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William C.G. Hodge A.O.C.A.,
EDUCATION
1961 - 1965 Ontario College of Art
100 McCaul Street, Toronto, Ontario M5T 1W1
Honour graduate
awarded the Henry Birks Medal and the Rolph Clarke Stone Scholarship
Brock University courses towards Bachelor of Education in Adult Education
Foundations of Teaching and Learning in Adult Education
Curriculum Theory and Design
Instructional Approaches for Adult Learners
The College Context and Administration
Developmental Paradigms and Adult Learning
Dynamics of Personality
EXHIBITIONS - ONE MAN SHOWS
2010- “Incidently –portraits of the famous, infamous and totally unknown”, David Kaye Gallery, Toronto
“Uplift”, Mississippi Mills Textile Museum, Almonte, Ont.
2000-"Celebration", Mclaren-Barnes Gallery, Oakville, Ontario
1998-'Wishes, Prayers, Hopes and Dreams', Mclaren-Barnes Gallery, Oakville, Ont.
1978- White Water Gallery, North Bay, Ontario
- Leamington Art Gallery, Leamington, Ontario
- Ontario College of Art, Toronto, Ontario
1977- MacKenzie Gallery, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario
1976- Northern College, South Porcupine, Ontario
- Elliott Lake Art Gallery, Elliott Lake, Ontario
EXHIBITIONS - GROUP SHOWS
2011“Gathering Threads”, The Art Exchange, London, Ontario
2007“Cirrostratus”, Ontario Crafts Council Gallery, Toronto,
“Currents”, Ontario College of Art & Design, Toronto
“Birdhouse”, fundraiser for and at Gallery New, Toronto, ON.
2001- 07-"Shadow Boxes, Textile Museum of Canada, Toronto, fundraiser
2001- 04-"Postcard Exhibition’, OCAD
2000-"Shadow Boxes 2000" -fundraiser, exhibition - Museum for Textiles, Toronto
-"ZooDo" - fundraiser, exhibition, Metropolitan Toronto Zoo, Toronto
1999-“A Fine Line: Seventy Years of StudioCrafts in Ontario”, Art Gallery of Mississauga, Mississauga.
-"Shadow Boxes 1999" - fundraiser, exhibition - Museum for Textiles, Toronto
GROUP SHOWS (cont)
1996-"Teachers, Mentors and Makers, The Craft Gallery, Ontario Crafts Council, Toronto.
1995-"Beadazzled" - Uncommon Objects, Harbourfront, Toronto, Ont.
1994-"Spiffed and Gussied up in Threads: Garments for Today" Uncommon Objects - Harbourfront,
1994- Group show -Uncommon Objects Harbourfront, Toronto, Ont.
1993-"Ontario College of Art - Foundation Studies - Faculty Exhibition,"John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto,
-Skin and Bones", Surfacing, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto. (guest artist)
1990-"Uncommon Objects - Put Ons and Hang Ups", Harbourfront, Toronto
-"Festive Treasures" Museum for Textiles, Toronto, Ontario
1989-"Uncommon Objects", Harbourfront, Toronto, Ontario
1989-"Design by Commission", Harbourfront, Toronto
-"Ontario Crafts 1989", Ontario Crafts Council, Toronto
1988-"Bags, Pouches and Pockets", Cooper Hewitt Musuem, New York, New York
1988- Two Person Show, Perkins Student Center Gallery, University of Delaware, Newwark, Delaware
1988-"The Art of Creating Fashion", Convergence 88, Chicago, Illinois
1987-"Group Show" Canadore College, North Bay
-"Fibre Encountered", Gallery Vie, Hamilton, Ontario
1986-"Design by Commission", Harbourfront, Toronto, Ontario
-"Contemporary Tapestry", Simpson House and McGill Club, Toronto, Ont.
-"New Acquisitions", Craft Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
1985-"Design by Commission", Harbourfront, Toronto, Ontario
1984-"Accent on Accessories", Craft Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
1983-"Design by Commission", Harbourfront, Toronto, Ontario
-"The Complete Office", Craft Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
1983-"Fibre Art 1983", Central Hospital and St. Lawrence Centre, Toronto, Cambridge Art Gallery, Cambridge Ontario
1981-"New Works in Fibre", Mohawk College Gallery, Hamilton, Ontario
1980-"Fibreworks", Fine Line Gallery, Kingston, Ontario
-"Fibre - Form - Fusion", Erindale College Gallery, Erindale, Ontario
-"Group Show", Rails End Gallery, Haliburton, Ontario
1978-"Images 78" 106th Annual Exhibition, Ontario Society of Artists, Toronto, Ont.
