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From Can to Plan: Exhibition Management and Production at AGA
AGA Exhibitions Manager Laura Ritchie will speak about the design and production of recent exhibitions at the AGA, highlighting the process of creating something new from a packaged travelling show. From wall color selection to timeline negotiation and the opportunities (read ‘challenges’!) that inevitably pop up on the installation floor, Laura will discuss the behind the scenes production moments that make some institutional exhibitions happen.
Presented by Laura Ritchie
Exhibitions Manager, Art Gallery of Alberta
Laura Ritchie holds a BA in Art History from Mount Allison University and an MA in the same from The University of Western Ontario. She has worked in collections and exhibitions management and visual arts administration for and with such organizations as the Beaverbrook Art Gallery, the New Brunswick Crafts Council, the New Brunswick Arts Board, Museum London, Tom Thomson Memorial Art Gallery, and the National Museum of St. Kitts.
Laura is currently the Exhibitions Manager at the Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton, where her role is to manage the production of all exhibitions and to act as curatorial lead on incoming travelling exhibitions. Her personal research interests include creative industries discourse, Canadian cultural policy, contemporary paradigms of artistic labour, and curatorial treatment of handmade objects.
The Gallery’s exhibitions web link page is www.youraga.ca/past/
Contact:
Jarrett Duncan | jarrett.duncan@uleth.ca