Kristyn Cooper and Kristianne LeBreton are both silversmiths. Starting September 10 until September 16, they will be artists in residence at the Officer’s Barracks studio downtown. Both artisans will demonstrate large scale silversmithing techniques including sinking, raising and forging, working with copper, brass, and sterling silver.

Visitors are welcome from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily.

Kristyn Cooper is an emerging artist and arts educator. She is an instructor of the metals department at the New Brunswick College of Craft and Design, from where she graduated in 2008. Her latest award has been a category “C” Creation Grant from Arts New Brunswick (2010). She is represented by Gallery 78, The Moorings Gallery, and Fire Works Gallery.

Kristianne LeBreton is a metal artist and the current head of the metal studio at Beadnik. She has shown work at the Atlantic Craft Trade Show (2009, 2010), at Bejewel, at the New Brunswick College of Craft and Design, at Influx Gallery (Calgary). Kristianne is a member of the Fredericton Arts Alliance, of the Beaverbrook Art Gallery, of Gallery Connexion and of Metal Art Guild.
The Fredericton Arts Alliance, a registered charity, appreciates support for this program from the City of Fredericton, the Province of New Brunswick, Downtown Fredericton and the RBC Emerging Artist program. Saint Thomas University, Ingrid Mueller Art+Concepts, Isaac’s Way Restaurant, and Fellows & Co Architects are all sponsoring an artist for a week.

LeBreton and Cooper are the last Summer 2011 Artists in Residence. The Fredericton Arts Alliance would like to thank this year’s studio visitors and artists, which has included potters, painters, jewellers, photographers, fibre-artists, writers, printmakers and musicians.