Student Success

Was your work experience at CUAG valuable to your career development? If so, let us know! Please email sandra.dyck@carleton.ca with the details.

Emily Antler
At CUAG: Worked as the collections assistant in the summer of 2009
Now: Copyright officer, National Gallery of Canada

Marielle Aylen

Making Faces: Canadian Portraiture Between the Wars

Now: Part-time lecturer, Department of Visual Arts, Western University, London

Rebecca Basciano
At CUAG: Worked as a graduate practicum student and graduate research assistant (2012-13)
Now: Assistant Curator, Ottawa Art Gallery

Margaret Bennetto
At CUAG: Co-curated her first exhibition, Formline Modern: The George and Joanne MacDonald Collection of Northwest Coast Graphic Art (2014)
Now: Analyst, Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat

Julie Bevan
At CUAG: Co-curated her first exhibition, The Art of Activism: Carole Conde and Karl Beveridge (2003)
Now: Executive Director, Nanaimo Art Gallery

Alicia Boutilier
At CUAG: Curated her first exhibition, Four Women Who Painted in the 1930s and 1940s (1999)
Now: Chief Curator and Curator of Canadian Historical Art, Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Queen’s University, Kingston

Amy Bruce
At CUAG: Co-curated her first exhibition, Formline Modern: The MacDonald Collection (2014)
Now: Exhibition Assistant, Content Distribution, Library and Archives Canada

Jennifer Cartwright
At CUAG: Curated her first exhibition, Song and Dance in Inuit Art (1997)
Now: Cartwright Appraisals, with clients including the Canada Council Art Bank, National Gallery of Canada, and Indigenous Affairs and Northern Development Canada

Katie Cholette
At CUAG: Curated her first exhibition, Gridlocked: Explorations of the Grid by Duncan de Kergommeaux (1999)
Now: Archivist, Archives Branch, Library and Archives Canada

Jacob Crepeault
At CUAG: Worked as a front desk monitor
Now: Film Circuit Intern, Toronto International Film Festival

Ellen Cunningham
At CUAG: Curated her first exhibition, A Category in Question: Native Art from the Permanent Collection (1999)
Now: Gallery and Collection Manager, McMullen Gallery, Friends of University of Alberta Hospitals, Edmonton

Mary-Louise Davis
At CUAG: Curated her first exhibition, Inuit Piqutingit/What Belongs to Inuit: Videos and Films by Igloolik Isuma Productions (2009)
Now: French immersion teacher, Brandon, Manitoba

Annette de Stecher
At CUAG: Curated her first exhibition, The Past is Present: Memory and Continuity in the Tyler/Brooks Collection of Inuit Art (2013)
Now: Professor of Art and Art History, University of Colorado Boulder

Brian Donnelly
At CUAG: Curated his first exhibition, Graphic Design in Canada Since 1945 (1996)
Now: Professor, Faculty of Animation, Arts and Design, Sheridan College

Nancy Duff
At CUAG: Curated her first exhibition, Poetic Visions: The Tyler/Brooks Collection of Inuit Art (2003)
Now: Supervisor, Audio-Visual Resource Centre, School for Studies in Art and Culture, Carleton University

Robert Evans
At CUAG: Curated his first exhibition, Lorraine Gilbert: Portraits from the New Forest (2001)
Now: Independent scholar; Content Management and Interpretation, Origin Studios, Ottawa

Adrienne Foster
At CUAG: Curated her first exhibition, Eros and Endearment: The Look of Love in 18th-Century French Prints (2010)
Now: Director, Strategy and Corporate Planning, Destination Canada

Sarah Fox
At CUAG: Graduate Research Assistant (2016-17)
Now: Exhibitions and Special Projects Coordinator, Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff

Leanne Gaudet
At CUAG: Co-curated her first exhibition, Formline Modern: The MacDonald Collection (2014)
Now: Research Associate, Know History Inc., Ottawa

Jennifer Gibson
At CUAG: Curated her first exhibition, Qiviuq: A Legend in Art (1995)
Now: Director/Curator, Gallery 1C03, University of Winnipeg

Linda Grussani
At CUAG: Curated her first exhibition, Inuit Myths of the Sea and Sky: The Tyler/Brooks Collection of Inuit Art (2000)
Now: Curator, Aboriginal Art, Canadian Museum of History

