Carol Podedworny
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1959
Carol Podedworny | |
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| Born | Carol Ann Podedworny 1959 |
| Education | BA, Art History, University of Guelph (1977–81); Master of Museum Studies, University of Toronto (1981–84); MA (Art History), York University, Toronto (1988–90) |
| Known for | curator, museum director |
Carol Podedworny (born 1959) is a Canadian museum director and curator who advocated for the inclusion of contemporary Indigenous art and for Indigenous voices in Canadian museums in a career spanning over 40 years. Besides post-contact First Nations art, she is interested in contemporary Canadian art, and a diverse range of art history and art, including its material practice. She is the author or co-author of many books, catalogues and essays which investigate these subjects, as well as issues of medical inquiry.
Podedworny was born in Kingston, Ontario to Ukrainian and British parents and grew up mostly in Hamilton.[1] She received her BA in Art History at the University of Guelph (1977–81); her Master of Museum Studies at the University of Toronto (1981–84); and her MA in Art History at York University in Toronto (1988–90).[2] The title of her MA thesis, an excerpt of which was published in C Magazine in 1991,[3] was "First Nations Art & the Canadian Mainstream".[1]
From 1981, she worked in different galleries and museums, then became curator at the Thunder Bay Gallery (1984–88) and an independent curator (1988–99).[2] She was appointed director/curator at the University of Waterloo Art Gallery (1999–2006), director/curator at the McMaster Museum of Art, Hamilton (2006–08) and director/chief curator, McMaster Museum of Art (2008-2024).[4]
She has taught and lectured at many universities and since 2006, has served as an adjunct assistant professor in the School of the Arts, McMaster University.[2] In 1987–88, she was president of the Native Art Studies Association of Canada.[1] She has worked for a number of cultural institutions in the Canadian art community since 1982 and from 1991 to 1995 and 2012 to 2016, she was on the board of directors of the Ontario Association of Art Galleries.[2]