1978-"New Members Show", Ontario Society of Artists, Toronto, Ontario
1976-"100 Years Retrospect of the Ontario College of Art", Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario
1975-"Crossroads", Ontario Crafts Council, Toronto, Ontario
1974-"Tribute to the Ontario College of Art", Pollack Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
1974-"Fashions Crafted", Craft Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
1973-"Canadian Master Craftsmen", Charlottetown, P.E.I.
-"Textile Into 3D", Art Gallery of Toronto, Ontario (travelling show)
1972-"Wallhangings", Merton Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
-"Wall Hangings", Holy Blossom Temple, Toronto, Ontario
GROUP SHOWS (cont)
1972-"C.N.E. 72", Canadian Guild of Crafts, Toronto, Ontario (awarded the Adelaid Marriott Award of Excellence)
1972-"Group Show", Architects Association, Toronto, Ontario
-"M6 Canadian Master Craftsmen", Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, Toronto, Ontario
- Exhibition for the Canadian Guild of Crafts (tour of western Canada)
1971-"Make", Ontario Science Centre, Toronto, Ontario (award for tapestry)
1970-"15th Canadian Handweaving Exhibition", Toronto, Ontario (awards: best contemporary wallhanging; best of show)
-"Wallhangings", Gallery 93, Ottawa, Ontario
1969-"Batiks", Art Gallery of Toronto, (travelling show)
-"Craft Dimensions Canada", Royal Ontario Musuem, Toronto, Ontario
1968-"International Tapestry Exhibition", O'Keefe Centre, Toronto, Ontario
1965-"13th Canadian Handweaving Exhibition", Toronto, Ontario
MAJOR COLLECTIONS, COMMISSIONS AND AWARDS
2005- Metropolitan United Church, Toronto, Rev. G. Malcolm Sinclair, Vestments
2004- Deer Park United Church, Toronto, Ontario – Commission
1991- Deer Park United Church, Toronto, Ontario - Commission
1989- Cooper-Hewitt Museum (Smithsonian), New York, New York - Collection
- I.B.M., Toronto, Ontario - Collection
- A.J. Casson Award for Distinguished Service, Alumni Association, Ontario College of Art and Design
1988- 10 Year Volunteer Service Award, Ministry of Citizenship and Culture
1985- Toppan-Moore, Tokyo, Japan - Collection
- Harlequin - Torstar, Toronto, Ontario - Collection
1984- "Jean Chalmers Collection", Museum of Civilization, Hull, Quebec, (formerly the collection of Ontario Crafts Council, Toronto, Ontario)
1980- Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario - Commission
- Esso Resources Canada Ltd., Calgary, Alberta - Collection
1974- The Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Ontario - Collection
- The Rank Organization, Toronto, Ontario -Commission
1973- University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario - Commission
- "Jean A. Chalmers National Craft Collection", Museum of Civilization, Hull, Quebec, (formerly the collection of Ontario Crafts Council, Toronto, Ontario)
1972- Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, Toronto, Ont. - Collection
1965- Ontario Crafts Council, (formerly the Canadian Guild of Crafts Ontario), Toronto, Ontario - Collection
- Ontario College of Art, Toronto, Ontario - Collection
GRANTS
1988- ONTARIO ARTS COUNCIL GRANT, material assistance grant
1985- ONTARIO ARTS COUNCIL GRANT, equipment grant
1983- ONTARIO ARTS COUNCIL GRANT, equipment grant
1978- ONTARIO ARTS COUNCIL GRANT, pilot project, "Artist in the Community" Dryden, Ontario
1978- WINTARIO GRANT, to attend World Crafts Council Conference, Kyoto, Japan
ASSOCIATIONS
Costume Society of Ontario
Handweavers Guild of America
Ontario College of Art Faculty Association,
Ontario Crafts Council (honorary life member)
Ontario Handweavers and Spinners (life member)
Ontario Society of Artists
Toronto Bead Society
Visual Arts Ontario
TEACHING
1994 - 1995-Acting Chair, Applied Art and Design, Ontario College of Art, Toronto,
1992 - 1993 - Acting Head of Textiles, Ontario College of Art, Toronto, Ontario
1987 - 1988- Acting Associate Coordinator, General Studies Program, Ontario College of Art, Toronto, Ontario
1982 - 1983- Acting Head of Textiles, Ontario College of Art, Toronto, Ontario
1978 - 1982- Haliburton School of Fine Arts, Haliburton, Ontario
1977- Mohawk College, Hamilton, Ontario
-Georgian College, Huntsville, Ontario
1972 - 1973- Victoria Park Secondary School, North York Board of Education, Toronto, Ont.
