Lyse Lemieux, “A GIRL’S GOTTA DO WHAT A GIRL’S GOTTA DO” (installation view at the Richmond Art Gallery), 2016. Photo: Dennis Ha.
Our editors’ weekly roundup of Canadian art news.
The Canada Council for the Arts released the deadlines for grant applications under its new funding model on Wednesday. The new deadlines are for 2017 and 2018. Applications for the new funding model are not open yet, though: the new online application system launches December 2016, when prospective applicants can create online profiles (online profiles must be made at least 30 days before applying to a program).
Two curatorial promotions were announced this week at the Art Gallery of Ontario: Sophie Hackett is now the curator of photography, and Sasha Suda is now the curator of European art and the R. Fraser Elliott Chair, Print and Drawing Council. Both curators have been with the gallery for a number of years—Hackett joined as assistant curator of photography in 2006, while Suda started as the assistant curator of European art in 2011.
La Centrale Galerie Powerhouse in Montreal announced the finalists of the bi-annual Powerhouse Prize on Monday. Manon Labrecque, Alexis O’Harakimura and byol-nathalie lemoine are in the running for the prize, which is dedicated to women artists who are mid-career and have contributed significantly to the cultural life of Montreal. The winner of the Powerhouse Prize receives a $5,000 award, while the remaining finalists receive awards of $2,500, and all finalists are awarded a one-month exhibition at La Centrale. The award ceremony will be held on October 7.
Kari Cwynar has been appointed the interim editor of C Magazine. The publication announced in a release on Thursday that Amish Morrell, editor since 2008, will be taking a one-year partial leave to teach at OCAD University. He will continue working with Cwynar in a director role. Cwynar first joined C Magazine as assistant editor in 2015, and she is currently co-director of Kunstverein Toronto and curator at Evergreen Brick Works. She has worked at the Banff Centre, National Gallery of Canada and Art Gallery of Ontario.
Rachel Rosenfield Lafo, director of the Richmond Art Gallery, has announced her departure. Lafo joined the RAG in 2009, coming from a position as director of curatorial affairs at the DeCordova Sculpture Park and Museum in Lincoln, Massachusetts. In her time at the RAG, the gallery has presented exhibitions of work by Richard Ibghy and Marilou Lemmens, Karl Beveridge and Carole Condé, Landon Mackenzie, Lyse Lemieux and Peter Aspell. Lafo told the Vancouver Sun she will be moving to Portland, Oregon, to be closer to family.
