Melanie Egan
Director Craft & Design @Harbourfront Centre
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WORK HISTORY
Director Craft & Design @Harbourfront Centre
Provides artistic direction, leadership goals and objectives for Craft & Design Chairs the artist-in-residence programme Responsible for 25+ artists/designers providing support, mentoring and advocacy Curates and organizes exhibitions Develops and presents programmes, symposia and events Manages Craft & Design operations Develops and monitors budgets Co-edited the book Crafting New Traditions: Canadian Innovators and Influences - with Alan C. Elder and Jean Johnson CM published by the Canadian Museum of Civilization. Received the George Brown College –Alumni Wall of Fame, Award in 2010 and the John Mather Award from the Ontario Crafts Council, 2007. Formerly on the Board of Trustees at the Textile Museum of Canada; Editorial Advisory Committee for the Craft Ontario. Member of the curatorial collective, OBJECToronto (20••••09) and is part of the curatorial partnership, McClure & Egan. Co-Chair of the Society of North American Goldsmiths Conference: Meta-Mosaic, Toronto 2013. Co-Founder and Co-Director for the Toronto International Jewellery Festival.
EDUCATION
George Brown College
Jewellery Arts
ABOUT MELANIE EGAN
Melanie Egan has been actively involved with craft and design for over 35 years. Her foremost strengths are well-defined practical management combined with creative thinking. She has the ability to motivate people, handle complex situations and make things happen. Her broad influence extends to diverse connections and networks, national and international, that she describes as her own unique version of “six degrees of separation.”
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