Ryan Doherty to Contemporary Calgary

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Ryan Doherty (photo by Elyse Bouvier)

Contemporary Calgary has appointed Ryan Doherty as interim chief curator.

Doherty, formerly director and curator of the Southern Alberta Art Gallery in Lethbridge, will guide programming as Contemporary Calgary prepares to move into the Centennial Planetarium. Renovations are scheduled to start in 2020.

Contemporary Calgary was formed in early 2014 as an amalgamation of three long-standing visual arts organizations in Calgary  – the Museum of Contemporary Art Calgary, the Art Gallery of Calgary, and the Institute for Modern and Contemporary Art.

David Leinster, chief executive officer of Contemporary Calgary, welcomed Doherty's  appointment. 

“Not only has he proven to be a respected voice in the country with a broad network of colleagues and diverse curatorial expertise, but his experience with facility renovations will be an enormous asset," said Leinster.

Contemporary Calgary, currently without its own gallery space, will continue to offer events in collaboration with other organizations. It's current offering is Before Digital: Post-1970 Photography in Alberta, on view at the Illingworth Kerr Gallery at the Alberta College of Art and Design. 

Doherty said he is excited by the opportunity to establish a home for Contemporary Calgary. 

"The potential in this unique and reimagined venue in tandem with a vision for Calgary as a radically engaged cultural centre leaves me feeling deeply inspired,”  he said.

SOURCE: Contemporary Calgary Arts Society