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TAYLOR, Eileen
- Naissance
- Taber, Alberta, 1922
- Décès
- Calgary, Alberta, 1999
- Notice biographique
- Eileen Taylor worked in ceramics, sculpture and textiles. She left her teaching career to study at the Alberta College of Art in the early 1960s, receiving her Diploma in 1967. She later taught block printing and silkscreen printing at the Alberta College of Art, gave workshops for the Government of Alberta, as well as children’s art classes. Taylor became a member of the Canada Craft Council and the Advisory Council to the Alberta College of Art. A number of her works have been exhibited across Canada. Her works are held in a number of collections, including the Jean A. Chalmers National Craft Collection, the Alberta Foundation for the Arts, and numerous corporate collections (Imperial Oil Edmonton, the Edmonton Club, Winston Churchill Law Court, Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and the Glencoe Club) and many private collections.
- Médias
- Ceramics
- Sculpture
- Textiles
- Etudes
- Alberta College of Art, ? - 1967
- Associations
- Alberta Society of Artists, 1977-1980, 1982-1999
- Canadian Crafts Council
- Lieux de conservation des dossiers et archives
- Calgary Public Library, AB - Arts Department
- Edmonton Art Gallery, AB - Library
- National Gallery of Canada, ON - Library and Archives
- University of British Columbia - Fine Arts Library
- University of Calgary Library, AB
- BIBLIOGRAPHIE
Documents sur l'artiste- "250 Contribute To Alberta Arts, Crafts Arts." Calgary Herald 22 June 1965: 22.
- "Here and There." Branching Out 01 Dec. 1973: 7.
- Abrahamson, Una. Crafts Canada: The Useful Arts. Toronto: Clark Irwin, 1974.
- Flood, Sandra. Canadian Craft and Museum Practice, 1900-1950 Hull: Canadian Museum of Civilization, 2001.
- Greenfield, Valerie. Founders of the Alberta College of Art: October 24-November 19, 1986 Calgary: Alberta College of Art Gallery, 1986.
- Townshend, Nancy. A History of Art in Alberta, 1905-1970 Calgary, Alberta: Bayeux, 2005.
- Zimon, Kathy E. Alberta Society of Artists: The First Seventy Years Calgary: University of Calgary Press, 2000.
