Felicia Gay Appointed Curator of MacKenzie Art Gallery

Felicia Gay has been named as the new curator of the MacKenzie Art Gallery in Regina, Sask.

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Felicia Gay (photo courtesy of the MacKenzie Art Gallery)

Gay has been a curatorial fellow at the gallery since 2019. “Now, as she finalizes her PhD work on Indigenous curatorial practice at the University of Regina, she will be joining the MacKenzie full-time to spearhead the development of exhibitions, publications, collections, and public programs at the gallery,” according to the news release.

“Nanaskomotan (‘to be grateful for this day’) is how I try to live my life, and today, I am grateful to be a part of the Mackenzie Art Gallery curatorial team,” said Gay. “So few Indigenous curators have been hired to work in galleries and museums nationwide. The MacKenzie continues to honour its history and reputation as an institution that has invited Indigenous curators to a place where Indigenous knowledge is welcomed and supported.”

Gay is curating several upcoming exhibitions including an expanded iteration of her 2021 Ruth Cuthand retrospective, Beads in the Blood, as well as a longterm installation that builds on her research on the Kampelmacher Memorial Collection of Indigenous Art.

Her lengthy list of accomplishments include Dis-Ease: ateh panihk akowsiwin, which was co-curated with Timothy Long. She also curated Miskwaabik Animiiki Power Lines: The Work of Norval Morrisseau and The Art of Faye HeavyShield. In 2018, Gay received the Saskatchewan Arts Award for Leadership. 

A member of the Opaskwayak Swampy Cree Nation in Manitoba, Gay lives in Regina, Saskatchewan.

Source: MacKenzie Art Gallery