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Job Description:
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The Indigenous Curatorial Assistant at Guelph Museums (Guelph, Ontario, Canada) will contribute significantly toward the assessment and development of Indigenous narratives within the Museums' 40,000-piece permanent collection (archives, photographs, and artifacts), as well as the education collection, a hands-on compendium of clothing and objects used to animate our on-site and outreach programs. The incumbent will participate in the distillation of Indigenous narratives in the Museums' semi-permanent galleries, which feature interactive installations for all ages that explore Guelph’s history and its place in the world. They will also participate in the development of two concurrent exhibitions, led respectively by guest curators Naomi Smith and by a Council of Indigenous Women from the University of Guelph. The exhibitions, on public view from March 9 to May 19, 2019, will provide a platform for the Guelph community to understand and respond to contemporary colonialism.
Naomi Smith is an Indigenous Artisan and Educator from Neyaashiinigmiing, Ontario. Her multi-media work embraces ancestral designs in the form of bags, adornment and traditional accessories. She designs and creates Traditional Beadwork, Quill work, Leatherwork, Sweetgrass or Birch Bark basket-making, always valuing these Sacred materials. She embraces the traditions of her Ancestors and incorporates traditional teachings in her contemporary work.
Kim Anderson, Chelsea Brant, Brittany Luby, and Cara Wehkamp make up the Council of Indigenous Women from the University of Guelph. Together, they seek to stimulate public discussion of Indigenous issues through their creative collaborations.
Through this work, the Indigenous Curatorial Assistant will engage the myriad historical and contemporary narratives held within Guelph Museums’ three heritage sites and gain valuable work experience in a specific museum environment. They will acquire skills that are broadly transferable across Canada's cultural sector, including but not limited to: collection development and management, digitization practices, multi-tasking and time management, analysis and research, and exhibition development and implementation.
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