LETHBRIDGE LAUNCH: Anne Dymond - Diversity Counts

University of Lethbridge, Dr. Foster James Penny Building, 324 5 St S., Lethbridge, AB
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Join Anne Dymond for the launch of her new book Diversity Counts: Gender, Race, and Representation in Canadian Art Galleries. This is a joint-launch event with Susan McGrath & Julie E.E. Young, editors of Mobilizing Global Knowledge: Refugee Research in an Age of Displacement (University of Calgary Press). Hosted by Women & Gender Studies and the Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Lethbridge.

Anne Dymond is associate professor in art history and museum studies at the University of Lethbridge.

ABOUT THE BOOK

In the first large-scale overview of gender diversity in Canadian art exhibitions, Anne Dymond makes a persuasive plea for more consciously equitable curating. Drawing on data from nearly one hundred institutions, Diversity Counts reveals that while some galleries are relatively equitable, many continue to marginalize female and racialized artists. The book pursues an interdisciplinary approach, considering the art world's resistance to numeric data, discourses on representation and identity, changing conceptualizations of institutional responsibility over time, and different ways particular institutions manage inclusion and exclusion. A thoughtful examination of the duty of public galleries to represent underserved communities, Dymond's study bravely navigates the unspoken criteria for acceptance in the curatorial world.