathon Snell Gallery, Celebration with Lois Betteridge, London Ont.

Saint John Art Centre, NBCCD Gallery, Galerie d'art Université de Moncton, NB, Beyond Words

2007 Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Leap of Faith, Fredericton, NB

Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Materialize: Contemporary Craft in New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB

Old Government House, Faculty Exhibition, Fredericton, NB

Lafreniere & Pei Gallery, Hard and Soft, Metal and Fibre sculpture, Ottawa, Ont.

2006 New Gallery, Bowling, Toronto, Ont.

2004 - 2006 In Service, Touring exhibition organized by the Anna Leonowens Gallery, NSCAD (Halifax, Fredericton, Calgary, Toronto, Guelph, Vancouver)

2003 - 2004 Old Government House, Faculty Exhibition, Fredericton, NB

2003 Harbourfront Centre, Eye Wear, Uncommon Objects, Toronto, Ont.

2002 Halliburton School of the Arts, Faculty Show, Ont.

Gallery 78, Full Frontal, Fredericton, NB

2001 Gallery 78, Women's Work, Fredericton, NB

2000 New Brunswick Craft Council, Y2K, dysfunctional ware, Fredericton, NB

MacDonald Stewart Art Centre, Tribute to Lois Betteridge (Invitational), Guelph Ont.

1999 New Brunswick Craft Council, Games People Play, Fredericton, NB

1998 New Brunswick Crafts Council, The Tea Party, Fredericton, NB

New Brunswick Crafts Council, Hands Up, Fredericton, NB

Harbinger Gallery, Mettle with Metal (Invitational), Toronto, Ont.

1996 - 1998 Canada Applied Arts Exhibition, Touring exhibition organized by the Emily Carr College, BC (China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Korea)

1997 Gallery 78, Fredericton, NB

1996 Anna Leonowens Gallery, Invitational Alumni Exhibition, NSCAD, Halifax, NS

1994 Congrès Mondiale Acadien, Rétrospective visuelle, Bouctouche, NB

New Brunswick Museum, Hâle toi une bûche, Saint-John, NB, Touring exhibition

1993 Harbinger Gallery, Canadian Jewellery Invitational, Waterloo, Ont.

1992 - 1995 Canadian Craft Museum, Selected Treasures of Canadian Craft (toured in Canada) Vancouver, BC

1992 ABEC, CANADA 125 (Invitational) Saint-John, NB

Gallery 78, Small Treasures, Fredericton, NB

1990 Prix Spiritus, Juried exhibition, Women's Directorate, NB (toured New Brunswick )

Galerie Jocelyne Gobeil, Exposition Internationale de Bagues, Montreal, QC

1989 Salon des metiers d'art, New Brunswick Francophones Artists in Quebec Quebec, QC

Regent Craft Gallery, Summer Gala '89, Fredericton, NB

Biennale, Juried travelling exhibition, NB

1987 Metal Arts Guild, A Closer Look, Toronto, Ont.

1986 New Brunswick Craft School, Professional Sides, Fredericton, NB

1986 - 1990 Concours Assomption, NB, Juried travelling exhibition

1985 Anna Leonowens Gallery, Alumni Exhibition (Invitational), NSCAD, Halifax, NS

1984 Cassell Gallery, What's New, Fredericton, NB

CURATORIAL EXPERIENCE

2009 Flow/Fleuve, Members of the NB Crafts Council Respond to the Provincial Capital.

Government House Gallery, Fredericton , NB. Catalogue by Goose Lane .

Selected, curated and hung exhibitions at NB Crafts Council for 6 years.

SELECTED COLLECTIONS AND COMMISSIONS

2010 Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Ont. Permanent collection, “Le Coq” Teapot.

2009 New Brunswick Museum, NB, Permanent Collection, “Communion”.

Canadian Cancer Society, NB, Gift for Erin Anderssen

2008 Canadian Cancer society, NB, Gift for Pamela Wahlen

NBCCD, gift for Bazilian Principals

2006 Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England (Permanent collection)

2005 - 2007 Commission for the wife of President of Mali from Province of New Brunswick

Pins for recipients of Excellence Awards from Artsnb

Pin for Lifetime Achievement in the Arts, Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick

