{"id":15100,"date":"2018-09-18T16:27:28","date_gmt":"2018-09-18T20:27:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eraarch.ca\/?p=15100"},"modified":"2018-09-19T15:34:16","modified_gmt":"2018-09-19T19:34:16","slug":"15100","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eraarch.ca\/2018\/15100\/","title":{"rendered":"Creative Space & Urban Stone: Public Talk"},"content":{"rendered":"

Stone is the most fundamental material but over the last 50 years its creative use has declined in the public realm. Through a Winston Churchill Memorial Trust Fellowship David F. Wilson aimed to discover how other creatives are exploring the space between tradition & current practice, travelling in the USA & Canada through the summer months of 2017.<\/p>\n

Where problems exist, new opportunities open up. Using photos and examples, David’s talk will explore the findings of his North American tour, the challenges posed to creative stone craft through modern building practice, and innovative ways to keep stone craft alive in urban spaces.<\/p>\n

Through the lens of his landscape architecture practice and university teaching, Brendan Stewart will respond to the report and extend the conversation, relating these findings, challenges and opportunities to urban spaces in Toronto and Canada.<\/p>\n

Report here: https:\/\/www.wcmt.org.uk\/fellows\/reports\/creative-space-contemporary-use-stone-urban-spaces<\/a><\/p>\n

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A public talk by David F Wilson (UK) in conversation with Brendan Stewart (University of Guelph), co-hosted with the Dry Stone Walling Association of Canada (Dry Stone Canada).
\nREGISTER HERE VIA EVENTBRITE\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Doors at 6:30pm, Talk begins 7:00pm
\n625 Church Street, Toronto<\/strong><\/em>
\n3 minute walk from Bloor-Yonge Station (TTC)<\/em>
\nCar and Bike Parking at the rear of building (Impark Parking)<\/em>
\nThis venue has elevator access and an accesible washroom<\/em><\/p>\n

Reception to follow, generously sponsored by Jonathan Kearns, Founding Principal of Kearns Mancini Architects (B.ARCH., OAA, FRAIC, RIBA, FRIAI, AIBC, AANB, AAA) and Member Dry Stone Canada<\/em><\/p>\n

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David F. Wilson<\/strong><\/a>
\nArtist, Designer, Waller, Maker
\nWinston Churchill Memorial Trust Fellow and author of Creative Space: Contemporary use of stone in urban spaces
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David graduated in 1987 from Duncan of Jordanstone, Dundee, with a Masters in Public Art & Design. Following a college art degree, he was inspired by a new trend for artists to work outside the traditional gallery system and decided to pursue a creative career in art for a wider public.<\/p>\n

Flexibility has always been an asset in David\u2019s practice when creating works in a public space. Every client & every different situation requires a unique design solution. Combining creativity with a playfulness of technique and form has always been at the heart of his process.<\/p>\n

Two public projects that display this aspect well are the\u00a0Edinburgh Airport Interchange<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Livingston Landmarks<\/a>. The latter was awarded the coveted Pinnacle Award from the Dry Stone Walling Association of Great Britain.<\/p>\n

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Brendan Stewart<\/strong><\/a>
\nAssistant Professor, Landscape Architecture, University of Guelph; past Associate, ERA Architects, Toronto
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Brendan Stewart received his BLA from Guelph, attended Edinburgh College of Art, and received an MLA from the University of California, Berkeley. Brendan\u2019s research focuses on heritage conservation planning and design processes, cultural landscape theory, design history, service learning and participatory design practices.<\/p>\n

Throughout his more than a decade of practice experience, Brendan has been actively engaged in the academic, professional, and community spheres. He has been a regular guest lecturer, critic, and instructor at the University of Toronto, Ryerson University, and the University of Waterloo, and was an editorial board member of\u00a0Ground Magazine<\/a>, the journal of the OALA.<\/p>\n

In 2015, he was involved in organizing and participating in the \u2018Leading with Landscape\u2019 conference in Toronto, hosted by the Washington DC based Cultural Landscape Foundation, which was attended by over 400 landscape practitioners and scholars from around the world. He is a director of the\u00a0Friends of Allan Gardens<\/a>\u00a0a not for profit organization with a mission to revitalize one of Toronto\u2019s earliest designed landscapes. Starting in 2017, Brendan is the University of Guelph\u2019s appointed educator to the Ontario Association of Landscape Architects governing council.<\/p>\n

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