{"id":8531,"date":"2021-11-15T15:37:42","date_gmt":"2021-11-15T15:37:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artsnb.ca\/web\/?p=8531"},"modified":"2021-11-15T15:39:10","modified_gmt":"2021-11-15T15:39:10","slug":"shadows-shining-bright-on-the-international-art-scene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artsnb.ca\/web\/2021\/11\/shadows-shining-bright-on-the-international-art-scene\/","title":{"rendered":"Shadows shining bright on the international art scene"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Written by Heather McCaig<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:19px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>FEATURED ARTIST SERIES \u2013 HEATHER MCCAIG<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:29px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">Flameworking uses a specialized propane and oxygen fuelled torch to melt borosilicate glass, a type of glass that contains boron trioxide, making it an extremely heat resistant and a durable product. Used as a material for scientific glassblowing this glass can be found in your home in glass baking pans and french presses. In the 1980\u2019s coloured borosilicate glass was invented, and a new art form has taken off. Solid rods and tubes are my starting materials, I melt and shape them to make each piece I create. I have been a flameworked glass artist since 2013. My goal is to bring flameworked borosilicate glass art to Atlantic Canada. In the beginning I made small glass pendants and trinkets, selling them at craft shows, festivals and wholesale markets. In 2019, I transitioned from my wholesale work to creating one of a kind fine craft pieces for gallery exhibitions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/artsnb.ca\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/02HM2021Tundra-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artsnb.ca\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/02HM2021Tundra-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/artsnb.ca\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/02HM2021Tundra-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/artsnb.ca\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/02HM2021Tundra-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artsnb.ca\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/02HM2021Tundra-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/artsnb.ca\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/02HM2021Tundra-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/artsnb.ca\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/02HM2021Tundra-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><figcaption><span class=\"has-inline-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-color\">Heather McCaig. <em>Shadows &#8211; &#8220;Tundra&#8221;<\/em> (detail), 2021. Photo Credit: Colin Swift.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/artsnb.ca\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20210807-IMG_2871-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8536 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artsnb.ca\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20210807-IMG_2871-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/artsnb.ca\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20210807-IMG_2871-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/artsnb.ca\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20210807-IMG_2871-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artsnb.ca\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20210807-IMG_2871-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/artsnb.ca\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20210807-IMG_2871-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/artsnb.ca\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20210807-IMG_2871-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\">This summer I had my first exhibition, accompanied by painter Emily Phillips at AX: The Arts and Culture Centre of Sussex, the exhibition was titled<em> Shadow Ecology<\/em>. Shadow ecology refers to cases where resources are taken in a rural setting (clear cutting, oil sands, etc.), is transported and then sold to the public. The environmental repercussions are only felt by the rural communities, as if a shadow had fallen on them, while a disconnect is created in the urban areas where the transformed products are being purchased.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-cyan-bluish-gray-color has-text-color\">Heather McCaig at the opening reception of <em>Shadow Ecology<\/em> at AX. Photo Credit: Colin Swift.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>My glass series <em>Shadows, <\/em>displayed in this exhibition, highlights the seven ecosystems of Canada that are disappearing due to the climate crisis. This series plays with using gallery lighting to cast shadows on the walls, creating a feeling of loss. Triangles frame each ecosystem, symbolizing the alchemy symbol for fire; a reference to the words of environmental activist Greta Thunberg, \u201cour house is on fire\u201d. The thin black glass shaped into animal silhouettes represent the loss of biodiversity. When viewing this series, it is important to pay attention to the glass itself as well as the shadows the glass casts on the wall\u2014the wall shadows show each piece&#8217;s title as well as a feeling of each ecosystem slipping away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/artsnb.ca\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20210426-IMG_1274-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8539\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artsnb.ca\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20210426-IMG_1274-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/artsnb.ca\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20210426-IMG_1274-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/artsnb.ca\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20210426-IMG_1274-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artsnb.ca\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20210426-IMG_1274-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/artsnb.ca\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20210426-IMG_1274-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/artsnb.ca\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20210426-IMG_1274-400x267.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption><span class=\"has-inline-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-color\">Heather McCaig. <em>Shadows &#8211; &#8220;Tundra&#8221;<\/em> (detail), 2021. Photo Credit: Colin Swift.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"961\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/artsnb.ca\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/01HM2021Tundra-961x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8541\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artsnb.ca\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/01HM2021Tundra-961x1024.jpg 961w, https:\/\/artsnb.ca\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/01HM2021Tundra-281x300.jpg 281w, https:\/\/artsnb.ca\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/01HM2021Tundra-768x819.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artsnb.ca\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/01HM2021Tundra-1441x1536.jpg 1441w, https:\/\/artsnb.ca\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/01HM2021Tundra-1921x2048.jpg 1921w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 961px) 100vw, 961px\" \/><figcaption><span class=\"has-inline-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-color\">Heather McCaig.<em> Shadows &#8211; &#8220;Tundra&#8221;<\/em>, 2021. Photo Credit: Colin Swift.