National Gallery of Canada Releases New Strategic Plan
The National Gallery of Canada has a new five-year strategic plan, called Transform Together, that lays out a commitment to connect with the communities the institution serves.
The plan's five pillars include centring Indigenous ways of knowing and building a collection and programs that inspire human connection.
After consultation with four Indigenous elders, the gallery says it was given an Algonquin word – "ankosé," which means "everything is connected" – to describe its path forward.
The gallery says justice, equity, diversity, inclusion and accessibility are also a focus of the strategic plan.
Gallery director Sasha Suda points to the upcoming Rembrandt exhibition as an example of those values in action.
"A groundbreaking curatorial approach was taken for the Rembrandt exhibition when the National Gallery invited three curators and art historians to tell his story through a Western, Black and Indigenous lens," she says. The gallery also commissioned two Black artists, Tau Lewis and Rashid Johnson, to create public art in dialogue with the exhibition.
Source: National Gallery of Canada
