Alicia Boutilier

Curator of Canadian Historical Art / Adjunct Professor Agnes Etherington Art Centre / Queen's University

  • Kingston ON

Alicia's research is focused on Canadian art history, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and histories of Canadian art collecting

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Biography

Alicia Boutilier is Curator of Canadian Historical Art at the Agnes Etherington Art Centre, where she has produced numerous exhibitions on Canadian historical art, northern indigenous art and historical quilts. Before assuming her current position in 2008, she curated Canadian art exhibitions for several galleries across Ontario. Her exhibition publications include A Vital Force: The Canadian Group of Painters (2013); William Brymner: Artist, Teacher, Colleague (2010); Inspirational: The Collection of H.S. Southam (2009); Public Pictures/Private Homes: London's Lending Library of Canadian Art (1942–1975) (2007); An Intimate Circle: The F.B. Housser Memorial Collection(2005); and 4 Women Who Painted in the 1930s and 1940s: Rody Kenny Courtice, Bobs Cogill Haworth, Yvonne McKague Housser, and Isabel McLaughlin (1998). Alicia is currently co-developing an exhibition entitled The Artist Herself: Self-Portraits by Canadian Women Artists 1850–1950 (forthcoming 2015).

Industry Expertise

Fine Art
Arts and Crafts

Areas of Expertise

Canadian Art History
Canadian Art Collection
Historical Quilts

Education

Carleton University

MA

Canadian Art History

1998

Media Appearances

That '70s Kingston art scene

The Kingston Whig-Standard  online

2016-06-02

When Kingstonians think back to the 1970s, two big events likely spring to mind: the city's tercentenary [300th anniversary] in 1973, and the hosting of the summer Olympics' sailing competition in 1976.

What also happened in Kingston at that time was the emergence of a new art scene in the city, as contemporary art was installed in public places, art programs were established at St. Lawrence College and Queen's University, and an artist-run art gallery took root.

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Reproducing a public art project from Canada’s darker days

The Globe and Mail  print

2015-01-30

It was a public art project worthy of the name: Between 1942 and 1963, from the darkest days of the Second World War to the heat of the Cold War, the distinguished Toronto graphic-arts company Sampson-Matthews Ltd. produced tens of thousands of prints of archetypal Canadian scenes for installation in barracks, banks, embassies and mess halls, schools, libraries and government offices. Commissioned by the National Gallery of Canada, a total of 117 silkscreen images of works from more than 50 artists, including A.J. Casson, A.Y. Jackson, Emily Carr and Arthur Lismer, formed the basis of the patriotic enterprise.

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Regina Haggo: In her own image

The Hamilton Spectator  online

2016-07-10

Women artists present themselves in their work. The senior curator of Canadian art at the Art Gallery of Hamilton has created many exhibitions. But The Artist Herself: Self-Portraits by Canadian Historical Women Artists is special.

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