Carissa Baktay and Cathinka Mæhlum: LUMINA

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Carissa Baktay and Cathinka Mæhlum, "LUMINA," 2019

CARISSA BAKTAY & CATHINKA MÆHLUM are traveling all the way from Norway to be here for the Artist Talk and Reception: Saturday, March 9 from 2 - 4pm

Talk: Monday, March 11 from 7 - 9pm Bright Nights: Glass Talks Treehouse, cSPACE King Edward (fourth floor) 1721 29 Avenue SW, Calgary, AB

An insightful presentation about the work of glass artists Carissa Baktay, Robyn Weatherley, and Sheila Mahut.  

If glass is your medium and you are interested in learning about different career paths of glass artists, this event is for you. Organized by the Alberta Craft Council and Alberta University of the Arts.

LUMINA 

CARISSA BAKTAY (CANADA) & CATHINKA MÆHLUM (NORWAY)

For every picturesque snow-capped mountain, there is a blizzard accompanied by frigid cold and darkness. As breath-taking as snow can be, the extreme environments that accompany winter can be equally devastating. The contemporary glass work by Carissa Baktay (Calgary, AB) and Cathinka Mæhlum (Lofoten, Norway) provides a beacon of beauty and serene, uplifting light during the darkest time of the year. Lumina is the connection between light and dark and for these two artists, a representation of their experiences in winter’s darkness, whether in Canada or Norway. 

Carissa and Cathinka met at a snow and ice sculpting competition in Norway and continued to work together in Mæhlum`s Lofoten Glass Studio in Norway. Here Carissa was afforded the time and space to return to a practice alternate to her conceptual work that instead caters to a desire to create beautifully-designed and easily-accessible glass objects. Through her work in Norway, she has explored using wood molds and blocks in the shaping of glass exploring traditional Scandinavian techniques and gaining a new understanding of movement and heat in thicker, more massive glass works. Cathinka’s practice involves drawing on the natural elements surrounding her and navigating the border between functional and sculptural.