SHONA RAE

Shona Rae was a professional clay sculptor before a series of dreams led her to begin studying goldsmithing and the metal arts in 1994. She received her Diploma in applied art and design from the Kootenay School of the Arts Cooperative in 1998 and her BFA with distinction in the year 2000 from the Alberta University of the Arts.

Rae has won numerous national and international awards, government grants and attention for her sculptural art in Europe and North America. She received “Steel Trophy Award” for the 70th Anniversary Canadian Metal Arts Guild exhibition, the “Award of Excellence” from the Alberta Craft Council, an “Alumni Legacy Award” from ACAD, to name a few. Rae is a member of the Alberta Craft Council, The Burns Visual Arts Society where she had her studio for over a decade, SOCAN, Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada and The Canadian Metal Arts Guild.

At this time, thanks to Calgary Arts Development, she is filming her creative process then editing the clips for a livestream on her “Shona Rae Studios” YouTube channel.

Along with her professional studio practice, she is the lead singer/songwriter for “Shona Rae and the Bona Fides”, an original swamp rock band. An utter Madwoman and an obsessive ‘maker’ and ‘songwriter’, Shona Rae maintains a commitment to the study, practice and education of art, craft, design and ROCK and ROLL!!!