Catherine Labonté
{{Short description|Canadian glass artist}}
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- Montréal's François-Houdé Award 2008
- Guest artist Corning Museum of Glass 2016 - 2018
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Catherine Labonté is a Canadian glass artist. Her work appears in the Corning Museum of Glass, and in 2007 she received a Niche Award.{{Cite web|title=Catherine Labonté {{!}} Corning Museum of Glass|url=https://www.cmog.org/bio/catherine-labonte|access-date=2020-11-13|website=www.cmog.org}}
Biography
Labonté is from Montreal, Quebec.{{Cite web|title=Catherine Labonte: Mini Rabbit {{!}} Shops at the Corning Museum of Glass|url=https://shops.cmog.org/catherine-labonte-mini-rabbit|access-date=2020-11-13|website=shops.cmog.org}} 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.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Catherine Labonté|url=https://sydentelgalleries.com/catherine-labonte/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201114121816/https://sydentelgalleries.com/catherine-labonte/ |archive-date=2020-11-14 |access-date=2020-11-13|website=sydentelgalleries.com}}
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.
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Category:Canadian glass artists
Category:Artists from Montreal
Category:21st-century Canadian women artists
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:Cégep du Vieux Montréal alumni
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