Brigitte Clavette is a Canadian artist, metalsmith and educator based in

Fredericton, New Brunswick Fredericton (; ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of New Brunswick. The city is situated in the west-central portion of the province along the Saint John River, which flows west to east as it bisects the city. The river is the do ...

. Born in Saint-Basile, New Brunswick, Clavette studied jewelry design and silversmithing at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design. Since 1985 she has taught jewelry and metal arts at the New Brunswick College of Craft and Design. She has also taught at Nunavut Arctic College and the Haliburton School of Fine Arts. Clavette entered the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in 1977. Inspired by the work of the Canadian silversmith

Lois Betteridge Lois Etherington Betteridge was a Canadian silversmith, goldsmith, designer and educator, and a major figure in the Canadian studio craft movement. Betteridge entered Canadian silversmithing in the 1950s, at a time when the field was dominated ...

, she studied jewelry design and metal smithing. She has described her metalwork as being primarily influenced by "religion and rituals". Clavette was elected to the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts in 2000. In 2006 she won the

Strathbutler Award The Strathbutler Award is a biennial prize awarded to a New Brunswick visual artist. It was first awarded in 1991 as an annual prize of $10,000, which increased to $15,000 in 2005. In 2011 it became a biennial award with a value of $25,000, the hi ...

, an annual prize for visual arts in New Brunswick. In 2015 her design for a sterling silver and copper knife won a competition for an "iconic presentation piece" to be presented to all Strathbutler winners. In 2017 Clavette was awarded the City of Fredericton's Arts Achievement Award. Her work is in the Royal Ontario Museum, Victoria Albert, New Brunswick Museum, and the Guelph Art Gallery's contemporary silversmithing collection. Clavette is the 2022 Saidye Bronfman Award winner.

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Works by Brigitte Clavette at the Sheila Hugh Mackay Foundation website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Clavette, Brigitte Living people Canadian women artists Artists from New Brunswick People from Edmundston People from Fredericton Canadian art educators Canadian women educators Canadian silversmiths Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts winners Year of birth missing (living people)