Catherine Labonté is a Canadian glass artist. Her work appears in the

Corning Museum of Glass The Corning Museum of Glass is a museum in Corning, New York in the United States, dedicated to the art, history, and science of glass. It was founded in 1951 by Corning Glass Works and currently has a collection of more than 50,000 glass obje ...

, and in 2007 she received a Niche Award.

Biography

Labonté is from

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. When she was young, Labonté sketched pictures of the cartoon cat

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, and started glassblowing as a way to create object based on her drawings. She studied glasswork at

Cégep du Vieux Montréal Cégep du Vieux Montréal is a CEGEP (Collège d'enseignement général et professionnel, or College of General and Vocational Education) located at 255 Ontario Street East, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The College of General and Vocational Edu ...

, and graduated with a fine art diploma in 2001, and a glass art diploma in 2002. Labonté received a 2007 Niche Award in the US for her work and Montréal's François-Houdé Award in 2008. Labonté has been a guest artist at the Corning Museum of Glass in 2016, 2017, and 2018.

References

Canadian glass artists Glassblowers Artists from Montreal Living people 21st-century Canadian women artists Year of birth missing (living people) Cégep du Vieux Montréal alumni {{Canada-artist-stub