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Visiting Artist Talk | Shona Rae

March 10, 2010
Room 407 | ACAD
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM | 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Beauty and the Beast, 2006
SS, 18kg, tagua nut
Spiculum ring with forged, constructed, cast and hand carved components
AFA collection

Shona Rae was a professional clay sculptor for nearly a decade before a series of dreams led her to begin studying goldsmithing and the metal arts in 1994. She received her Diploma in applied art and design from the Kootenay School of the Arts Cooperative in 1998. Shona received her BFA with distinction in the year 2000 from the Alberta College of Art and Design.

After nearly thirty years as a ceramist she has discovered that metal is clay and is enthusiastically applying that knowledge to her creative works. Shona Rae runs a professional practice, teaches part time at the Alberta College of Art and Design and co-founded INFLUX, a contemporary art jewellery gallery in 2004.

Shona Rae has won numerous awards and attention for her sculptural art jewellery in Europe and North America. She maintains a deep commitment to the study and creation of art, craft and design.