[BCMA] The 2024 Earring Show

[Moderated BCMA subscriber listserv]

opening reception:       7p | may 9

in gallery sales: may 9 - 23

online sales :                  8p | may 9 - aug 31

 

 <https://theearringshow.eventbrite.ca/> get your tickets here 

  <https://craftcouncilbc.ca/> craftcouncilbc.ca/tes
            

 

The Craft Council of BC is pleased to present The Earring Show, an annual exhibition that highlights contemporary jewellery design. The exhibition sheds light on the timeless connection between craft and culture, and how they influence each other. The event provides a novel opportunity for the general public to engage with contemporary craft.

 

The opening reception will be held at 7pm on May 9, 2024 at the CCBC gallery where the winners will be announced. The Earring Show as an exhibition will be available for viewing until May 23th at CCBC and will be posted online.

 

The Earring Show serves as a unique space that presents earrings as art, culture and a snapshot of contemporary high-level craftsmanship. Over the past 7000 years, earrings have acted as a window into cultural practices. At times, earrings have been used to introduce new norms into culture, at other times, culture has been expressed through earrings. The exhibition recognizes the importance of earrings throughout history in their various roles, from adornment and status markers, to protest and cultural statements.

 

This year, the exhibition sees over 200 handmade earring submissions from around the world, made from an extensive variety of mediums.

These earrings are never neutral; they express a passion for art, design, technique, a societal concern, a cultural statement or simply the physical expression of the artist’s craft. The artwork often relays a story that speaks to a part of the makers’ identity. Through the exhibition, these unique pieces and their stories have the potential to

become a part of the wearers’ own story. This reflects one of the goals of the Show: to create shared experiences around craft between makers and wearers.

 

The Earring Show began as a one-day local event, and over the past 11 years has grown in its scope, meaning and representation – while always acting as a contemporary reflection of craft and culture.

 

 

raine mckay

she|her|hers

executive director

craft council of bc

 <http://www.craftcouncilbc.ca/> craftcouncilbc.ca

 

1386 cartwright street

vancouver, bc   v6h 3r8

charitable # 10699 0955 rr0001

 

office: 604.687.6511

cell: 604.992.1855

I acknowledge and am grateful to the 
 xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and Sel̓íl̓witulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations
for allowing me to work and live on their unceded homelands.

 

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