Students

Success

Many Carleton students have “graduated” from their CUAG work experience, going on to diverse careers in the cultural sector. Here’s a list of what some of these students are up to now.

Emily Antler

At CUAG: Worked as the collections assistant (2009)
Now: Copyright officer, Publications, National Gallery of Canada

Marielle Aylen

At CUAG: Curated her first exhibition, “Making Faces: Canadian Portraiture Between the Wars” (1996)
Now: Part-time faculty, Department of English and Writing Studies, Western University

Rebecca Basciano

At CUAG: Graduate practicum student and research assistant (2012-13)
Now: Chief Curator, Ottawa Art Gallery

Julie Bevan

At CUAG: Co-curated her first exhibition, “The Art of Activism: Carole Condé and Karl Beveridge” (2003)
Now: Executive Director, Museum London

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

Amy Bruce

At CUAG: Worked as a front desk monitor
Freelance Writer, Art Canada Institute

Jennifer Cartwright

At CUAG: Curated her first exhibition, “Song and Dance in Inuit Art” (1997)
Now: Appraiser, Cartwright Appraisals

Cayllan Cassavia

At CUAG: Curated her first exhibition, “Noriko Shinohara: Cutie and Bullie” (2016)
Now: Project Manager, Public Art, Canadian Heritage

Katie Cholette

At CUAG: Curated her first exhibition, “Gridlocked: Explorations of the Grid by Duncan de Kergommeaux” (1999)
Now: Senior Art Archivist, Library and Archives Canada

Wahsontiio Cross

At CUAG: Curated “Continuum: Abstraction in Contemporary Indigenous Art” (2016)
Now: Associate Curator, Indigenous Art, National Gallery of Canada

Ellen Cunningham

At CUAG: Curated her first exhibition, “A Category in Question: Native Art from the Permanent Collection” (1999)
Now: Curator, University of Alberta Hospital Art Collection

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: Assistant Professor, Critical Museology, Visual Arts of America, 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

Augatnaaq Eccles

At CUAG: Curated her first exhibition, “Seasons of the Sun” (2023)
Now: Teacher, Nunavut Sivuniksavut

Jessica Endress

At CUAG: Guest educator (2022-23)
Now: Director of Learning and Engagement, Two Rivers Gallery, Prince George, BC

Robert Evans

At CUAG: Curated his first exhibition, “Lorraine Gilbert: Portraits from the New Forest” (2001)
Now: Interpretive Planner, Canadian Museum of Human Rights

Nathan Flis

At CUAG: Curated his first exhibition, “The Nature of Beasts in 17th-Century Prints” (2013)
Now: Associate Curator, the Maurice Sendak Foundation

Leanne Gaudet

At CUAG: Co-curated her first exhibition, “Formline Modern: The MacDonald Collection” (2014)
Now: Coordinator, Digitization and Digital Assets, National Gallery of Canada

Manon Gaudet

At CUAG: Worked as a research assistant (2015-2016)
Now: SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow at St. Francis Xavier University

Jennifer Gibson

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

Pauline Goutain

At CUAG: Co-curated “Imaginary Worlds: Scottie Wilson and Art Brut” (2014)
Now: Assistant Director, Musée d’art Roger Quilliot, Clermont-Ferrand, France

Catherine Hale

At CUAG: Curated her second exhibition, “Conversation Pieces: African Textiles from Barbara and Bill McCann’s Collection” (2011)
Now: Senior Digital Project Manager, RBC Global Asset Management

Kyle Huth

At CUAG: Worked as the collections assistant (2012)
Now: Archival Assistant, Library and Archives Canada

Heather Igloliorte

At CUAG: Curated her first exhibition, “Drawn Together: Cape Dorset Graphic Artists” (2005)
Now: Canada Excellence Research Chair in Decolonial and Transformational Indigenous Art Practices, Professor in the Visual Arts Department of the University of Victoria

Robyn Jeffrey

At CUAG: Curated “Mark Up: The Character of Drawing” (1999)
Now: Director, Digital Transformation, Engagement, and Brand, Canadian Museum of History

Olivia Johnston

At CUAG: Worked as a front desk monitor
Now: Part Time Professor, Visual Arts, University of Ottawa

Sonya Jones

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

Andrew Kear

At CUAG: Curated his first exhibition, “Moving Targets: Redrawing the Boundaries of Portraiture” (2004)
Now: Head of Collections, Exhibitions and Programs, Museum London

