Curious about Artist Run Culture? Join us in learning about curatorial practice with Missy Leblanc. AUArts students can attend the event here.

Bio: Missy LeBlanc (Métis, nêhiyaw, and Polish) is a curator, researcher, and writer based on the Prairies where she is currently the Curatorial Resident at TRUCK Contemporary Art in Mohkinstsis/Calgary. In 2019, she was the winner of the Middlebrook Prize for Young Canadian Curators and a runner-up for the Canadian Art Writing Prize. LeBlanc holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Alberta, double majoring in the History of Art, Design, and Visual Culture and Sociology (2015) and a Diploma in Arts & Cultural Management from MacEwan University (2017). LeBlanc is currently working towards obtaining a Master of Arts in Cultural Studies, Curatorial Practices from the University of Winnipeg in Treaty 1 Territory. 
 
Grounded in modalities of relationality and care, LeBlanc’s curatorial and writing practice centers the voices and stories of those that have often been ignored by the historically white, patriarchal, heteronormative, and ableist art world. By providing platforms for people that have been marginalized to share their stories, LeBlanc aims to create spaces and environments that will produce equitable and sustainable change within the arts and cultural sectors 

WEBSITES 

Personal: https://www.missyleblanc.ca/ 

TRUCK Project: https://www.truck.ca/pipon-kona-nepin-pesim