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Loreen Manuel

← People of the Society · on record 1968–2009

Everything the Society’s own records say of Loreen Manuel — the offices held, the standings conferred, and the awards won — gathered on one page. Where the records are silent, so is this one.

In memoriam · 24 April 2020

A Life Member of the Society (received 2008), born 14 December 1923 near Foldens Corners, Ontario, and long active with the Woodstock-area community; “always modest about her talents and generous when sharing her skills,” in the tribute submitted by Madeleine Mitchell. Predeceased by her husband Thomas George Manuel (2000). Died at Woodingford Lodge, Woodstock, in her 97th year, and is remembered for her CSCL ribbons and awards as well as her chocolate fudge.

From Winter 2019–2020, page 7.

Also recorded as Laureen Manuel, Loreen Manual, Lorene Manuel

Standing

Society Member 1988–1997

Branch

Woodstock · recorded holding office in 2007

A member of the Woodstock Branch, she served as its Vice-President in 1968 and later as its Treasurer through the late 1980s and 1990s and as its Librarian. Three of her pieces were chosen for the Society’s 1985 Travelling Exhibition, from about sixty entries, by the judges Robert Muma, Paul Williams and Alison Parsons: a calfskin pin with a rose design, and two pins of small flowers, one tan and one dyed orange. She made a square for the CSCL Leather Quilt. She showed three pieces in the Society's exhibition at the Etobicoke Art Gallery, 4-29 September 1992, and three pieces at Leather 2004, the Society's biennial juried exhibition at the Hamilton Public Library, 55 York Boulevard, 2-30 November 2004, with the Woodstock guild. Her work won Craftsman and Salon ribbons across four decades — including a Craftsman Ribbon and a Salon Ribbon in 1991, a Best in Show in 1997, and the Irva Ford Moulded Leather Award in 2005 — and she was honoured with an Honourary Life Membership in 2008, after more than fifty years in leathercraft. The Society's own Members-at-Large final report (May 2026) names her the benefactor of the CSCL Teaching in Leathercraft Fund. She showed five pieces at Leather 2000: Fifty Years of Leather Art, the Society’s exhibition in the Grand Hall Gallery of the Woodstock Museum, 466 Dundas St., 20 May to 17 June 2000 (Tooled Bookends; Morocco Purse, Black; Tooled Plaques; Leather Lighthouse Picture; Leather Covered Bottle).

From Winter 2019–2020, page 7; Fall 1998, page 2; Etobicoke Art Gallery exhibition 1992 — catalogue, page 13; Leather 2004 — Juried Biennial Exhibition, Hamilton Public Library, page 3; Members-at-Large — Final Newsletter Report, page 1; Summer 1968, page 3; Fall 1985, page 4; and Leather 2000: Fifty Years of Leather Art — Exhibition Programme, Woodstock Museum, page 4.

Served the Society as

  • Woodstock Branch Vice-President 1968–1969
  • Woodstock Branch Treasurer 1989–1993
  • Woodstock Branch Librarian 2007

Honours

  • Ontario Volunteer Service Award
    Named on the Society's roll of Ontario Volunteer Service Award recipients.
  • Honourary Life Membership 2008
    Honoured with a Life Membership for over fifty years of service.
  • Honourary Life Member 2008
  • Ontario Volunteer Service Award 2002
    Announced by Dorothy McPherson and Kevin Armstrong at the 52nd Annual Meeting, Woodstock. The Official Awards were to be presented at a ceremony not yet announced on this page.

Awards

  • Allan Foss Workshop Award 2009
  • Best in Show 1997–2001
  • CSCL Judges' Special Choice 2004
  • Craftsman Ribbon 1980–2009
  • Irva Ford Award 2005
  • Irva Ford Award for Best Moulded Leather 1994
  • Irva Ford Memorial Award for Best Molded Work 1986
  • Leather '80 Honourable Mention 1980
  • Michigan Leather Artisans Award for Colour 2000
  • Participation Ribbon 2009
  • Robert Muma Award 1996–1998
  • Salon Award 1984–1992
  • Salon Ribbon 1989–2005
  • Weston Trophy Entry (runner-up) 2003
  • Weston Trophy Winning Piece 2002

Demonstrations given

Where this comes from

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