Mickey Handy

Mickey Arthur Handy 
Mickey was a good friend. he was jazz drummer in New York for a while and he knew everybody and knew more about Jazz than anybody I ever met.


In 1967 he had a huge piece in The Art display in Nathan Phillips Square. It was a huge ball with a giant slit representing you know what. In the Star there was a photo of the mayor William Dennison with his head inside. hilarious
Brief Biography

1933	Born New York, New York.
1959	B.F.A. New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, Alfred, New York.
1960	M.F.A. Alfred University. Came to Canada.
1960-66	Head, Ceramic Department, Ontario College of Art, Toronto, Ontario.
1971-76	Assistant Professor, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario.

Exhibition History

1965	"New Sculpture"; Isaacs Gallery, Toronto, Ontario.
1977	"Retrospective"; McLaughlin Art Gallery, Oshawa, Ontario.
1980	Drawing Show; A.C.T. Gallery, Toronto, Ontario.
1981	Arthur Handy Installation; Mercer-Union Art Gallery, Toronto, Ontario.
1985	"Arthur Handy Ceramic Sculpture 1962-65, and 1985"; Macdonald-Stewart Art Centre, Guelph, Ontario.
1997	"FIRE+EARTH: Contemporary Canadian Ceramics"; Burlington Art Centre, Burlington, Ontario.
1998	"FIRE+EARTH: Contemporary Canadian Ceramics"; Itabashi Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan. "Arthur Handy: Recent Work"; Burlington Art Centre.
2000	"FIRE+EARTH: Contemporary Canadian Ceramics"; Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
2001	"FIRE+EARTH: Contemporary Canadian Ceramics"; The Mackenzie Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan.
2002	"FIRE+EARTH: Contemporary Canadian Ceramics"; Thunder Bay Art Gallery, Thunder Bay, Ontario.

Publications
"Clay: Medium-Based Practices." Dalhousie Art Gallery. Guelph, Ontario, Essays, Robert Fulford and Barrie Hale.
"Arthur Handy Ceramic Sculpture 1962-65 and 1985," Macdonald Stewart Art Centre, Guelph, Ontario.
"Arthur Handy Retrospective," London Art Gallery, Essay, Robert Fulford.
"Arthur Handy's New Sculpture," Arts Canada, Barrie Hale, Spring 1972.