Published twice a year, Ornamentum is the only magazine devoted to exploring the large spectrum of decorative arts, material culture and design in Canada. From furniture and furnishings, ceramics, glass, metalwork, graphics, and textiles through to aspects of architecture, industrial, interior and landscape design, the decorative arts encompass craft and the aesthetics of the everyday.

Within this expansive umbrella, Ornamentum provides a forum for discussion of the creative context and talent through which the decorative arts are born, and critically addresses the aesthetics and meanings of objects in terms of historic precedent, tradition and innovation.

Written for a broad readership and extensively illustrated, Ornamentum celebrates material culture in all its forms and expressions.

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“Ornamentum celebrates material culture in all its forms and expressions”

Current issue on the newsstands:

Spring/Summer 2023 (Nov)

Ornamentum  Editorial Advisory Committee

Dr. Michael Prokopow, Associate Dean - Faculty of Liberal Arts and Sciences , Graduate Studies - OCAD University (Ontario) Chair

Nicholas Bell, President & CEO - Glenbow Museum (Alberta)

Maegen Black, Director - New Brunswick College of Craft & Design (New Brunswick)

Dr. Keith Bresnahan, Associate Professor - OCAD University (Ontario)

Brenda Crabtree, Director - Aboriginal Program - Emily Carr University of Art + Design (British Columbia)

Peter Flannery, Curator - The Canadian Clay & Glass Gallery (Ontario)  

Janna Hiemstra, Executive Director - Craft Ontario (Ontario)

Liz Isaac,  Appraiser - Citadel Gallery (New Brunswick)

Guislaine Lemay, Curator, Material Culture - McCord Museum (Quebec)

John Leroux, Manager, of Collections & Exhibitions - Beaverbrook Art Gallery (New Brunswick)

Dr. Jennifer Salahub, Professor, Craft Historian - Alberta University of the Arts (Alberta)

Dr. Laura Sanchini, Curator, Craft, Design & Popular Culture - Canadian Museum of History (Ontario)