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.