Erin Sutherland, PhD, MA, BA (hon), BA
Contact
Associate Professor, Faculty of Arts - Art & Design Dept
- elsuther@ualberta.ca
Overview
About
Image Cred: Kîhtwâm by Tiffany Shaw-Collinge. Image by Blaine Campbell
The photo is of an installation piece I curated in February 2018 by Tiffany Shaw-Collinge. It is on view currently at Augustana Library
Research
My research interests include Indigenous contemporary art, Canadian art, performance art, curatorial practice and methodology and museum and curatorial studies. I have a practice-based research program in which I curate exhibitions of Indigenous and non-Indigenous contemporary art. I also work as an independent curator and am a core member of Ociciwan Contemporary Art Collective, based in Edmonton.
Teaching
I love to teach hands-on style courses and currently am working with students to tan hides to make leather in my AUIND 240 course. I teach classes in Art History, Indigenous Studies and Cultural Studies. All of my courses are based in visual culture and allow for students to be creative in the ways that they show their knowledge.
Courses
HADVC 257 - History of Art, Design, and Visual Culture in Canada
This course covers issues related to land, region, war, and cultural institutions in Canada. Key examples of contemporary art will be used to introduce these histories with a particular focus on art from First Nations, Métis, and Inuit visual culture, leading to discussions of political identity, colonization, and settler colonial relations.
HADVC 311 - Issues in the History of Art, Design and Visual Culture
Variable content course which may be repeated if topic(s) vary. Prerequisite: Any 6 units in HADVC 2XX with a minimum grade of B- in each course, or consent of the Department.
HADVC 411 - Special Topics in the History of Art, Design and Visual Culture
Variable content course which may be repeated if topic(s) vary. Prerequisite: Any HADVC 3XX with a minimum grade of B, or consent of the Department.
HADVC 511 - Advanced Special Topics in Art, Design and Visual Culture
Prerequisite: consent of Department. Variable content course which may be repeated if topic(s) vary.