Art Gallery of Mississauga Appoints Mandy Salter as new AGM Director | Curator

MISSISSAUGA, Ontario - April 30, 2015 - PRLog -- NEWS

April 30, 2015

(Mississauga) — After a highly competitive national search and evaluation of a distinguished range of candidates, the Board of Directors of the Art Gallery of Mississauga (AGM) is pleased to announce the appointment of Mandy Salter MA, ISA, as the new Director | Curator.

With twenty years of success in museums, academia, and the private sector, including experience as a chief curator, collections manager, project manager, and private consultant, Salter brings a new level of expertise to the AGM.

Salter graduated Magna Cum Laude with an M.A. in art history and classical civilizations from the University of Miami (Florida) in 1996, after having received a Recruitment Scholarship (1994-1996) and the Bass Museum Teaching Bursary (1994-1996). Her B.A. Honours in studio and art history is from the University of Windsor in 1994. In July of 2001, she received her Certificate in Fine Art Appraisals from the International Society of Appraisers with a concentration on projects related to museum collections and appraising cultural property.

Salter has curated numerous exhibitions of modern and contemporary art nationally and internationally, and has published and lectured broadly. Her recent curatorial work includes  Annie MacDonell: The Abyss and the Horizon; Seasons of Mist and Mellow, Fruitfulness: Group of Seven Works from the Collection; Friedl vom Gröller (Kubelka): Year Portraits; and Approaching Abstraction:Marian Scott, Fritz Brandtner, Bertram Brooker and Lawren Harris. Her most recent co-publications were,David Merritt: shim, sham, shimmy with the Art Gallery of Hamilton and the McLaren Art Centre, andThe Films and Videos of Jamelie Hassan co-published with Platform: Centre for Photographic and Digital Arts and the AGW.

Salter's experience includes strategic and curatorial work for the city of Windsor regarding their public art collection and cultural heritage holdings and with the Art Gallery of Windsor where she was recently the Chief Curator and Collections Manager. Previously, Salter was the Manager of Exhibitions at the Ydessa Hendeles Art Foundation, Toronto and the Gallery Director at George Adams Gallery, NYC, where she was an agent for the first Art Miami/Art Basel (2002).  Prior to her work in museums and galleries, Salter was on the faculty at Nova Southeastern University and The University of the West Indies and was an Educator/Programmer with the Art Gallery of Ontario's Anne Tannenbaum Gallery School.

A certified appraiser with the International Society of Appraisers, Salter founded and directs her own boutique consulting agency. She provides public and private clients with collection management consultation services and has appraised and directed the restoration and conservation efforts for extensive collections of Canadian Cultural Property. Her client list includes the City of Windsor, Ontario; The Art Gallery of Windsor; The Detroit Institute for the Arts; The City of West Kelowna, B.C.; The Canadian Border Services Agency; Hiram Walkers Pernod and The Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment Group.

Salter will relocate to the GTA area from Tecumseh and will begin her new role in early June. She is the first female director in the twenty-seven year history of the AGM.

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“Mandy’s curatorial and scholarly achievements, combined with her collaborative spirit and skills in management, administration, and community relations make her ideally suited to strengthen our organization, and engage and motivate our community. Mandy brings knowledge of the nuances in working with an edge-city gallery. Her arrival comes at a pivotal time in the AGM’s history, as we further our ambitions for an expanded facility, develop our permanent collection, and continue to foster our mandate to bring art to the community and community to the art.” —   Robert Tattersall, Board Chair, Art Gallery of Mississauga

"“It is a tremendous honour to join the AGM at this moment in its distinguished history, The gallery's impressive history of exhibitions, collections and outreach initiatives drew me to the city. I am looking forward to engaging with this community and the opportunity to work with the gallery's dedicated core of volunteers, staff, board members and stakeholders, along with the joys and challenges this position will bring. The AGM is a gem and important contributor to the national visual arts community in that reflects the vibrant and inclusive nature of both Mississauga and our country.” —   Mandy Salter, Director | Curator, Art Gallery of Mississauga

ABOUT THE ART GALLERY OF MISSISSAUGA

The Art Gallery of Mississauga (AGM) is a public, not-for-profit art gallery located in the Mississauga Civic Centre right on Celebration Square across from Square One Mall. The AGM is proud to admit people free of charge, serve communities, and provide positive visual art experiences for all visitors.

Engage. Think. Inspire. This phrase opens the dialogue at the AGM.  The Gallery connects with the people of Mississauga through the collection and presentation of relevant works from a range of periods and movements in Canadian art. Expressing multiple ideas and concepts, this visual art translates into meaningful cultural and social experiences for all audiences. The AGM employs innovative education, artist projects and other forms of dialogue to advance critical enquiry and community connection to the visual arts. The mandate of the Gallery is to “bring art to the community and the community to art.”