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/artsnb.ca\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/09HM2020Wetlands-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8543 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artsnb.ca\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/09HM2020Wetlands-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/artsnb.ca\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/09HM2020Wetlands-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/artsnb.ca\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/09HM2020Wetlands-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artsnb.ca\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/09HM2020Wetlands-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/artsnb.ca\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/09HM2020Wetlands-1366x2048.jpg 1366w, https:\/\/artsnb.ca\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/09HM2020Wetlands-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\">Leading up to this exhibition I submitted a proposal to artsnb for a Career Development &#8211; Professionalization &amp; Promotion grant, the grant was successful. With the funding from artsnb I hired local Sussex photographer Colin Swift to document my series<em> Shadows<\/em> as well as photograph the exhibition being displayed at AX: The Arts and Culture Centre of Sussex. These photos were then used for exhibition proposals, my website, magazine submissions and social media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span class=\"has-inline-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-color\">Heather McCaig.<em> Shadows &#8211; &#8220;Wetlands&#8221;<\/em> (detail), 2021. Photo Credit: Colin Swift.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:49px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"901\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/artsnb.ca\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/08HM2020Wetlands-901x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8545\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artsnb.ca\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/08HM2020Wetlands-901x1024.jpg 901w, https:\/\/artsnb.ca\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/08HM2020Wetlands-264x300.jpg 264w, https:\/\/artsnb.ca\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/08HM2020Wetlands-768x872.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artsnb.ca\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/08HM2020Wetlands-1352x1536.jpg 1352w, https:\/\/artsnb.ca\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/08HM2020Wetlands-1803x2048.jpg 1803w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 901px) 100vw, 901px\" \/><figcaption><span class=\"has-inline-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-color\">Heather McCaig.<em> Shadows &#8211; &#8220;Wetlands&#8221;<\/em>, 2021. Photo Credit: Colin Swift.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>In September, Emily Phillips and I received an email from Jane Simpson, the executive director at AX. The email read that our exhibition <em>Shadow Ecology<\/em> had been selected by the New Brunswick Department of Tourism, Heritage and Culture, as well as Heritage Canada to represent New Brunswick at the Frankfurt Book Fair in Germany: the largest book fair in the world. Each year, the fair selects a country to be their Guest of Honour, and Canada is the 2020\/2021 honouree. Due to the global pandemic, the visual arts component moved online, making virtual exhibitions the highlight. <em>Shadow Ecology<\/em> was selected because of the quality of the artwork as well as the excellent virtual presentation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/artsnb.ca\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Capture-decran-198-1024x456.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8549\" width=\"840\" height=\"374\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artsnb.ca\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Capture-decran-198-1024x456.png 1024w, https:\/\/artsnb.ca\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Capture-decran-198-300x134.png 300w, https:\/\/artsnb.ca\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Capture-decran-198-768x342.png 768w, https:\/\/artsnb.ca\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Capture-decran-198.png 1360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption><span class=\"has-inline-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-color\">A screenshot of the online exhibit <em>Shadow Ecology.<\/em><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>It is a great honour to be chosen by both Heritage Canada and New Brunswick Department of Tourism, Heritage and Culture to represent New Brunswick. It is also worth noting that this would have never happened without the teamwork involved; ceramist, Matt Cripps, created the virtual exhibition and photographed Emily Phillips paintings, AX: The Arts and Culture Centre of Sussex is an incredibly supportive artists hub, and last but not least, Colin Swift, who documented my glass work, went above and beyond what he signed up for in the beginning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The artsnb, Career Development &#8211; Professionalization &amp; Promotion grant gave me the funding to hire Colin. This experience has made me realize that having professional documentation of your work should not be overlooked, and it may even contribute to a once in a lifetime opportunity!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Interested in visiting <em>Shadow Ecology<\/em>? Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/artspaces.kunstmatrix.com\/en\/exhibition\/7440478\/shadow-ecology\">this link<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-color\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/artsnb.ca\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20210206-IMG_0971-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8551 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artsnb.ca\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20210206-IMG_0971-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/artsnb.ca\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20210206-IMG_0971-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/artsnb.ca\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20210206-IMG_0971-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artsnb.ca\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20210206-IMG_0971-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/artsnb.ca\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20210206-IMG_0971-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/artsnb.ca\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20210206-IMG_0971-scaled.jpg 1706w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><em>Heather McCaig is a flameworked glass artist from Ontario, who now lives near Sussex,<\/em> <em>New Brunswick. Heather is entirely self-taught and at the forefront of flameworked fine<\/em> <em>art in Atlantic Canada. Through her work, she hopes to portray the fragility of our natural<\/em> <em>world and inspire a need for its protection.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>In 2019 she transitioned from her production glass line to creating one of a kind fine<\/em> <em>craft. Heather has received a scholarship to the Pittsburgh Glass Center in the United<\/em> <em>States and support from the New Brunswick Arts Board through their Creation Grant,<\/em> <em>Career Development Grant Program and an Arts Infrastructure Grant for New and<\/em> <em>Emerging Artists.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-cyan-bluish-gray-color has-text-color\">Photo Credit: Colin Swift<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Stay up to date with Heather\u2019s practice on social media and on her website:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Instagram:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/heathermccaig.glass\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">@heathermccaig.glass<\/a>&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Facebook: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/heathermccaig.glass\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">@heathermccaig.glass&nbsp;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tiktok:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@heathermccaig.glass?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">@heathermccaig.glass<\/a>&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Website:&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.heathermccaig.com\">www.heathermccaig.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Written by Heather McCaig FEATURED ARTIST SERIES \u2013 HEATHER MCCAIG Flameworking uses a specialized propane and oxygen fuelled torch to melt borosilicate glass, a type of glass that contains boron trioxide, making it an extremely heat resistant and a durable product. 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