42nd Annual Symposium - Hamilton: A City Rediscovered [Virtual Package]

Join us virtually for day two of our 42nd Annual Symposium, "Hamilton: A City Rediscovered," from October 18-20, 2024. Our Virtual Package ensures you can participate from anywhere. Connect with artists, learn from experts, and network with fellow arts lovers in an inspiring environment. This Symposium is your opportunity for growth, connection, and creativity! #CSDAinHamilton
Schedule, Saturday, October 19th (EST):
10:30 a.m. Presentation with Mark Osbaldeston, Unbuilt Hamilton
Marian Bradshaw lecture
Mark Osbaldeston, author of Unbuilt Hamilton, presents the Ambitious City at its most ambitious, exploring unrealized building, planning, and transportation proposals spanning two centuries. Through archival illustrations and photographs, Mark will showcase abandoned projects such as a magnetically propelled, elevated transit system, and a 1917 city plan that would have created a North American Champs-Élysées. Alternate visions for landmarks such as Christ’s Church Cathedral, the Thomas McQuesten High Level Bridge and for Hamilton’s postwar foray into urban renewal cast new light on city landmarks. Unbuilt Hamilton presents the Hamilton that might have been.
11:40 a.m. Presentation with Walter Furlan, The Art of Restoration
Join Walter Furlan, conservationist and Willowbank School of Restoration Arts alumni as he addresses restoration practices, provides an overview of the conservation process and outlines the importance of using existing heritage materials whenever possible. This presentation will use a variety of case studies to illustrate how each restoration project is unique. By implementing techniques that are reversible and through the use of locally sourced materials, minimal intervention can be achieved. Furlan’s process is guided by robust conservation principles for preserving historic sites which help to ensure consistency in planning, intervening, and utilizing historical locations. These principles have been embraced by federal, provincial, territorial, and municipal authorities as the standard for evaluating proposed conservation efforts. Furlan has revived facets of various landmarks in Hamilton, including Whitehern Historic House, Dundurn Castle, Auchmar, and the Central Presbyterian Church.
2:00 p.m. Presentation with Angela DeMontigny, Challenging Definitions of Luxury: Indigenous Fashion as Holistic Luxury
Join Angela DeMontigny as she reveals her holistic approach to Indigenous Fashion. Angela DeMontigny is an award-winning designer, artist, entrepreneur and mentor of Cree/Métis heritage, who has been a pioneer of the Indigenous Luxury movement for over 2 decades and based in Hamilton, ON. Through the creation of her beautiful, authentic Indigenous fashion, accessories, lifestyle & wellness products (LODGE Soy Candles) under her label ‘DeMontigny’, she has not only been a trailblazer for Indigenous fashion nationally and internationally, but an example of reclaiming her identity as an indigenous woman by utilizing her gifts as a designer and entrepreneur. Official session description coming soon!
3:15 p.m. Panel Discussion with cast members from Blown Away, Heating up Hamilton - Reflections on Blown Away
Join us for a lively conversation with cast and crew from the highly anticipated television series Blown Away. Panelists include Carly Spencer, Producer of season 4, Brad Turner, Canadian artist/competitor in season 2, Lindsey Adelman, Assistant in all seasons and Koen Vanderstukken, artist and professor at Sheridan College. Questions will be fielded from our live and virtual audience. The glass-blowing reality show is shot in a warehouse in Hamilton's northeast area. In order to create the perfect setting for the competition, the producers collaborated with Sheridan College's Craft and Design Glass Studio to design a unique space. This transformation resulted in the largest glass-blowing studio in North America, complete with 10 custom furnaces.
QUESTIONS WILL BE FIELDED FROM OUR LIVE AND VIRTUAL AUDIENCE.
Speaker Biographies:
Mark Osbaldeston is the author of three books on architectural and planning history. His first book, Unbuilt Toronto (2008), was a finalist for the Toronto Book Award and was shortlisted for the inaugural Speaker’s Book Award. Both Unbuilt Toronto and its sequel, Unbuilt Toronto 2 (2012), received an Award of Merit from Heritage Toronto. For his third book, Unbuilt Hamilton (2016), Mark returned to the city in which he was born and raised. It was shortlisted for the Kerry Schooley Award.

