The National Gallery of Canada has appointed Angela Cassie as its vice-president of strategic transformation and inclusion and Tania Lafrenière as senior vice-president of people, culture and belonging. Cassie served for 10 years in progressively senior roles at the Canadian Museum of Human Rights in Winnipeg, before stepping down as senior vice-president, program, exhibitions and public affairs in 2019. She will lead a new department that will oversee the implementation of the gallery's first-ever strategic plan, to be released this year, and will also serve as a key leader in the implementation of the gallery's commitment to justice, equity, diversity and inclusion. Lafrenière has served as a senior executive at CBC-Radio Canada, Groupe Nordik, the Public Service Alliance of Canada and the Canadian Red Cross and has more than 20 years of experience in human resources management. More info.
The Banff Centre's one-time In-Situ Leighton Residency program has selected eight artists involved in five projects in various artistic disciplines. The projects, previously scheduled to occur at the centre this season, will each receive $10,000. A committee of program directors reviewed 70 suspended residencies from last April to March this year, and worked with the recipients to move forward their work in their home communities. The artists include Dene musicians Leela Gilday and Jay Gilday, of Yellowknife, and Philadelphia visual artist Gabriel Martinez, who works with themes of loss, celebration and cultural identity related to AIDS and LGBTQ+ history. More info.
The Canada Council for the Arts invites mid-career and established arts administrators looking for assistance with professional development to apply for the John Hobday Awards in Arts Management. Two awards of $10,000 are given to arts administrators in Canadian professional arts organizations. The deadline is March 1. More info.
BIPOC artists are invited to apply to a new virtual residency program that will foster artists under-represented in the Canadian public art sphere. CreateSpace, a national public art residency program offered in partnership with ArtworxTO: Toronto's Year of Public Art 2021, will provide up to 10 emerging Black, Indigenous and racialized artists with skills, relationships and practical experience. Each artist will receive a $1,000 stipend to support their participation from March to December. The residency is open to artists who identify as Black, Indigenous (First Nations, Inuit and Métis) or racialized. The deadline is Jan. 31. More info.
