I am pleased to announce that I have received a SSHRC Insight Grant in support of researching the historical and contemporary impact of Anabaptist/Haban ceramics, which consisted of a three-hundred year period of maiolica production that took place from the mid-1500s to the late 1800s in central and eastern Europe.
Please see the article in UMToday that expands on my SSHRC project and the productive spring and summer of 2025 I had working with a student research assistant in the ceramics studio at the School of Art. This period of research was focussed on developing a project I’m calling In Search of Heavenly Blue, the title of a body of work being created as part of the “Contemporary Legacy” component of my project. My new body of work is inspired and informed by the remarkable ceramics made by potters connected to my own Anabaptist roots.
Thank you to the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council for its generous support, the University of Manitoba for its endorsement of my project, and to the School of Art for enthusiastically vetting my proposed project. And a special thank you goes out to Marieke Gruwal, Research Coordinator for the School of Art, whose help with the application process was invaluable.
