“Cheyenne’s work addresses some significant ideas on the importance of diversity and representation in art, and offers a unique perspective on how BIPOC artists continue to challenge colonial influence in gallery spaces through their contemporary practices.” says CSDA Board chair, Susan Golets.

Mapplebeck is a Métis artist, writer, and curator living and working in Kitchener-Waterloo. Her winning submission, Decolonizing Museum Spaces: Decorative Art as a Vessel for Disruption, will be featured in the upcoming Fall/Winter issue of Ornamentum, CSDA  decorative arts and design magazine.

The award will be offered annually, as a way of promoting and recognizing excellence in original magazine writing on decorative arts in Canada.