Mills, Josephine

Josephine Mills is the Director/Curator of the University of Lethbridge Art Gallery and a Professor in the Department of Art.  She has worked as a curator and public programmer at art galleries and artist-run centres in Saskatoon and Vancouver.  Mills has a PhD in Communication Studies from Concordia University, Montréal and is a graduate of the Museum Leadership Institute at the Getty Center. Her research interests focus on socially-engaged art and gallery practices, along with issues of public engagement in art galleries. Mills explores these issues through overlapping research projects that are connected with the UofL Art Gallery’s programs. She is part of Mootookakio’ssin (distant awareness), a project to connect people living on traditional Blackfoot territory (Treaty 7, Southern Alberta, Canada) with non-sacred, historical Blackfoot items housed in museum collections in Europe through digital imagery, exhibitions, and outreach. With the Re:mediating Soil team, Mills is co-curating exhibitions, organizing outreach, and supporting artist’s residencies. Mills is currently the Past President of the University and College Art Gallery Association of Canada / L'Association Canadienne des galleries d'art universitaires et collégiales and is a past President of the Canadian Art Museum Directors' Organization / Organisation des Directeurs des Musées d'Art du Canada.