1969 - 1970- Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Ontario
1967 - 2009 - Ontario College of Art and Design, Toronto, Ontario
1966 - 1967- Vocational Education, St. John's, Newfoundland
1964- Craft Director, Camp Ponacka, Bancroft, Ontario
1960- Craft Instructor, North York Parks and Recreation, Toronto, Ontario
WORKSHOPS
2011“Gathering Threads”, Canadian Embroidery Guild, London, Ont. three day workshop
Out of the Box, Ottawa, Ont. two, one day workshops
Weavers Unlimited, Ottawa Ont. two day workshop with Robert Wylie
-Creativfestival (fall conference), Toronto, two workshops
2010Shuswap Needle Arts Guild, Braeside, British Columbia, two day workshop
2008 Weaver’s Unlimited,Ottawa, Ontario, four day workshop
Joyce Hancock Sewing Studio, Oshawa, Ontario, workshops
2007-Weaver’s Unlimited, Ottawa, three day workshop
-Creativfestival (fall conference), Toronto, Five workshops
-Armure Studios, Toronto, two workshops
2006-Weaver’s Unlimited, Ottawa, three day workshop
-Armure Studios, Toronto, two workshops
-Creativ Festive,(fall show) Toronto Convention centre, Toronto, Featured speaker with Robert Wylie, plus five workshops
2001- Haliburton School of Fine Arts - Haliburton, one week course
- Creative Sewing and Needlecraft Festival, Toronto, 2 workshops
- "Bead Bonanza",International Bead Show, Toronto, 1workshops
2000- Haliburton School of Fine Arts - Haliburton, one week course
1999- 'Beadazzled', Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, Ontario
- Haliburton School of Fine Arts - Haliburton, one week course
- Canadian Embroidery Association, London, Ont.
- Creative Sewing and Needlecraft Festival, Toronto, Ontario
- Ontario Handweavers and Spinners Conference, Geneva Park, Orillia,
1998- Oakville Arts Council- Oakville, Ontario, two workshops
- Haliburton School of Fine Arts - Haliburton, one week course
- Creative Sewing and Needlecraft Festival - Toronto, workshops
- Toronto Weaving Guild -Toronto
- Florida Tropical Weavers Conference, Orlando, Florida
1997 -MAFAConference(Mid Atlantic Fiber Association) Lewisberg, Pennsylvania,
-"Thread Benders' 97", Ontario Handweavers and Spinners, Burlington, Ont.
-'Beadazzled', Harbourfront, Toronto, Ontario
1996- Etobicoke Weavers Guild, Etobicoke Ont.
1995- Oakville Handweavers & Spinners Guild, Oakville, Ontario
- MAFA (Mid Atlantic Fiber Association) Lewisberg, Pennsylvania
- 'Beadazzled', Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, Ontario
- Toronto Guild of Weavers and Spinners, Toronto, Ontario
1994- Oakville Arts Council, Oakville Ontario
- Armure Studios, Toronto, Ontario (Regular ongoing workshops)
1993- Mid Atlantic Fiber Association, Lewisberg, Pennsylvania
- The Oakville Arts Council, Oakville, Ontario
- Kandiner Studio, Summit, New Jersey,
1992- Kansas Arts Association, Wichita, Kansas
- Florida Tropical Weavers, St. Leo's, Florida, workshop
1991- Fiber Centre, Clinton, New Jersey
WORKSHOPS (con't)
1991- Mid Atlantic Fiber Association, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania
- Surfacing, Toronto, Ontario
1990- CONVERGENCE 90, San Jose, California
- New Brunswick Craft School, "DIRECTIONS",Fredricton, N. B.
