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John Fleming Award in Decorative Arts Writing

Calling emerging writers! Submissions are now open for the John Fleming Award in Decorative Arts Writing. 

 

Deadline to apply is June 6, 2025, 11:59PM EST. For details on how to submit, head over to the CSDA/CCAD Awards page.

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DECORATIVE ARTS & DESIGN IN CANADA

Ornamentum magazine is a publication of the Canadian Society of Decorative Arts/Cercle canadien des arts décoratifs (CSDA/CCAD). Ornamentum is the only magazine dedicated to design and decorative arts in Canada.

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Current Issue

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THE CRAFT OF CRAFT

The Spring/Summer 2025 issue highlights the training, processes, and circumstances of handicraft—the craft of craft. 

Articles explore how traditional crafts often emerge from necessity and evolve into cultural symbols—such as Canadian hooked rugs—and offer a rich look at how process shapes both objects and their makers. A profile of historical costumer Kelly Arlene Grant highlights the pleasures of rediscovering lost activities and finding community while connecting to the past. Writer John Leroux spotlights the the 1970s Opus craft village in New Brunswick, while Isolda Gavidia examines the impact of education and training in her institutional history of the École des beaux-arts de Québec. 

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