Contemporary Metalsmith.
2022 Saidye Bronfman Award Winner
Governor General’s Awards in Visual and Media Arts
The Award is administered and promoted by the Canada Council for the Arts as part of the Governor General’s Awards in Visual and Media Arts.
Bio
Brigitte is a member of Royal Canadian Academy of the Arts and the 2022 Saidye Bronfman Award Winner. She has received the Excellence Award and The Strathbutler Award from the province of New Brunswick. Her work can be found in the National Gallery of Canada, Canadian Museum of History, Victoria & Albert Museum, Royal Ontario Museum, Beaverbrook Art Gallery, New Brunswick Museum, and the Art Gallery of Guelph’s contemporary silversmithing collection.
Brigitte est membre de l’Académie royale des arts du Canada et lauréate du prix Saidye Bronfman 2022. Elle a reçu le prix Strathbutler ainsi que le Prix d’Excellence en métiers d’arts de la province du Nouveau-Brunswick. Ses œuvres font partie des collections de grandes institutions muséales telles que le Musée des beaux-arts du Canada, le Musée canadien de l’histoire, le Victoria & Albert Museum de Londres, le Musée royal de l’Ontario, le Musée des beaux-arts Beaverbrook, le Musée du Nouveau Brunswick et la collection d’orfèvrerie contemporaine de la Art Gallery of Guelph.
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Press
CBC ARTS | Brigitte Clavette is an alchemist turning things we waste into actual silver.
New Brunswick artist Brigitte Clavette wasn't born with a silver spoon in her mouth. She grew up in a family of humble means in Edmundston, New Brunswick, under the shadow of a church…
CBC ARTS (VIDEO) | Brigitte Clavette's silverworking
Metalsmith Brigitte Clavette takes found objects from animal parts to wasted food and turns them into objects of opulence. Filmmaker: Matthew Brown.