Jim Lorriman

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Recent recognition and participation includes:

2009, 2010 & 2011 NICHE Award finalist – Woodturning professional
New Board member of the Ontario Crafts Council – June 2010
Worked with Brian Oates, the OCC, Burdette Gallery and the Village of Erin to mount the 9th Annual Made of Wood Show – April-May 2010
Invited to do a Holiday show with glass blower Sam Stang at the Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO., November, 2009
Gave a lecture “A Canadian Wood Turner in Cheongju” as part of the Canadian celebrations at the Cheongju International Craft Biennale, Cheongju, South Korea, October, 2009
One of my pieces was selected to be shown at the Museum of Vancouver 2010 Crafts Exhibition, part of the Cultural Olympiad which took place during the 2010 Olympic Games, January 13 to April 17, 2010. It was also shown during the G20 in Toronto, Ontario – June 2010
Produced an hour long video, in English and Korean called "The Art of the Stick", October, 2009
One of my pieces was selected for the international show, Out of the Box, and received Honourable Mention at the Cheongju International Craft Biennale, September 23 to November 1, 2009 (CICB)
One of my pieces was selected for the Canadian exhibition, Unity and Diversity , for the Cheongju International Craft Biennale, September 23 to November 1, 2009 (CICB)
Worked with the Dufferin County Museum & Archives to mount a major Made of Wood Show from September 12 - 27, 2009
My work was selected for the special "Father's Day '09" show at the Craft Alliance Delmar Gallery in St. Louis, Missouri, June, 2009
Worked with Arnold DeGraaff to produce the highly successful Dufferin & Area Arts & Culture Guide for 2008, 2009, 2010 & 2011.
Chair of the 8th Annual Made of Wood Show at the Burdette Gallery, April 18 to May 10, 2009.
Juried into the “Craft Convergence” show at the Tom Thomson Gallery, Owen Sound, December 7, 2007 to January 27, 2008. Received a design award for my lilac stick bowl titled “The Ayes Have It!”.
Juried into the “Ontario Craft ‘07” show at the Ontario Crafts Council Gallery, Toronto, November 15 to December 31, 2007
Juried into the Headwaters Arts Festival Art Show – My Passion, My Art, September 22 – 30, 2007
In June, 2007, Past U.S. President Bill Clinton purchased one of my pieces at the Guild Shop in Toronto
Invited to participate in Trunk: Natural Selection show at the Guild Shop, for the month of June, 2007
Two pieces juried into the Dufferin Arts Council show; Fresh Art, Fresh Air and Free Parking, March 4 to April 22, 2007

Past recognition and participation includes:

• Participation in the Annual Invitational Wood Show at the Guild Shop,    2001 - 2005.
• Participation in the Annual Made of Wood Show, 2002 - 2008
• Participation in the Ojibway Club Art Show, August 8 through 10, 1999 -    2008.
• Participation in the Headwaters Studio Tour, 1991 - 2007
• My work was accepted for the 2000 - 2007 Festival Art Show and Sale    which is the marquis event of the Headwaters Arts Festival in the Hills.
• Two pieces were juried into the Disappearing Landscapes – environmental    art exhibition & sale, SGI Canada’s Caledon Centre for Cultural and

Education in Alton, October 4 – 7, 2002

• Participation in the Turning on Furnishings 2000 exhibition in Toronto,    spring, 2000.
• Participation in the Inns and Arts Show at the Millcroft Inn, Alton, spring,    2000 - 2002
• A request to use my pieces in a show called “Anything I Can Do” on WTN    shown in the fall of 2001
• My work was accepted for the Spring Rush Show at the Etobicoke Civic    Centre Art Gallery, March 3 to April 4, 2002, by the Dufferin Arts Council.

Relevant life history

• Founder of the Headwaters Arts Festival
• Helped found the “North of 89” studio group
• Member of the Headwaters Studios
• Helped produce the 2008 Dufferin & Area Arts & Culture Guide which was    released March 27, 2008
• Co-founder of the Made of Wood Show
• Self-published an eBook on making stick bowls in 2002
• The previous 6 years working full-time as a turner but not making any    money, founded the Headwaters Arts Festival in the Hills in 1995, sat on    the Headwaters Country Tourism Association board.
• I spent 3 years as a part-time turner while running a die-cut puzzle    operation.
• From the mid 80’s to the early 90’s I had a hiatus from woodworking while    I got my allergies sorted out, worked on developing Tapestry Maps with    artist John Haines, sat on the board of the Georgian Triangle Economic    Development Corporation for 8 years and was chair for two years.
• From the early 70’s to the mid 80’s I had a cabinet making shop with    several employees, owned a restaurant for a time, got married and had    two lovely daughters and developed serious allergies to wood dust.
• I am a lifetime member of the Ontario Crafts Council.
• I received a degree in history and a minor in mathematics from Laurentian    University in 1973.

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