The BC Achievement Foundation's 18th annual program recognizes textile jewellery artist Louise Perrone and ceramicist Cathy Terepocki, both AUArts alumni.
THE BC ACHIEVEMENT FOUNDATION announced the recipients of the 18th annual Carter Wosk Award in Applied Art + Design (external link). The program recognizes excellence among emerging and established artists whose creativity helps drive BC's cultural economy.
UK-born, Vancouver-based textile jewellery artist Louise Perrone (external link) (BFA '02, Jewellery and Metals) is another 2022 Carter Wosk Award in Applied Art + Design recipient. She studied fine arts in jewellery and metals at Alberta College of Art and Design and, 20 years ago, was awarded the Governor General of Canada's Academic Medal.
Now, her textile jewellery explores issues of gender, labour, and sustainability by combining goldsmithing traditions with hand-sewing. Using materials derived from domestic and industrial textile and plastic waste, Perrone alters plastic objects and envelops them in fabric, inviting a consideration of what jewellery can conceal and reveal about the maker, the wearer, and ourselves. Her work has been featured at New York City Jewellery Week, JOYA Barcelona, and Athens Jewellery Week, among many other places. Perrone is an instructor in the jewellery programs at LaSalle College Vancouver and Vancouver Community College.
Award winner Cathy Terepocki (external link) (BFA '04, Ceramics) is a Chilliwack-based ceramics artist who is interested in unconventional processes and in crossing boundaries between different industries and artistic practices. Her work that is strongly rooted in and reflective of her natural surroundings. Her Chilliwack River Clay series, for instance, was harvested with shovels and buckets from the local river and her current project includes making tiles from wild clay. "The local clay research has opened up opportunities for community engagement and has allowed this ceramicist to create meaningful work and, in turn, contribute to the culture of the place she calls home," BCAF says.
Artists and designers honoured by the Carter Wosk Award in Applied Art + Design produce work that has a practical or functional application, such as furniture, textiles, jewellery, ceramics, weaving, glass, fashion, and industrial design. Nominated artists have an opportunity to share their work to a wider audience and to invite critical reflection and feedback.
