From Frédéric Julien, Director of Research and Development/Directeur, recherche et développement, CAPACOA.

The Canadian Association for the Performing Arts / Association canadienne des organismes artistiques (CAPACOA) is creating an Indigenous Librarian position (par-time). Job descriptions in English and French are available here:

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Melva Dwyer était autrefois chef de la Bibliothèque des beaux-arts de l’Université de la Colombie-Britannique. Le Prix Melva J. Dwyer a été créé en reconnaissance de sa contribution au domaine des bibliothèques d’art. Il récompense les créateurs d’instruments exceptionnels de consultation et de recherche dans le monde de l’architecture e…[Read more]

The Melva J. Dwyer Award was established in recognition of the contribution made to the field of art librarianship by Melva Dwyer, former head of the Fine Arts Library, University of British Columbia. It is given to the creators of exceptional reference or research tools relating to Canadian art and architecture. The award is adjudicated by a j…[Read more]

Received from Liv Valmestad. The deadline is August 1 for a proposal.

Dear Colleagues,

KULA: knowledge creation, dissemination, and preservation studies has a new call for proposals for a multimodal scholarship issue: https://kula.uvic.ca/index.php/kula/announcement/view/4. My co-editor Dr. Samantha MacFarlane and I would be very grateful if you…[Read more]

Dear fellow Canadians, chers amis et collègues canadiens,

I invite all ARLIS/NA Canadian members as well as all those interested in the Canada Chapter to join the annual meeting on April 27, 2023, 2:00PM EDT. Please see SCHED for the Zoom link. Please make sure to set the correct time zone in the upper right area of the full schedule at 51st…[Read more]

The Gail and Stephen A. Jarislowsky Institute for Studies in Canadian Art invites you to:

Growing Canadian Art Histories

Wednesday/mercredi 29 March/mars 2023, 4:00-5:30/16h-17h30.

Panel / Table ronde: Gentiane Bélanger, Elizabeth A. Cavaliere, Mark A. Cheetham, Tammer El-Sheikh, Cynthia Imogen Hammond, Cathy Mattes, Gwendolyn Owens, and Erin…[Read more]

The Gail and Stephen A. Jarislowsky Institute for Studies in Canadian Art invites you to:

Growing Canadian Art Histories

Wednesday/mercredi 29 March/mars 2023, 4:00-5:30/16h-17h30.

Panel / Table ronde: Gentiane Bélanger, Elizabeth A. Cavaliere, Mark A. Cheetham, Tammer El-Sheikh, Cynthia Imogen Hammond, Cathy Mattes, Gwendolyn Owens, and Erin…[Read more]

The Gail and Stephen A. Jarislowsky Institute for Studies in Canadian Art invites you to:

Growing Canadian Art Histories

Wednesday/mercredi 29 March/mars 2023, 4:00-5:30/16h-17h30.

Panel / Table ronde: Gentiane Bélanger, Elizabeth A. Cavaliere, Mark A. Cheetham, Tammer El-Sheikh, Cynthia Imogen Hammond, Cathy Mattes, Gwendolyn Owens, and Erin…[Read more]

Dear friends and colleagues:

I am delighted to share with you the content of an email received earlier today from Anthony Kiendl, Executive Director, Vancouver Art Gallery, in response to the concerns expressed by the Canada Chapter’s Executive Committee. Kiendl wrote:

Over the past couple of years, the Gallery reduced operational expenditures…

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The Vancouver Art Gallery has posted the position of Head Librarian at https://www.vanartgallery.bc.ca/employment/head-librarian.

Call for Writers of Biographical Entries for an online biographical dictionary of contemporary Canadian crafters – textile/fibre, ceramic/clay, and glass artists

From:

Dr. Loren Lerner, Professor Emerita, Art History, and Member Emerita and Distinguished Fellow of the Gail and Stephen A. Jarislowsky Institute of Canadian Art, Concordia U…[Read more]