Nurielle Stern

🐇🌟🌷🪭 Opening May 30! 💐💫🧶🪡 Join us for a vivid showcase of boundary-pushing craft practices that reclaim and revel in what has been minimized as the frivolously feminine, the scandalously queer, and the exotically ornamental! 𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙖𝙡 𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙤𝙗𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 Curated by Madeline Collins Free artist-led embroidery workshop: Friday, May 29, 4-7pm, @roozamooncafe rsvp link in bio Free panel discussion: Saturday, May 30, 1-3pm, @harbourfrontcentre Studio Theatre rsvp link in bio Exhibition Opening reception: Saturday, May 30, 6-10pm Rhinestones, beads, crystals, embroidery, textiles, and ceramics have all been variously perceived as symbols of “excessive” cultures or lifestyles, an association that has served to reinforce creative hierarchies and trivialize marginalized identities. By centering these materials in their work, Théo Bignon (@theo_bignon ), Molly JF Caldwell (@mollyjfcaldwell ), Lux Gow-Habrich (@lux.sparkledust ) and Hea R. Kim (@hea_creative ) entwine visual and haptic pleasures with critical analyses of labour, gender, queerness, and colonialism. The Lost & Found Project Space 420 Queen St E, Toronto May 30 - June 20, 2026 This exhibition and programming is a part of Openwork, an artist-led initiative by TLAF Collective to encourage new voices and critical engagement in the field of experimental craft and material-based practice. 𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙖𝙡 𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙤𝙗𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 is generously funded by the Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council, and the Toronto Arts Council. The panel discussion is hosted by the Harbourfront Centre, and we would like to acknowledge the incredible support of artverb* @artverbing . #materialdisobedience #contemporarycraft #canadiancraft

hihi, it's been a while! (still alive) want to thank the canada council for the arts and the ontario arts council for making this project possible. i've been working doggedly to push my materials and sculptural work into very new and uncomfortable territory. to be honest, i'm still terrified--but it's starting to come together; here's a preview of what's brewing. Image: part of recent work in progress combining fired and glazed porcelain with steel forms. other materials include polymer modified raw clay, stainless steel, fabric, and dried flora.

@earthendreaming is the founding member of TLAF Collective, and will be jurying all Openwork submissions alongside @magidykstra , @shaysalehi , and @sarahedooo . 🔸Toronto artist, Nurielle Stern, founded The Lost & Found Project Space in 2023. Nurielle is a graduate of Alfred University’s MFA program in Ceramic Art. She works sculpturally, creating immersive installations that often combine ceramics with other media. Her works are in the permanent collections of the Gardiner Museum, The Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery, and the Art Gallery of Burlington. Nurielle has collaborated extensively, working with fellow artist @nicholascrombach on two large-scale exhibitions. She has recently received grants from the Canada Council for the Arts and the Ontario Arts Council to develop a large body of work combining steel and ceramics. 1) Nurielle Stern. A Copper Nail to Kill a Tree, 2021. Porcelain, wood, greenhouse frame. 2) Nurielle Stern. Signal Wicking II, 2021. Two channel video: CRT-TVs, glazed porcelain, stand, greenhouse frame. 3)Nurielle Stern & Nicholas Crombach. Whale Fall, collaborative exhibition, @cdnclayandglass , 2019. Top: Whale Fall, 2019. Glazed porcelain, carved furniture, lights. Bottom: When You Can See Right Through Me, 2019. Cyanotype on silk, x-ray illuminators, porcelain, found objects. Altered radiographs collected from the Toronto Zoo veterinary and Royal Ontario Museum natural history departments. * * * Openwork: Call for Curators NOW OPEN 🔸Seeking expressions of interest from curators interested in exploring experimental craft practices 🪡🔥🧶 Send an Expression of Interest by June 30, 2025. Exhibition proposals are due August 25, 2025. 🔸tlaf.ca/openwork🔸 Openwork is an artist-led initiative brought to you by TLAF Collective: @earthendreaming , @magidykstra , and @mictonic , and funded by the Ontario Arts Council. @ontarioartscouncil #opencallforartists #opencallforart @carfacontario.ca @carfacnational #fundedcall #craftmedia #contemporarycraft #materialbasedart #ontarioartscouncil #callforcurators

Opening this Sunday, June 1, 2025 at 2-4 pm! 🌟Excellence in Clay: 25 years of the Winifred Shantz Award! @cdnclayandglass 🩶Hope to see you there 🐁🩶 Congrats to this year's winner, @samitsangart !! Well deserved, Sami 🙌 Also congrats to the wonderful @irenefrolic on the opening of her retrospective 🧡 Also, thank you @denislongchamps for your support and encouragement these last few years. ... ... ... ... @cdnclayandglass : "For a quarter century, the Winifred Shantz Award for Ceramics has been celebrating the best of emerging ceramic artists in Canada. This year is no exception, as we recognize the winner and finalists of 2025, as well as each winner in the award’s 25-year history. The only national award for emerging ceramic artists in Canada, the impact of the award is unmatched. Pictured above: Sami Tsang, The Weight of Family Ties, 2021. Stoneware, glaze, engobe, brick. 19 x 33 x 11.5cm. The Canadian Clay & Glass Gallery Permanent Collection. @samitsangart " -----

