Artist CV

New Brunswick, Canada
506-654-1804  |  [email protected]  |  @heathermccaig.glass

Education & Mentorships
2021/2022           Mentorship with Emilie Grace Lavoie
2021                      CATAPULT Arts Accelerator, ArtsLink NB
2013 - Present     Self taught flameworked borosilicate glassblower
2011                       Haliburton School of the Arts, Ceramics Certificate

Upcoming Exhibitions
2025 Speaker at the Ceramics & Glass Sustainability & The Environment Symposium. Canadian Clay & Glass Gallery
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Past Selected Exhibitions
2024       A Living Palette, Canadian Clay & Glass Gallery, Waterloo, ON. (group exhibition)
2024       Flora, Sunbury Shores Arts and Nature Centre, NB. (group exhibition)
2024       Shadows and Together we Bloom, (solo exhibition). Saint John Arts Centre, NB
2023       Beneath The Surface, Craft NB, Installations in Fundy National Park, NB
2023       Together we Bloom (solo exhibition), Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton, NB. 
2023       First Time for the Last Time (group exhibition). Saint John Arts Centre, NB.
2022       Shadow Ecology, (exhibition with Emily Phillips), Sunbury Shores Arts & Nature Centre, NB
2022       Ellen's Tour, (group exhibition), AX: Arts and Culture Centre of Sussex, NB
2022       Art at the Airport, Saint John, NB​
2021        Shadow Ecology. Selected by Canadian Heritage and the NB Department of Tourism, Heritage and Culture to represent New Brunswick virtually at the Frankfurt Book Fair, Frankfurt, Germany.
​2021        Hygge, Handworks Gallery, Saint John, NB
2021        Christmas Festival, New Brunswick Craft Council, Saint John, NB
2021        Shadow Ecology, AX: Arts and Culture Centre of Sussex, NB
2021        Summer Fest, New Brunswick Craft Council, Gagetown, NB
2021        Glass Lifeform, online group exhibition, Fuller Museum, MA, USA
2020       Masterpieces Group Exhibition, Handworks Gallery, Saint John, NB
2020       Artists in The Garden, Corn Hill Nursery, Corn Hill, NB
2019        Hot Glass Art!, Glass Roots Gallery, Moncton, NB

Grants & Awards
2022, Nel Oudemans Award, Sheila Hugh MacKay Foundation
2022, Career Development Grant, The New Brunswick Arts Board
2021, Best Body of Work, New Brunswick Craft Council Christmas Show
2021, Creation Grant, The New Brunswick Arts Board
2021, Career Development Grant, The New Brunswick Arts Board
2020, Arts Infrastructure Grant for New and Emerging Artists, The New Brunswick Arts Board
2014, Best New Product, New Brunswick Craft Council

Scholarships
2020, Pittsburg Glass Center, Pennsylvania, USA

Residencies
2022, Beneath the Surface, New Brunswick Craft Council. Fundy National Park.

Publications & Media

• “Beaverbrook Art Gallery - Together We Bloom” CBC Radio Information Morning Fredericton. January 26, 2023
• “Artist makes flowers out of glass for solo exhibit”, Telegraph Journal, January 7, 2023.
• The Flow Magazine, Spring 2022.
• "Local artist raising funds for Ukraine", Telegraph Journal, March 5, 2021.
• “Heather McCaig: Making a Statement with Sustainable Glass Sculpture”, CreatedHere Magazine, Winter 2021.
• “Heroes: Heather McCaig and Her Evolution in Glass”, The Flow Magazine, Winter 2021.
• “Local artists ‘honoured’ to be featured at world’s largest fair”, Kings County Record, October 19, 2021.
• "Shadows Shining Bright On The International Art Scene". artsnb blog featured artist. November 15, 2021.
• "Local artists 'honoured' to be featured at the world's largest fair". Kings County Record, October 19, 2021.
• "'A really unique combination': First in-person AX exhibition during pandemic opening" , Kings County Record, August 3, 2021.
• Connected in Glass Podcast, Heather McCaig, Season 4 Episode 4.
• "Artist turns struggles with COVID-19 into glass skull", Telegraph-Journal, May 17, 2021.
• CreatedHere Magazine. June 2020, Issue. 12.

Representation
The Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery, Waterloo, Ontario
Beaverbrook Art Gallery gift shop, Fredericton, New Brunswick
Handworks Gallery, Saint John, New Brunswick
AX Gallery Boutique. Sussex, New Brunswick

Member
2021 - Present        Juried member, New Brunswick Crafts Council
2021 - 2023            Board member & secretary, New Brunswick Crafts Council
​2022 - Present       Board member, AX: The Arts and Culture Centre of Sussex
2020 - Present       Exhibitions committee member at AX: The Arts and Culture Centre of Sussex
2019 - Present        Glass Art Association of Canada

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