lecture: leah sandals

Art and Art History Presents

Leah Sandals

Thursday 21 October 2010

12:30 – 1:30 p.m.

Sheridan B124

1430 Trafalgar Road, Oakville

Leah Sandals is interested in writing about art in a way that is understandable to a broad, general audience. This means aiming for clear, jargon-free text and sometimes attempting to link discussions on art to topics of some currency in the wider world, from massive environmental crises to the routines of an individual’s daily life. That approach is reflected in her Q&As with artists and curators, which she has done regularly for the National Post since 2007. In the past few years, she’s had a particular interest in economic access to the arts in Canada; in September 2009, she presented to the Ontario Legislature’s Standing Committee on Government Agencies regarding substandard access at the Royal Ontario Museum. In June 2010, the committee recommended the ROM develop an improved access plan. Editing art texts for clarity and consistency can be viewed in part as an extension of Sandals’ skills and interests in accessibility and education in the arts.

Sandals has been writing professionally about art since 2001, and has been editing related texts since 2003. Currently, she is an art critic for the National Post and associate online editor for Canadian Art. Other publications include Flash Art, the Art Newspaper, Border Crossings, C Magazine, NOW and the Globe and Mail. She holds a BFA from NSCAD and a BSc from McGill University, and has studied writing and editing at Ryerson University. Occasionally, she blogs at neditpasmoncoeur.blogspot.com and posts at twitter.com/leahsandals.

Image: Dictionary, thesaurus and style guides with partial bookcase by Leah Sandals

About poolman
David Poolman was born in Wallaceburg, Ontario. He is an MFA graduate from the University of Windsor, and a graduate of the Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design. Working in drawing, video, print media, and installation, Poolman has exhibited in art galleries and screened in festivals both nationally and internationally. Poolman currently lives in Toronto and is a professor of Drawing at Sheridan Institute.

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