The Whyte is pleased to announce the appointment of Christina Cuthbertson as the Director of Curatorial Initiatives. Christina assumed her new role in November 2024, succeeding Anne Ewen, who commenced her time at the museum after 12 years of dedicated service. Christina brings an impressive career in cultural leadership and curatorial expertise. Since 2021, she has served as the Executive Director of the Leighton Art Centre, where she championed a refreshed strategic vision. Her accomplishments include overseeing a re-imagining of the Centre’s permanent museum exhibitions, building relationships with diverse audiences and stakeholders, and facilitating community partnerships. Christina also secured funding for a Truth and Reconciliation Advisor position, ensuring that vital reconciliation work remains central to the Centre’s mission.
"It’s an honour to join the team at The Whyte at this pivotal moment, with renewed attention on our responsibilities toward Truth and Reconciliation," said Christina.
"Throughout my career, I have been driven by a desire to connect art with audiences, grounded in my own experience of being transformed in the presence of art. I look forward to advancing the museum's goals of inclusion and accessibility, creating new approaches to exhibitions and programs that invite all to engage deeply with the diverse stories and histories we preserve and share."
Prior to her role at the Leighton Art Centre, Christina was a curator at the Southern Alberta Art Gallery, where she curated, co-curated, and managed over fifty exhibitions and public art projects.. She has collaborated extensively with curators nationwide, consulted on public art projects, and written extensively on contemporary art, including exhibition texts for Trianon Gallery, Stride, Latitude 53, and OBORO, reviews for Galleries West and MOMUS and, and essays for the artist monographs, Brendan Fernandes: Still Move, and Mary Kavanagh: Daughters of Uranium.
Christina’s contributions to the field of arts and culture extend to her participation in curatorial residencies at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity and the International Studio and Curatorial Program in Brooklyn, New York.
With a strong focus on community engagement, Christina’s curatorial practice goes beyond traditional institutional frameworks. Her projects span exhibitions, interdisciplinary collaborations, performances, workshops, sensory experiences, and artistic interventions.
In her new role at The Whyte, Christina builds on her experience to enhance the museum’s curatorial impact, nurture dynamic community relationships, and explore innovative ways to engage diverse audiences.
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