Lecture with Leah Taylor and Christine May
Thursday, March 17 | 6 to 7 pm
Join curators Leah Taylor and Christine May for a fascinating conversation about the behind-the-scenes work that goes into staging an art exhibition.
Have you ever wondered how an exhibition goes from concept to installation? How does the artwork get here? How is artwork layout decided?
Leah Taylor is curator of the Kenderdine Art Gallery and College Art Galleries at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon. In 2020 she helped present Kenojuak Ashevak: Life and Legacy at the College Art Galleries.
Christine May is curator at the Kelowna Art Gallery. She helped to present A Story in Three Parts: Ashevak, Pootoogook, Isuma here at the Kelowna Art Gallery, which was curated by William Huffman, West Baffin Eskimo Cooperative.
This lecture is part of a series organized in conjunction with A Story in Three Parts, which is on view until May 8, 2022.
Special thanks to exhibition sponsor Benson Law LLP for their support.
FREE. Registration required.
Speaker Bios:
Leah Taylor is curator of the Kenderdine Art Gallery and College Art Galleries at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon. She earned an MA in History in Art from the University of Victoria and a BFA from the University of Saskatchewan. Her curatorial work has been shown through a wide variety of contemporary art exhibitions, and her curatorial research has focused on contemporary art in relation to issues of art and resistance, the archive and cultural diasporas. Taylor currently sits on the Editorial Committee for BlackFlash Magazine.
Christine May is Curator at the Kelowna Art Gallery. She holds an MA in Art History from Concordia University, Montréal and a Bachelor’s Degree in Art History and Museum Studies from Arizona State University. Originally from Saskatchewan, she has worked in exhibitions management across Canada, including the Mendel Art Gallery (Saskatoon), the Toronto International Film Festival, and the Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art (Toronto).