Mark has curated exhibitions based on his research for the Royal Ontario Museum, the Art Gallery of Hamilton, the Toronto Archives, and the Hamilton Museum of Steam and Technology.

A woodworker for more than 30 years, Walter Furlan is a graduate of Willowbank School of Restoration Arts in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario. Walter also has a B.A. in Labour Studies from McMaster University. His work experience includes consulting, project management and conservation of historic windows and other elements at more than a dozen National Historic Sites. He has worked on everything from Dundurn Castle, Auchmar and the Central Presbyterian Church to the House of Commons in Ottawa.

Angela DeMontigny is an award-winning designer, artist, entrepreneur and mentor of Cree/Métis heritage, who has been a pioneer of the Indigenous Luxury movement for over 2 decades and based in Hamilton, ON. Through the creation of her beautiful, authentic Indigenous fashion, accessories, lifestyle & wellness products (LODGE Soy Candles) under her label ‘DeMontigny’, she has not only been a trailblazer for Indigenous fashion nationally and internationally, but an example of reclaiming her identity as an indigenous woman by utilizing her gifts as a designer and entrepreneur.

Also, an accomplished artist, Angela was awarded a major public art commission in 2020 for her groundbreaking ‘All Our Relations’ sculpture that was installed on Hamilton’s waterfront on Sept. 30, 2023 - the National day for Truth and Reconciliation - which brought together the Indigenous and Hamilton community to honour residential school survivors, the children who never made it home and to celebrate reconciliation in action. She is ecstatic to have been able to co-create a much needed, public art legacy for the City which will also be a designated space for the urban Indigenous community to gather. Future plans are to create an education and tourism component with programming for youth.

Lindsey Claire Adelman is an emerging glass and photo artist from Barrie, Ontario. After attending Haliburton School of Art and Design, she continued on to Sheridan College, where she completed a Bachelor of Craft & Design in Glass in 2019. During her education she had a Summer Residency at the glass studio at Harbourfront Centre as well as began assisting the contestants on the Netflix show Blown Away. In 2020, Lindsey became a resident artist in Living Art Centre’s glass studio where she continues to expand her practice. She co-owns her business, Lilac Glass, with her partner.

Carly Spencer is a multi-genre Executive Producer, Showrunner, and Writer who has worked with a variety of broadcasters across Canada and the US. Most recently, Carly has overseen the creative slate for a slew of top-rated primetime shows at Blue Ant Media, including Blown Away (Netflix), A Cut Above (Discovery), Race Against the Tide (CBC), and Landscape Artist of the Year Canada (Blue Ant). A specialist in original formats, Carly is also expertly skilled in reality, true crime, and documentary.

Koen Vanderstukken is a distinguished artist, professor, and author with nearly four decades of experience. His work is featured in numerous prestigious collections worldwide. As the studio head of the Glass Department at Sheridan College in Oakville, Koen has made significant contributions to both the educational and artistic communities. He authored the book "GLASS Virtual Real," published by London-based Black Dog Publishing, which explores innovative concepts using glass in art. Koen played a pivotal role in the creation of (at that time) North America’s largest hot shop for the Netflix series "Blown Away," and serves as the series consultant.

IMPORTANT NOTE: This event is virtual (Zoom). Please register prior to the event. An email will be sent with instructions. Symposium content will NOT be recorded. Only those who participate online live (*available for Saturday sessions only) will have access to the content. There will be a minimal administration fee applied.

Full program details, including tickets for our carefully curated in-person agenda, featuring VIP access to exclusive venues, behind-the-scenes studio tours, and expert-led presentations and excursions, can be found via our website.
Images:
Unbuilt Hamilton book cover & headshot, courtesy of Mark Osbaldeston
Restoration pieces, courtesy of Walter Furnan
Glamour in the Hammer Fashion Show, courtesy of Angela DeMontigny
Blown Away images, courtesy of Kodzo Tretou, Marble Media

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