🧶Openwork: Call for artist portfolios NOW OPEN 🔸Seeking artists working in experimental craft! 🪡 Call for: Artist Portfolios Deadline 🌟 EXTENDED 🌟 June 6, 2025 Call for: Curators Deadline: August 25, 2025 🔸tlaf.ca/openwork🔸 Openwork: The gaps and spaces artists inhabit around traditional notions of craft. A project to: + Connect artists with curators, foster new curators, and encourage curatorial interest in experimental craft-based practices. + Support artists’ careers by creating opportunities for artists to build relationships with curators. + Encourage new voices in curation and contemporary craft to amplify underrepresented stories. 🔹 🔹 🔹 A funded opportunity from TLAF Collective that will include at least one curated exhibition in 2026. Artist and curator fees will be paid. Canadian and international applicants are welcome. It is free to apply. Funding generously provided by the Ontario Arts Council. Exhibitions will take place at The Lost & Found Project Space in downtown Toronto, Ontario. Openwork is an artist-led initiative. @ontarioartscouncil #opencallforartists #opencallforart @carfacontario.ca @carfacnational #craftmedia #contemporarycraft #materialbasedart #ontarioartscouncil

💗Sound on 🔊 💗 Thank you @ontarioartscouncil for granting me the opportunity to pursue a welding and metalworking skills mentorship! Learning how to work with metal has been such a long time goal for me. I'm so grateful for this opportunity and for the people who've supported and encouraged me: Sean (who made the connection), and Tom (the amazingly patient mentor), Garrett (who introduced me to plasma cutting), Monica (my welding buddy and coconspirator), Nick (always there for me), Helen, Azza, and Shay (three inspiringly badass welders and artists), and Nilou (for all your help and support in the studio). The artist gratefully acknowledges the support of the Chalmers Family Fund administered by the Ontario Arts Council. #ontarioartscouncil #oacgrantee @kristynwongtam #ontarioartist #ceramicsandsteel #ceramicsculpture

Amazing news! We are proud and grateful to announce that we received an OAC Craft: Connections Grant for... 🔹 𝘖𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬: The gaps and spaces artists inhabit around traditional notions of craft. 🔹Funded opportunities to connect artists and curators and support artists working in experimental craft. 🔹 A curated exhibition series presented by the TLAF Collective at The Lost & Found TO. 🔹Open calls seeking artists and curators coming soon. Many thanks to the Ontario Arts Council for granting our request for funding! @ontarioartscouncil @kristynwongtam More info soon. #thelostandfoundTO #experimentalcraft #fundedopportunity #artistcall #torontoartists #corktowntoronto #ontarioartscouncil #oacgrantee

ceramics + steel texture exploration, 2025. i think i'm almost there... what do you think?

hello, happy new year 👋 stand in the works for the steel armatures. progress is slow bit steady. learning loads👩🏻‍🏭

stuff in progress: 🍬🐚🍭 steel + porcelain 🪲🍋

Just finished this piece: 𝑰 𝒄𝒂𝒏'𝒕 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒚 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒔, 2024. Porcelain and stained glass. Look for it at the MacLaren Art Centre, Barrie, ON, Nov. 20-22.

Made it through my first @nuitblancheto as a ✨venue! ✨ It's also the tenth 🔟🎉exhibition at @thelostandfound_to since I launched the project space in 2023. Last night was amazing: over 350-400 people came through. People really spent time and listened 👂📞 The exhibition's a beautiful, wistful, and lyrical experience by a team of U of T Music graduate program alumni led by @mickifiddlesaround and @zakriyabh , including @diana_nadia_ , @tyasmusic , and @yunyoungleeee . The extended exhibition runs until Saturday October 12, ✨still time to come see it! ✨Mon, Wed, Fri, 4-7 pm and Sat 12-5. Really grateful for the experience working with these wonderful artists. We got through 2am install days, a super tight timeline, and multiple cat distractions🐾 So many thanks to everyone I've worked with since starting this crazy endeavour @thelostandfound_to . Can't believe how much we've made happen, how much I've learned, and how many beautiful, meaningful moments have bubbled up from all the joy, sweat, tears, and brilliance poured into every show ❤️ Thanks for sharing that with me, and allowing me to share it with others, in turn. 💫 #nbto24 #1800inferno #thelostandfoundto #projectspace