Staff

Lera Kotsyuba
Interim Editor in Chief, Online Editor

Lera Kotsyuba is an editor, emerging curator, and craft and art critic based in Tkaronto (Toronto, Canada). Working on the land of the Dish With One Spoon Wampum covenant, Lera works toward shared responsibilities around the built environment and community.

Lera has written and presented on craft, art and architecture, and has curated a solo show of ceramicist Kathy Kranias’ work, entitled Matrilineal Hauntings. Her current research project, In the Time of Sunflowers, champions the preservation of Ukrainian art and architecture. She received the Young Critics Award for her talk Synagogue at Babyn Yar by the 11th CEI Venice Forum for Contemporary Art Curators in 2024. Lera has been a board member of the William Morris Society of Canada since 2017.

Office hours: Tuesday and Thursdays, 12-3pm.

Madeline Collins
Editorial Assistant

Madeline Collins is a contemporary art curator, writer, and artist currently based in Tka:ronto/Toronto. Madeline's practices specialize in queer-of-colour imaginaries, Black diasporic theory, and the visioning of "worlds otherwise". She recently curated material disobedience, an exhibition of queer and femme craft artists using trivialized materials such as rhinestones and beads. Madeline holds a Master's in Contemporary Art, Design, and New Media Histories from OCAD University, and also works at the Centre for the Study of Black Canadian Diaspora.

Dale Barrett
Art Director

Dale's practice focuses on the development and design of identity programs, marketing materials and publications for art galleries, museums, arts organizations and cultural institutions. He uses the language of design to shape client messages in fresh and compelling ways without sacrificing the proprietary nature of the message. Following undergraduate studies (B.A. Fine Art, Asbury University), he worked in various positions in the art gallery sector, and currently works for Canadian Art magazine.

Ambrose Li
Copy Editor

Laura Honsberger
Advertising

Laura is an artist and arts worker living in Toronto. For the past several years she has worked in textiles and the garment industry, as well as in the capacity of studio assistant.

Craft Ontario
Publisher

Craft Ontario is a non-profit art service organization that works to make craft a meaningful part of life. We
champion craft by promoting artists and their work, and advocate for craft by inspiring, educating and
connecting diverse audiences.

Editorial Advisory Committee
Christine Charette (ON)
Daphne Scott (PEI)
Gord Thompson (ON)
Grace Nickel (MB)
Mary-Beth Laviolette (AB)
Melanie Egan (ON)
Michael Prokopow (ON)
Nicole Bauberger (NWT)
Rachelle Chinnery (BC)
Raphael Yu (ON)

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