WORLD TEA PARTY a Collaborative Inbteractive Transcultural Tea Salon

Daniel Dion, Bryan Mulvihill, Marc Patch, Suschnee The catalogue is a compilation of installation views, historical photographs and texts about the World Tea Party. The exhibition was a pan-cultural, interactive installation which took the form of an archetypal tea salon. The project drew upon the ritual of tea drinking as a metaphor for the dialogue between peoples, and their spiritual and aesthetic ideals. The exhibition was supported by many organizations with major sponsorship from the Canada Council. World Tea Party is endorsed by the Canadian Committee for the 50th Anniversary of the United Nations and is dedicated to the UNESCO World Decade for Cultural Development. Publication Award in the category - Exhibition Catalogue. Second prize, 1997 American Association of Museums Publications Design Publication Award in the category of Publications- Outstanding Achievement Award, Canadian Museums Association Exhibition dates: September 17 - October 22, 1995 Designer: Alex Hass, Radish Design Printer: Hemlock Printers