



FIREWORKS 2023
Clay and Glass Artists
Alison Brannen
Ann Randeraad
Bruce Cochrane
Catharina Goldnau
Dana Dallal
Darlene Pratt
Debra Sloan
Francois Grenier
Gordon Boyd
Hannah Johnson
Jason Schiedel
Jennifer Kelly
Jocelyn Jenkins
Joon Hee Kim
Judith Morsink
Kate Lemieux
Keenan O'Toole
Keith Campbell
Kim Ross
Lindsay Gravelle
Luke Pestl
Mary Louise White
Nadia Tasci
Nikola Wojewoda
Paula Cooley
Peidi Wang
Queenie Xu
Silvana Michetti
Siobhan Lynch
Sydni Weatherson
Talia Silva
Victoria Guy
Zara Gardener
Zoë Pinnell
The tradition of the FIREWORKS exhibitions started 40 years ago. Held every two years, FIREWORKS has come to symbolize the best in contemporary clay and glass by FUSION members and is displayed in galleries throughout Ontario.
FUSION is pleased to welcome Owen Johnson and Marc Egan as this year's jurors.
For the first time, visual artists are invited to participate in the Neilson Park Creative Centre exhibition from February 27 - March 19, 2023. Visual art pieces for the Neilson Park Creative Centre will be curated by a FUSION committee led by Adeline La.
Click here for the FIREWORKS '23 Catalogue Clay and Glass Art
Galleries for FIREWORKS '23
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Neilson Park Creative Centre - February 27 to March 19 (joint exhibition with juried visual artist)
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The Gardiner Museum Shop - April 4 to July 3
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The Art Gallery of Burlington - July 9 to August 25
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The Rails End Gallery - September 8 - to November 1.
FUSION is pleased to offer the following awards for FUSION members:
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$1000 for Best in Show funded by the Henry Goodman Fund
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$500 gift certificate from Tucker's
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$500 gift certificate from PSH
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Gardiner Museum Award
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Craft Ontario Award
Awards were presented at FUSIONFEST at the Gardiner Museum on Wednesday, May 31 from 6- 8 p.m.
Click here to see the 2023 recipients.

Meet the Jurors!
FUSION thanks Marc Egan and Owen Johnson for jurying the 2023 FIREWORKS Travelling Exhibition, as well as Adeline La jurying Visual Art submissions.

Ceramicist
Marc Egan
Marc Egan studied ceramics at Sheridan College School of Craft and Design, Oakville, Ontario. For over 30 years he has maintained a studio in Toronto producing pottery, ceramic sculpture, and tile. Egan currently teaches in the ceramics department at Sheridan College, Oakville, and occasionally leads workshops in ceramic surface design and glaze chemistry. Egan has undertaken both national and international artist residencies and is the recipient of many grants and awards including the Winifred Shantz Award for Ceramics (2003). His work is in numerous private collections as well as the collections of the Gardiner Museum and Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, and the Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery, Waterloo-

Glass Artist
Owen Johnson
Owen Johnson is a Toronto based glass artist and sculptor, who was born near Melbourne, Australia. He completed a Bachelor of Arts in the Glass Department at the Australian National University, Canberra, and completed an Honours in Visual Art at Monash University.
Johnson began a Ph.D. at the Royal College of Art, United Kingdom in 2010. The project of his research was titled Glass, Pattern and Translation: A Practical Exploration of Decorative Idiom and Material Mistranslation using Glass Murrini. After completing his PhD in 2014, he moved to Canada, becoming an artist in resident at the Harbourfront Centre in Toronto. At the completion of this residency, he took the role of acting studio head of the Glass workshop at Sheridan College in Oakville, Ontario, where Johnson continues to teach, while continuing to create within his practice.
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Gardiner Shop Manager
Adelina La
Adeline La has been the Shop Manager at the Gardiner Museum Shop since 2014. Inspired by her father who took the family on various outings to art shows and fairs across Ontario, Adeline enjoys interacting with artists and discovering the stories behind the art. She works to promote local makers and collaborates on feature projects such as exhibitions and artist talks.