Catherine Hale
At CUAG: Curated her second exhibition, Conversation Pieces: African Textiles from Barbara and Bill McCann’s Collection (2011)
Now: Curator, Creative Campus Galleries, Sheridan College

Lauren Henry-Sugden
At CUAG: Worked as a front desk monitor
Now: Coordinator, Cookie Logistics, Girl Guides of Canada

Diana Hiebert
At CUAG: Graduate research assistant (2017-18)
Now: Curatorial Research Practicum, Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff

Kyle Huth
At CUAG: Worked as the collections assistant in the summer of 2012
Now: Chairman, Ottawa Chapter, Canadian Aviation Historical Society

Heather Igloliorte
At CUAG: Curated her first exhibition, Drawn Together: Cape Dorset Graphic Artists (2005)
Now: Associate Professor, Concordia University

Sonya Jones
At CUAG: Worked as a front desk monitor
Now: Curator of Collections, Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa

Andrew Kear
At CUAG: Curated his first exhibition, Moving Targets: Redrawing the Boundaries of Portraiture (2004)
Now: Chief Curator and Curator of Canadian Art, Winnipeg Art Gallery

Kwende Kefentse
At CUAG: Worked as a front desk monitor
Now: Cultural Planner, City of Ottawa

Andrea Kunard
At CUAG: Worked as a graduate research assistant
Now: Associate Curator, Photographs, National Gallery of Canada

Katy Laird
At CUAG: Co-curated her first exhibition, Black Against White: John J. A. Murphy, Master of the Modern Wood Engraving (2008)
Now: Manager, Membership & Development, Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, Toronto

Christine Lalonde
At CUAG: Co-curated her first exhibition, Patiently I Sing: Selections from the Tyler/Brooks Collection of Inuit Art (1994)
Now: Associate Curator of Indigenous Art, National Gallery of Canada

Claudette Lauzon
At CUAG: Curated her first exhibition, Motherlines: Works on Paper by Ann Beam (2003)
Now: Assistant Professor, School for the Contemporary Arts, Simon Fraser University

Genevieve Landreville
At CUAG: Worked as a front desk monitor
Now: Program Officer, Arts Granting Programs, Canada Council for the Arts

Zoe MacNeil
At CUAG: Student representative on the CUAG Advisory Board (2012-14)
Now: Chief of Staff, Ottawa Art Gallery

Nancy McCarthy
At CUAG: Curated her first exhibition, Myth and History: Prints from the Collection (2005)
Now: Curator, Parks Canada

Nicole Neufeld
At CUAG: Curated her first exhibition, Intersections: Photographs of the City (2007)
Now: Program Manager: Development and Marketing, River Run Centre, Guelph

Crystal Parsons
At CUAG: Curated her first exhibition, From Within – Materials and Forms of Inuit Sculpture (2004)
Now: Information Management Officer, Transportation Safety Board of Canada

Diane Pellicone
At CUAG: Graduate practicum student (Art critic in residence) (2013)
Now: Project Assistant, Royal Ontario Museum

John Potvin
At CUAG: Curated his first exhibition, Provocation to Conversation: The Lithography of Otis Tamasauskas, 1984-1997 (2001)
Now: Professor, Art History, Faculty of Fine Arts, Concordia University

Kristyn Rolanty
At CUAG: Co-curated her first exhibition, Formline Modern: The George and Joanne MacDonald Collection of Northwest Coast Graphic Art (2014)
Now: Registrar, Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, Vancouver

Christine Sadler
At CUAG: Worked as a front desk monitor
Now: Managing Director, National Gallery of Canada Foundation

Laura Schneider
At CUAG: Curated her first exhibition, Not a Trivial Pursuit: Hunting in Inuit Art (2008)
Now: Executive Director and Curator, The Reach, Abbotsford, BC

Danielle Siemens
At CUAG: Graduate student representative, CUAG Advisory Board (2015-16)
Now: Interim Registrar, Art Gallery of Alberta

Danuta Sierhuis
At CUAG: Curated her first exhibition, The 3rd Carleton Community Art Exhibition (2014)
Now: Curatorial Assistant, National Gallery of Canada

Natalie Spagnol
At CUAG: Worked as a front desk monitor
Now: Administrative and Curatorial Assistant, Ryerson Image Centre, Toronto

Curtis Wolfe
At CUAG: Co-curated his first exhibition, Black Against White: John J. A. Murphy, Master of the Modern Wood Engraving (2008)
Now: Advisor, Office of the Director General, Library and Archives Canada