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Volunteers & Student Assistants | Advisory Committee

Staff Directory 2010

Sym Corrigan
Administrative Assistant/Communications/Design
Phone: (902) 494-2195
email:

Michele Gallant, Registrar/Preparator
Phone: (902) 494-2889
email:

Peter Dykhuis, Director/Curator
Phone: (902) 494-2891
email: peter.dykhuis@dal.ca

Wes Johnston
Gallery Assistant /Education/Outreach
Phone: (902) 494-2195
email:

Ron Foley Macdonald, contract Film Curator
(messages will be passed on)
Phone: (902) 494-2195
email:

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Volunteers and Student Assistants

We appreciate our volunteers and student assistants very much! They fill a variety of roles within the Gallery, including front desk reception and security duties, assisting with installations, and maintaining notice-boards. For front desk reception duties, we ask a basic commitment of one three-hour shift at a regular time each week. Training is provided.

Student Employment opportunities: We have a limited number of spaces for student employees, funded through the Dalhousie Student Employment program. You must be a registered Dalhousie student to apply. Student employees often begin as volunteers, and then move to employment status when vacancies occur.

If you would like to become a Gallery volunteer or student assistant, please contact us at 494-2403 or by email at art.gallery@dal.ca.

Volunteers and Student Assistants (2012)

• Lucy Dykhuis
• Janine MacGillivray
• Katherine MacGillivray
• Miriam Moren
• Gisela O'Brien
• Robert Olson
• Lauren Phillips
• Alyssa Robichaud
• Allison Smith
• Ray Syvitski

Student Interns
Students from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design are able to apply for an internship at the Dalhousie Art Gallery. Over the course of their internship, students are introduced to general Gallery procedures and museological principles; half-way through the term they choose one area of the Gallery’s activities for a more focused project, such as researching an aspect of the Permanent Collection or organizing an educational program for a specific exhibition. The internship is a credit course and students must be registered with the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in order to apply.

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Advisory Committee

Members of the Gallery’s Advisory Committee are drawn from both the university and the general community. Committee members support the Gallery by

1. acting as a liaison between the Gallery and the community, channelling comments, perceptions and suggestions to the Gallery staff.
2. supporting Gallery events with their presence,
3. arranging and assisting in fund-raisers for Gallery programs, and
4. serving on Gallery committees (such as the Acquisition Committee), where needed.

Advisory Committee Members

• Dr. Ford Doolittle, Professor, Biochemistry (retd.), Dahousie University
• Susan Foshay, Gallery Director (retd.), community representative
• Sylvia Hamilton, Filmmaker/Writer, community representative
• Dr. Marilyn MacKay-Lyons, Professor, Physiotherapy, Dalhousie University
• Donna McInnis, High School teacher, community representative
• Hannah Minzloff, artist, community representative
• Gisela O'Brien, volunteer corps representative
• Frank Schwartz, Consultant, community representative
• Nancy Smithers, businessperson, community representative
• Dr. Robert Summerby-Murray, Dean, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Dalhousie University
• Dr. Shirley Tillotson, Professor, History, Dalhousie University

• Dr. Tom Traves, President & Vice Chancellor, Dalhousie University (ex officio member)
• Dr. Carolyn Watters, Vice-President, Academic and Provost, Dalhousie University (ex officio member)

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No Fear!
The Gallery's Registrar/Preparator
Michele Gallant adjusts the lighting
during the installation
for hungry eyes.

The Gallery's former Director/Curator
Susan Gibson Garvey
welcoming participating artists and
guests at the opening reception of the
49th Student, Staff, Faculty
and Alumni Exhibition.