Laurie Dalton

Director/Curator of the Acadia University Art Gallery, Wolfville NS Canada

Adjunct Art Historian in the Department of History & Classics

Her curatorial work emphasizes the role of university galleries as part of the critical academic space of a university, bringing in exhibitions of both contemporary and historical work that promote visual literacy. Her research interests lie in Canadian visual culture, heritage and exhibition history, in particular how meaning is a process of display, didactics and audience exchange.

Publications

• ‘Art Galleries, Academia, and Women in Fur Masks: A Case Study of Using Visual Art 
to Promote Engaged Classroom Learning’ co-author with Dr. Rachel Brickner. Spring 2012, Atlantis: Women’s Studies Journal.

• ‘Edinburgh 1886’, in John E. Findling & Kimberly D. Pelle eds.Encyclopedia of World’s Fairs and Expositions, London: McFarland & Company, 2008.

• ‘Guatemala City 1897’ in John E. Findling & Kimberly D. Pelle eds.Encyclopedia of World’s Fairs and Expositions, London: McFarland & Company, 2008.

Jacqui Gingras PhD, RD

Associate Professor, School of Nutrition
Ryerson University, Toronto ON Canada

Art Form:
Narrative/storytelling

Why did you choose that art form?
It is conducive to sharing findings since "a story’s drivers are complexity, uncertainty, and revision” (Aphramor & Gingras, 2009, p. 103).

What inspires your work? 
People's lives and the courage people have to share of their lives.

Why did you choose to present your research findings using an art form? 
I wanted the work to evoke emotions about the subject under scrutiny.

What have you observed about the reception of your work?
People have shared that they were moved by the stories of research participants; that their stories resonate with readers.

Book cover of "Longing for Recognition"

What has being involved in arts-based research taught you?
It has taught me that there are many forms that we can use to share our research findings. Research can be evocative and can be part of a transformational experience vis-a-vis dissemination.

What is your hope for the ABRN?
To connect people who are critical scholars with a penchant for creative inquiry.

Reference:
Aphramor, L., & Gingras, J. R. (2009). That remains to be said: Disappeared feminist discourses on fat in dietetic theory and practice. In E. D. Rothblum & S. Solovay (Eds.), Fat studies reader (pp. 97-105). New York: New York University Press.