Dorie Millerson

Dorie Millerson is an artist and associate professor of textiles in the Material Art & Design program in the Faculty of Design at OCAD University. She served as program chair from 2010-2011 and 2015-2020 and has received awards for inspirational teaching and leadership (2014 and 2017). In the Faculty of Graduate Studies, she supervises master’s students who work with topics relating to craft history, theory, curation and practice.

Millerson holds an MFA in textiles from NSCAD University and is an honours graduate in fibre from the Ontario College of Art & Design. Her studio practice is primarily focused on embroidery and she has a background in weaving, drawing, painting and photography. For 30 years, she has exhibited across Canada and the US, as well as in London, UK; Rijswijk, the Netherlands; Pavia, Italy; and Cheongju, South Korea.

Articles about her lace sculptures and installations have appeared in periodicals such as Fiberarts; Surface Design Journal; and Sculpture; as well as the books Craft & Craftivism, Vol. 2: Fibres (2025); La Dentelle dans l’art contemporain (2021); and Artistry in Fiber, Vol. 2: Sculpture (2017). Her writing about craft practice has been published in Studio: Craft and Design in Canada, Surfacing Journal, Metal Arts Guild (MAGazine); and the books Digital Meets Handmade: Jewelry in the 21st Century (2021), and Crafting New Traditions: Canadian Innovators and Influences (2008).

In 2017, she developed the research project, "Craft Pedagogy and the Digital Challenge" with Co-Investigator Dr. Lynne Heller which tackled issues of how we learn, teach, and practice digital craft in higher education and that formed the basis for a SSHRC-funded project (2019-2022) in collaboration with colleagues from across the country.

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