Making a Noise!
Aboriginal Perspectives on Art, Art History, Critical Writing and Community
- Publisher
- Banff Centre Press
- Initial publish date
- Nov 2006
- Category
- General, Criticism & Theory
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781894773133
- Publish Date
- Nov 2006
- List Price
- $21.95
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Lee-Ann Martin is an independent curator living in Ottawa. She is currently working with the Walter Phillips Gallery to mentor emerging curators and develop programming for their Banff International Curatorial Institute. Previously, Martin was head curator at the MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina (1998-2000), where she continues as adjunct curator, First Nations Art. While at the MacKenzie, she co-curated, with Morgan Wood, EXPOSED: Aesthetics of Aboriginal Erotic Art, and, with Bob Boyer, The Powwow: An Art History. She held the positions of First Peoples Equity Coordinator at the Canada Council for the Arts (1994-1998) and Interim Curator of Contemporary Indian Art at the Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, Quebec (1992-1994). In 1992, Martin co-curated, with Gerald McMaster, the internationally travelling exhibition INDIGENA: Perspectives of Indigenous Peoples on 500 Years. She has curated numerous exhibitions and published essays on critical issues in contemporary First Nations art in Canada, and served as coordinator for the 1990 National Task Force on Museums and First Peoples. She holds a master's degree.