Vancouver lighting designer Caine Heintzman, Victoria master luthier Robert Anderson among recipients of 2022 Carter Wosk Award in Applied Art + Design
The BC Achievement Foundation’s 18th annual program also recognizes textile jewellery artist Louise Perrone and ceramicist Cathy Terepocki
Cathy Terepocki.
Caine Heintzman.
THE BC ACHIEVEMENT FOUNDATION today announced the recipients of the 18th annual Carter Wosk Award in Applied Art + Design. The program recognizes excellence among emerging and established artists whose creativity helps drive BC’s cultural economy.
Master luthier Robert Anderson received the Award of Distinction for Lifetime Achievement. Based in Victoria, artist crafts stringed musical instruments designed to be sensitive to the player’s intent, with a sonority which can only be achieved by hand-building.
Robert Anderson.
With more than 25 year’s experience, Anderson follows the traditions of the old masters, using carefully selected and aged woods, hide glue, and dovetail neck joints, French-polishing each instrument for optimal results. His technique allows for subtle, incremental changes which improve tone, volume and ergonomics.
In an age when cheap, factory-made instruments are overwhelming the market, Robert also instructs and mentors aspiring instrument builders in the tradition of luthiery, keeping the skill that is fundamental to the craft alive.
His achievements “exemplify committed vision, innovative enterprise, passionate talent and are an inspiration to the artistic community and province”, according to a BCAF release.
Caine Heintzman received the Judson Beaumont Emerging Artist designation, named in honour of the late B.C.-based furniture designer. Heintzman is a co-founder of ANDlight, a decorative luminaire design studio and manufacturer in Vancouver. Having studied and trained at Emily Carr University of Art and Design and Kunsthochschule Berlin Weissensee, Heintzman has always been curious about the materiality and fabrication of objects and equipment that allow him to enjoy the natural environment as an outdoors enthusiast. He found himself naturally inclined to industrial design as he’s inspired by ritual and everyday useful objects that help improve people’s lives.
“Borrowing from a philosophy of ‘design as art,’ Caine’s designs enrich the landscape of creative expression emerging from British Columbia,” BCAF states.
Louise Perrone. Photo by JJ Mestinsek
UK-born, Vancouver-based textile jewellery artist Louise Perrone 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 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.
“These artistic works and designs demonstrate a new strength within BC’s creative economy,” BC Achievement Foundation chair Anne Giardini said in the release. “The Carter Wosk Award in Applied Art + Design celebrates and honours BC’s creators for ensuring beauty and function are part of our everyday lives. It is always a delight to us at BC Achievement to recognize new ways of marrying art and function with ingenuity and imagination."
Awardees were selected by an independent jury whose members included Renée Macdonald, Westerly Handmade Shoes (2015 recipient); Claudia Schulz, Claudia Schulz Hats & Accessories (2018 recipient); and Henry Norris, New Format Studio (2018 recipient). Toby Barratt, Propellor Design (2010 recipient) and Ron Kong, craft advocate, served as advisors to the jury.
This year’s celebration of the Carter Wosk Award in Applied Art + Design recipients includes two short films showcasing the awardees’ artistic accomplishments, which will premiere at an award ceremony next month.
BC Achievement is presenting a combined exhibition showcasing the 2022 award recipients for both the Carter Wosk Award in Applied Art + Design and Fulmer Award in First Nations Art at The Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre from November 14 to November 18. The exhibition is free and open to the public.
The Carter Wosk Award in Applied Art + Design is named in honour of BC philanthropist, academic, and visionary Yosef Wosk; and Sam Carter, BC educator, designer and curator. BC Achievement credits the Yosef Wosk Family Foundation for establishing the program. Community partners include BC Ferries, Crafted Vancouver, Denbigh Fine Art Services, and The Roundhouse.
More information is at BC Achievement Foundation.
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