Three Adjunct Curators Appointed at the Art Gallery of Alberta

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The Art Gallery of Alberta recently appointed Franchesca Hebert-Spence, adjunct curator, Indigenous art; Jessie Ray Short, adjunct curator, Indigenous art; and Amery Calvelli, adjunct curator, Poole Centre of Design.

Hebert-Spence is a Master's candidate at the University of Winnipeg. Her grandmother was from the Sagkeeng First Nation in Manitoba and her research focuses on her identity as an Indigenous woman and a feminist. She is currently program coordinator at the Manitoba Craft Council.

Short is an artist, filmmaker and independent curator whose cross-disciplinary practice involves memory, visual culture and Métis history. In the last 10 years, she has exhibited work nationally and internationally. She was a co-curator of Li Salay, currently on view at the gallery. She works as a program coordinator for TRUCK Contemporary Art in Calgary and holds an MA from Brock University in Ontario with a focus on contemporary Métis visual culture.

As the new adjunct curator of the Poole Centre of Design, Calvelli will help provide opportunities for people to explore design ideas. She is a co-founder and executive director of the non-profit Design Talks Institute in Calgary; co-editor of the online design publication, Fold; and teaches design history in the continuing education program at the University of Calgary. She hosted the CJSW radio program Space and Place for four years and has served on the board of the Portland Institute of Contemporary Art. She has worked for designers such as Comme des Garçons, Giorgio Armani and Agnès b.

Source: Art Gallery of Alberta