Jan Allen
Jan Allen RCA is a Canadian curator, writer, and visual artist.
Allen's curatorial focus includes contemporary art with a concentration in Canadian art and her research interests include new media art, electronic media art, socially and politically engaged art, the exhibitionary complex, and arts policy.
As Chief Curator and Curator of Contemporary Art, at the Agnes Etherington Art Centre in Kingston, Allen oversaw numerous exhibitions, publications and programs since 1992. She became Acting Director at the Agnes Etherington in 2012 and was appointed Director in 2014. While Director, the Agnes Etherington Art Centre has won several awards, and has nearly doubled its funding from the Canada Council for the Arts.
Allen joined the Board of the Ontario Association of Art Galleries in 2012. She also serves on, and has chaired, the Arts Advisory Committee of the City of Kingston, its Visual Arts Working Group, and the Advocacy Committee of the Kingston Arts Council. Allen has served on the Canada Council for the Arts Standing Peer Advisory Committee on International Exhibitions, and the Advisory Committee of the School of Image Arts, Toronto Metropolitan University in Toronto, Ontario.
Creator Id: 670Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
Country of Birth: Canada
Province of Birth: Ontario
Year of Birth: 1952
City: Kingston
Country: Canada
Type of Creator: Curator, Writer
Gender: Female
Mediums: curation
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