Kwende Kefentse

At CUAG: Worked as a front desk monitor
Now: Principal, Memetic Media Inc. and Creative Director and General Manager, TIMEKODE

Anna Khimasia

At CUAG: Student representative on the Advisory Board (2005-08)
Now: Instructor, Contemporary Art, University of California, Los Angeles, and Rutgers University; Co-founder, International Arrivals; Collaborator, Fait Maison

Andrea Kunard

At CUAG: Graduate research assistant (1994-95)
Now: Senior Curator, Photographs Collection, National Gallery of Canada

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, Canadian Art, National Gallery of Canada

Claudette Lauzon

At CUAG: Curated her first exhibition, “Motherlines: Works on Paper by Ann Beam” (2003)
Now: Associate Professor and Associate Director, School for the Contemporary Arts, Simon Fraser University

Genevieve Landreville

At CUAG: Worked as a front desk monitor
Now: Program Manager, Canada Council for the Arts

Katie Lydiatt

At CUAG: Graduate research assistant (2019-20)
Now: Gallery manager, SPAO Centre, Ottawa

Emmet Mackay

At CUAG: worked as a senior monitor (2018-2020) and collections assistant (2020-2023)
Communications Associate in University Advancement at McGill University

Zoë MacNeil

At CUAG: Student representative on the Advisory Board (2012-14)
Now: Chief of People and Operations, Ottawa Art Gallery

Evangeline Mann

At CUAG: Graduate research assistant (2021-22)
Now: Public Programming and Education Coordinator, Art Gallery of Algoma

Karla McManus

At CUAG: Co-curated “Black Against White: John J.A. Murphy, Master of the Modern Wood Engraving” (2008)
Now: Assistant Professor, Visual Arts, University of Regina

Nancy McCarthy

At CUAG: Curated her first exhibition, “Myth and History: Prints from the Collection” (1995)
Now: Implementation Officer, Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada

EJ McGillis

At CUAG: Curated her first exhibition, “Sun K. Kwak: Untying Space_CUAG” (2018)
Now: Assistant Curator, Contemporary Art, National Gallery of Canada

Lesley McNaughton

At CUAG: Co-curated “genderhow?” (2017)
Now: UX Designer, Canada Revenue Agency

Wendy Moir

At CUAG: Co-curated “Black Against White: John J.A. Murphy, Master of the Modern Wood Engraving” (2008)
Now: Instructor, Ottawa School of Art; Educator, Ottawa Art Gallery

Alexandra Kahsenni:io Nahwegahbow

At CUAG: Curated “Always Vessels” (2017)
Now: Lecturer, Department of History, Carleton University

Nicole Neufeld

At CUAG: Curated her first exhibition, “Intersections: Photographs of the City” (2007)
Now: Volunteer Coordinator, Musagetes Foundation

Diane Pellicone

At CUAG: Graduate practicum student (2013)
Now: Art and Archives Moves Manager, TD Corporate Collection, Toronto

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: Senior Manager, Registration, Royal Ontario Museum

Amy Rose

At CUAG: Curated two exhibitions, including “Going Public: Two Local Collections”
Now: Senior Manager, Library, Archives and Research Fellowships, National Gallery of Canada

Christine Sadler

At CUAG: Worked as a front desk monitor
Now: Management Consultant, the Museum Box

Laura Schneider

At CUAG: Curated her first exhibition, “Not a Trivial Pursuit: Hunting in Inuit Art” (2008)
Now: Director, Strategic Initiatives at the University of the Fraser Valley’s College of Arts

Elizabeth Stewart

At CUAG: Co-curated “On Location: Human Interventions in the Landscape” (2019)
Now: Exhibition Project Manager, Canadian War Museum and Canadian Museum of History

Danielle Siemens

At CUAG: Graduate student representative on the Advisory Board (2015-16)
Now: Collections Manager and Curatorial Associate, Art Gallery of Alberta

Danuta Sierhuis

At CUAG: Curated her first exhibition, “The 3rd Carleton Community Art Exhibition” (2014)
Now: Digital Development Coordinator, Agnes Etherington Art Centre

Natalie Spagnol

At CUAG: Worked as a front desk monitor
Now: Manager, Administration and Operations, The Image Centre

Eric Weichel

At CUAG: Curated “Women’s Faces, Women’s Places: Life and Gender in Eighteenth Century France, 1666-1822” (2007)
Now: Assistant Professor, Department of Communication Arts at Virginia Commonwealth University