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Welcome to my blog. I document my adventures in travel, style, and food. Hope you have a nice stay!
Studio offers perspectives on contemporary Canadian craft and design within global material culture. Published twice a year, in May and November, with an ongoing web presence, Studio is the Canadian platform for conversations and explorations about making.
Studio works towards building a considerable archive of documentation of Canadian creators; engaging directly with historical and contemporary social issues through Canadian craft and design; supporting and championing Canadian artists and their work; and, deliberately and conscientiously working towards inclusion and representation.
Studio publishes articles that invite new ways of considering objects through the object’s production, materiality, purpose, application, location, and flow through (public and private) spaces.
Drawing from our deep craft roots, Studio strives to articulate historical and theoretical contexts for Craft and Design in the twenty-first century. Beginning with questions of handmade artisanship and material-specific heritage, Studio also looks beyond to what ‘craft’ and ‘design’ mean for the makers and users of objects in an increasingly complicated world.
Our concerns run the gamut from the collective relevance of makers in a community of billions to the personal rewards of creative individuality: from one maker in one studio to everyone everywhere.
We strive to encourage and develop the best critical writing and thinking on craft and design, remembering that jargon obscures accessible criticality and utility. Studio advances enlightening discourses on craft and design in the global environment.
Find out how you can support us, with a charitable tax receipted donation to Craft Ontario. Make a donation to Studio now.
Studio is published in Toronto by Craft Ontario but is produced by an amalgamation of engagement from across the country with support from stakeholders outside Canada. Our Regional and National Editorial committees comprise representatives from the provinces and territories organised by an Executive Editorial Committee. We put continual energy into developing our relationships with all of Canada’s regions and communities as well as with like-minded organisations around the world. At the core of Studio is regional awareness in a global context.
Interested in contributing to Studio Magazine? Read our editorial submission guidelines.
Want more specific information? Meet our Staff.
Artificial intelligence (AI) specifically refers to generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) systems, which generate text and images using large datasets and algorithms.
Studio does not publish stories with text generated by AI, as we are committed to craft criticism and AI tools are prone to errors and bias and produce generic, unoriginal writing, prone to plagiarism, often trained on unauthorized and stolen work.
Studio does not publish text edited by AI, with our editing based on the expertise, judgement, and editorial protocols of Studio editors.
Studio does not publish AI-generated images or video, nor use AI-generated images instead of stock photography. Studio champions material craft practice and works to compensate makers and photographers fairly for their work. AI images undermine craft labour and artistic integrity and produces an output towards the lowest common denominator, often trained on unauthorized and stolen work.
Studio began in 1976 as Craftsman, an Ontario Crafts Council publication serving as a newsletter and as a platform for reviews. In 1981 the publication was developed into Ontario Craft, creating critical discourse within Ontario’s craft world. In 2006 the magazine was rebranded Studio leading to the re-launch in 2009 as a national magazine. Studio expanded its content and distribution and became Canada’s national craft and design magazine.
Established by Anne Madeleine McMaster, the Jean Johnson Craft Writing Award recognizes the importance of supporting writing about craft by an emerging writer or curator. The award supports emerging careers in craft discourse, furthers the appreciation and understanding of craft in Canada, and recognizes critical analysis and the contemporary significance of the awarded project. Exploring current issues in relation to craft practice, the Jean Johnson Craft Writing Award is designed to help develop and promote the work of emerging writers and curators. The award recipient receives a financial award, editorial support to prepare their article for publication in a forthcoming issue of Studio magazine, and a two-year subscription.
Congratulations to Sarah Edo as the 2023 recipient!
Congratulations to Rea McNamara as the 2024 recipient!
For more information, see the Craft Ontario Annual Award Program.