- Surfacing, The Museum for Textiles, Toronto
1989- Mid Atlantic Fibre Association, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania
1988- Tisserands Quebec Weavers, Dorval, Quebec
- Convergence 88, Lake Forest, Illinois
1987- Artsperience, Canadore College, North Bay, Ontario
- Jockey Hollow Weavers, Summit, New Jersey
- Association des Tisserands du Quebec, LaSalle, Quebec
1986- Convergence '86, Toronto, Ontario
1985- Maison Routhier, Sainte Foy, Quebec
- Mississauga Weavers Guild, Mississauga, Ontario
1984- Thunder Bay Weavers Association, Thunder Bay, Ontario
1983- Deep River Weavers Guild, Deep River, Ontario
1982- Canadian Crafts Conference, Fredricton, New Brunswick
- Holland College, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
- Burlington Weavers Guild, Burlington, Ontario
- Quinte Arts Council, Belleville, Ontario
- Village Weaver, Toronto, Ontario
1981 - 82- Village Weaver Schoolhouse, Belwood, Ontario
1981- London Spinners and Weavers, London, Ontario
1980 - 81- Confederation College, Thunder Bay, Ontario
1980- The Canadian Society for Creative Leathercraft, Toronto, Ontario
- Sir Sanford Fleming College, Peterborough, Ontario
1980- Newmarket Crafters, Newmarket, Ontario
- Central Ontario Crafts Council, Haliburton, Ontario
1979- Ignace Arts and Handcrafts Association, Ignace, Ontario
- Southwest Ontario Crafts Council, London, Ontario
- Confederation College of Applied Arts and Technology, Thunder Bay
- Canadian Crafts Council, Aurora, Ontario
- Kitchener Waterloo Handweavers Guild, Kitchener, Ontario
- St. Lawrence College, Kingston, Ontario
1978- Deep River Weaving Guild, Deep River, Ontario
- White Water Gallery, North Bay, Ontario
- South Essex Art Association, Leamington, Ontario
- MacKenzie Gallery, Peterborough, Ontario
1977- Kitchener Waterloo Handweavers Guild, Kitchener, Ontario
- Sault College, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
- Mohawk Gallery, Hamilton, Ontario
1976- Northern College, South Porcupine, Ontario
- Georgian College, Huntsville, Ontario
WORKSHOPS (con't)
1976- Northern Ontario Crafts Council, Elliot Lake, Ontario
- Newfoundland Craft Development Assoc., St. John's, Newfoundland
PUBLIC LECTURES AND SEMINARS
2011Out of the Box, Ottawa Ont,
Dufferin County Museum and Archive, Rosemont, Ont.
Gathering Threads, London Ont, Panel discussion
2010Deep Cove Spinners and Weavers Guild, Sidney, British Columbia.
Burlington Handweavers & Spinners Guild, , Burlington Art Centre, Burlington, Ont. (two presentations with robert Wylie)
2008Burlington Handweavers & Spinners Guild, Lecture Series 2008, Burlington Art Centre, Burlington, Ont.
2007-Joseph Schneider Haus, Kitchener, Ontario
- William Morris Society, Toronto, seminar presentation
- John Bead Corporation for Fabricland, (with Robert Wylie), Orillia, Ontario, (two presentations)
- John Bead Corporation and Jablonex, (with Robert Wylie) Toronto
- John Bead Corporation, Barrie, Staff seminar with Robert Wylie
- Creativfestival (fall conference), Featured Speaker Toronto, (Five workshops)
2006- Ontario Handweavers and Spinners, Central region seminar, Ontario Science Centre, Toronto, Keynote address and seminar
-Creativ Festival,(fall show) Convention Centre, featured presenter with Robert Wylie
-Creativ Festival,(fall show) Convention Centre, five workshops
-Creativ Festival,(spring show) International Centre, Mississauga, six seminars
2000- Huronia Handweavers - Midhurst, Ontario
`- Artist Talk, Oakville 'Fibre Festival, Oakville, Ontario
1999- Peterborough Museum, Peterborough, Ont.
- Enamelist Society, conference, Waterloo, Ontario, Keynote speaker
1997- Five Counties Conference, Niagra Falls, Ontario,
- Canadian Embroiderer's Guild, Guelph, Ontario
1995 - The Mississauga Weavers Guild, Mississauga, Ontario
1994- The Basketry Network, (with Robert Wylie), Harbourfront, Toronto
- The Toronto Bead Society, Toronto, Ontario ( three presentations)
- The Toronto Guild of Stitchery (with Robert Wylie), Toronto
1993 - Costume Society of Ontario,(with Robert Wylie)Museum for Textiles, Toronto,
- The Oakville Stitchery Guild, Oakville, Ontario.
1992- Ontario Handweavers & Spinners, Centralia, Ontario
- Surfacing -Roundtable '93 - (panel discussion with Sarah Quinton, Barbara Todd, Annette Francoise, Gilles Morissette)
- Toronto Guild of Spinners and Weavers, Toronto, Ontario, Seminar
- Ontario Handweavers & Spinners, Centralia, Ontario, Seminars
PUBLIC LECTURES AND SEMINARS (con't)
1992- Five Counties Seminar, Oakville, Ontario,Keynote speaker with Robert F. Wylie
- 'Eye on Toronto'two interviews with Robert Wylie, CFTO - TV, Toronto,
1991- Florida Tropical Weavers Guild, Keynote Speaker, Seminars, Tampa, FL
- Ontario Handweavers & Spinners, Eastern Region Seminar, Kingston, Ontario, Keynote Speaker
- Mississauga Weavers Guild, Mississauga, Ontario, Seminar
- Oakville Embroidery Guild, Oakville, Ontario, Seminar
- Mid-Atlantic Fiber Association, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania
1990- CENTRAL REGION SEMINAR 1990, Ontario Handweavers and Spinners, Etobicoke, Ontario
1990- CONVERGENCE '90, Handweavers Guild of America, San Jose, California
- New Brunswick Craft School, Fredricton, New Brunswick
- "Communications Weekend", Ontario Crafts Council, Toronto
- The Creative Crafts Council, Washington, D.C.