2004 Commission for President of Burkina Faso from Province of New Brunswick

2003 Commission for His Excellence and Mrs Boutros-Boutros Ghali from the Province of New Brunswick

2002 Seymore Rabinovitch Collection, Seattle, Washington, USA

2001 MacDonald Stewart Centre, Guelph, Ont. (Permanent collection, contemporary silversmithing)

1999 Gift for Mrs. Leia Maria Boutros-Ghali, from New Brunswick Premier

1996 New Brunswick Crafts Council (Permanent Collection)

1994 “Acquisitions” New Brunswick - Municipalities Culture and Housing Arts Branch

1992 La Vague , commissioned by Marine Atlantic for the Festival international du cinéma francophone en Acadie

Women's Directorate , Government of New Brunswick (Permanent Collection)

1991 Canadian Craft Museum , Vancouver BC (Permanent collection)

1988 New Brunswick Department of Tourism, Recreation and Heritage (Permanent Collection)

1979 Plaque presented to Antonine Maillet upon receiving Prix Goncours of France, commissioned by Conseil de la Promotion et Diffusion de la Culture du Nouveau Brunswick

SELECTED AWARDS AND GRANTS

2006 Strathbutler Award, Sheila Hugh MacKay Foundation Inc.

2005 Creation Grant from Artsnb

2002 Kjeld and Erica Deichmann Award for Excellence in Craft, Province of New Brunswick

Nominated for Saydie Bronfman Award

2001 Mid Career Grant, Canada Council for the Arts

2000 Elected to the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts

1994 Creation Grant - NB Municipalities Culture and Housing - Arts Branch

1993 Solo Exhibition Grant, NB Arts Boards

1991 Student Scholarship - Heiki Seppa - Haystack Mountain School of Craft, Deer Isle, Maine -Travel Travel Grant, New Brunswick Arts Branch

1990 Concours Assomption de Métiers d'Art, Third Prize

Women's Directorate, Government of New Brunswick, Second Prize,

Spiritus Award Design Competition, Second Prize

1989 Best in Capital, Awarded by Capital Region Development, Summer Gala 89 Exhibition

1987 Concours Assomption, Award of Excellence

SELECTED PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA

2010 Telegraph Journal, Salon, Feb. 20, 2010 . Kate Wallace. Crafty ladies of the Cultural Olympiad.

2009 Flow/Fleuve, catalogue essay, Goose Lane Editions.

Unity and diversity, Cheongju International Craft Biennale 2009 catalogue.

2008 Beyond words, catalogue, Saint John Arts Centre,

Celebrating 40 Years, Catalogue, NB Art Bank Anniversary exhibition Catalogue, Goose Lane

Celebration, exhibition catalogue.

2007 Leap of Faith , Exhibition catalogue, Peter Powning, Co-published by the Beaverbrook Art Gallery and the New Brunswick College of Craft and Design

Materialize: Contemporary Craft in New Brunswick , Exhibition catalogue, Beth Biggs, Published by the New Brunswick Crafts Council

2006 Tableau, Beaverbrook Art Gallery, fall edition, According to Brigitte

Telegraph journal, April 22, Grant Kerr, Resculpting Strathbutler

Contemporary Silver Part II: Recent Commissions, Benton Seymore Rabinovitch, Distributed through the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England

2004 Memoria , Exhibition catalogue, Ray Cronin, UNB Arts Centre

In Service , Exhibition catalogue, Peter Dykhuis, Anna Leonowens Gallery, NSCAD University

2000 Daily Gleaner, Jan 15, Fredericton, Ray Cronin, Metalsmith building bridge between art and craft

1999 CBC Television, Maritimes, Artspots, with Mary Elizabeth Luka

1997 Ornament and Object: Canadian Jewellery and Metal Art, Anne Barros, Stoddard Publisher

1994 Daily Gleaner, March 26, Christina Sabatt, Fabricating Metal with Brigitte Clavette

1993 Arts Atlantic, No. 47, Lynn Saintonge, Brigitte Clavette ”EX-VOTO“

Selected Treasures of Canadian Craft , Exhibition catalogue, Taipei Fine Arts Museum

1993 Canadian Metal Arts Guild Newsletter, fall edition, Camille Anderson, cover + article

1992 A Treasury of Canadian Craft - Richesse des Métiers d'Art Canadiens, Exhibition catalogue, The Canadian Craft Museum

A Way of Communicating, Jewellery/Metalwork Survey #2, David and Shereen Laplants

