Catherine Labonté Explained

Catherine Labonté
Birth Place:	Montreal, Quebec
Education:	Cégep du Vieux Montréal
Style:	glass art
Awards:	Niche Award 2007 Montréal's François-Houdé Award 2008 Guest artist Corning Museum of Glass 2016 - 2018

Catherine Labonté is a Canadian glass artist. Her work appears in the Corning Museum of Glass, and in 2007 she received a Niche Award.^[1]

Biography

Labonté is from Montreal, Quebec.^[2] When she was young, Labonté sketched pictures of the cartoon cat Garfield, and started glassblowing as a way to create object based on her drawings. She studied glasswork at Cégep du Vieux Montréal, and graduated with a fine art diploma in 2001, and a glass art diploma in 2002.^[3]

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.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Catherine Labonté Corning Museum of Glass. 2020-11-13. www.cmog.org.
2. Web site: Catherine Labonte: Mini Rabbit Shops at the Corning Museum of Glass. 2020-11-13. shops.cmog.org.
3. Web site: Catherine Labonté. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20201114121816/https://sydentelgalleries.com/catherine-labonte/ . 2020-11-14 . 2020-11-13. sydentelgalleries.com.