- Surfacing, Museum for Textiles, Toronto, Ontario
1989- Interweave Forum: Designer Fabrics for Fashion and Interiors, Denver, Colorado
- Handweavers Guild of Boulder, Boulder, Colorado
- Shuttle Bugs Weavers Guild, Scarborough, Ontario
- Mid-Atlantic Fibre Association, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania
1988- Mid-Atlantic Fibre Association Spring Conference, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware
- Northwestern Ontario Region, Ontario Crafts Council, Thunder Bay, Ont.
- Convergence '88, Chicago, Illinois
- Burlington Weaving Guild, Burlington, Ontario
1987- Ontario Hooking Craft School, Peterborough, Ontario
- University Women's Club of Mississauga, University of Toronto, Erindale,-.- 'Art Talks', Canadore College, North Bay, Ontario
1987- The North Shore Weavers Guild, Evanston, Illinois
1986- Oakville Weavers Guild, Oakville, Ontario
- Convergence '86, Toronto, Ontario
- Outaouais Spinners and Weavers Guild, Ottawa
1984- "Launch the Second Decade" Conference, Haliburton, Ontario
- Northwestern Association of Community Crafts, Thunder Bay, Ont.
1983- Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
1983- Interview; Cable TV, Toronto, Ontario
1981- Peterborough Art Gallery, Peterborough, Ontario
- Alberta College of Art, Calgary, Alberta
- Robert McLaughlin Art Gallery, Oshawa, Ontario
- "Making It", three conferences for Visual Arts Ontario and Ontario Crafts Council, Kingston, Kitchener and Kenora, Ontario,Panel member
- Five Counties Weavers Conference, Burlington, Ontario
PUBLIC LECTURES AND SEMINARS (con't)
1980- "Fibre, Form, Fusion" Conference, Panel Discussion & Presentation: Erindale, Ont.
1979- Mid-West Ontario Crafts Council, Burlington, Ontario
- Women's Art Association of Canada, Toronto, Ontario
- Interview; Newmarket Cable TV, Newmarket, Ontario
- Ontario Crafts Council, Communications Weekend, Kingston, Ontario
- Haliburton Guild of Fine Arts. Haliburton, Ontario
- Southwestern Ontario Crafts Council, London, Ontario
1978- Toronto Spinners and Weavers, Toronto, Ontario
- Visual Arts Ontario, Dryden and Thunder Bay, Ontario
1973- Robert McLaughlin Art Gallery, Oshawa, Ontario
- Northwestern Association of Community Crafts, Kenora, Ontario
JURYS
2008“Hard Twist”, Gladstone Hotel, Toronto,
2007-Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition – major awards, Toronto, Ontario
- New Gallery, “Editions” exhibition, Toronto,
2006- Canada Council, Ottawa, Ontario, Bronfman Award
1998- Hamilton Region Arts Council - Dundas, Ontario
1997- Oakville Arts Council, Oakville Ontario
1994- Oakville Arts Council, Oakville Ontario
1991- Kansas Arts Association, Wichita, Kansas
- Mid-Atlantic Fibre Association, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania
1990- The Creative Crafts Council, Washington, D.C.
- "Small Expressions", Handweavers Guild of America
- "CNCH Showcase", Conference of Northern California Handweavers,
Convergence '90, San Jose
1989- "Anglo-Oriental Design Awards '89, Toronto, Ontario
1988- "Fibre '88", Cambridge Gallery, Cambridge, Ontario
- "Ontario Crafts Council, Northwestern Region Exhibition", Thunder Bay,
- "Square Cut", Burlington Weaver's Guild, Burlington Cultural Centre
1985- "Showcase '85", Burlington Cultural Centre, Burlington, Ontario
- NACC (Northwestern Association of Community Crafts) Annual Exhibition,
Thunder Bay, Ontario
1984- "Fibre and Clay Exhibition", National Exhibition Centre, Thunder Bay,
- Northwestern Association of Community Crafts, Thunder Bay, Ont.
1983-"Reflection of Three Plains", Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
1982- Hamilton Artisans Guild, Hamilton, Ontario
1980- Burlington Weavers Guild, Burlington, Ontario