1991 Conversations 91 (Conference) Metal Arts Program, State University of New York at

New Paltz, USA, The Inside of Art (published papers)

Metal Arts Guild Newsletter, Martha Glenny, Brigitte Clavette and Hyewon Lee - Vestigium

1990 Arts Atlantic, No.37, Astrid Brunner, Algorithms, Time and Metal Textures

The Landscape of Craft, Goose Lane Edition, George Fry

1989 Arts Atlantic, No.34, Astrid Brunner, Identity without Frills, NBC's 50th

Metal Arts Guild Newsletter, Alison Wiggins / Graeme Robinson, Summer Photo Issue, cover

1988 Ven'd'Est (Acadian magazine), No.28, Paul Soucy, Brigitte Clavette: Joallière, cover + article

1986 Arts Atlantic, summer edition, Alan McNair, The Foundation of Craft

TEACHING POSITIONS

1985 - present Instructor and Head of Jewellery Department, New Brunswick College of Craft and Design, Fredericton, NB

2008 – 2009 Instructor, Silversmithing, edVentures summer sessions, Fredericton, NB

2000 - 2004 Instructor, Silversmithing, Haliburton School of the Arts, Haliburton, Ont.

1990-1991 Acting Head of Jewellery Department, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax, NS

1989 Intro Jewellery I and II workshops, Summer Session, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax, NS

1986 - 1988 Curriculum development, design and establishment of Jewellery Department, New Brunswick Community College, Dieppe, NB

1983 Instructor of the Arts, ten week session, Iqaluit Adult Education Centre Iqaluit, NT

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2009 Talk About, public lecture, NBCCD, Fredericton, NB

Pop and Frye festival, guest speaker, Moncton, NB

2008 Jury Member, ArtsNB, Fredericton, NB

Jury member, Intergovernmental Affairs, Jeux de la Francophonie, Quebec

2007 Jury member, Canada Council for the Arts

2006 - present Nomination committee, Royal Canadian Academy of the Arts

2004 Board member, Cultural Human Resources Council of Canada (three years)

Jury member, NB Arts Branch.

2000 Silversmithing workshop, NSCAD, Nova Scotia

Jury member, NB Arts Branch.

Panellist, Tribute to Lois Betteridge, Guelph Ontario .

Silversmithing instructor. Sir Sanford Fleming College, Haliburton, Ont. (July)

1999 Jury member, Canada Council for the Arts.

1998 Co-curator and exhibition co-ordinator, NBCC

Silversmithing Workshop, NBCC Dieppe, NB

Visiting artist, Nunavut Arctic College, Jewellery Program, NU

Jury member, NB Art Bank Acquisition, Dept. of Economic Development

1992 Guest speaker at official opening of Canadian Craft Museum, Vancouver, BC

1991 Guest speaker, Hommage à la Présidente Fondatrice de l'Association Culturelle du Haut- St-Jean, Audrey Côté St-Onge.

1989 Panellist, Contemporary German Jewellery Symposium: “Fokus” Harbourfront, Toronto, ON

1988 Guest speaker, Assemblée Générale Annuelle de l'Association des Artisans Francophone du NB, Edmundston, NB

1987 Re-established Jewellery Store and Studio, Metal Art Wear St Andrews, NB

Commentator, “Images”, for Radio-Canada Moncton, Sonar Radio Show (6 weeks)

1986 Guest speaker, Metal Arts Guild Conference: A Closer Look, Toronto, Ont.

1983 Established and operated Clavette-Valen Custom Jewellery Designers, Studio and Storein St. Andrews, NB from May 1979.

1982 Commentator, Association Culturelle du Haut-St-Jean Provincial Delegate, Canadian Craft Council meetings, Halifax, Fredericton and Charlottetown

Coordinator, First Acadian Workshop, Edmundston, NB

1980 National delegate, World Crafts Council Meetings, Vienna, Austria

Coordinator, First and Second Acadian Craft Fairs Moncton and Campbellton, NB from 1979.

MEMBERSHIPS

Society of North American Goldsmiths

Royal Canadian Academy of Arts

Board Member ArtsNB

Cultural Human Resources Council

Gallery Connexion NB

Fredericton Arts Alliance

NB Craft Council

CARFAC

Canadian Conference of the Arts

Beaverbrook Art Gallery

EDUCATION

1992 Certificate in Adult Education, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB

1980 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax, NS