Diversity in the boardroom
Industry panel asks are museums in crisis? By Stephen Weir : The winds of change are about to begin blowing through the boardrooms of public art galleries and museums in Ontario. On Thursday a panel of art experts will be meeting online at the Ontario Museum Association’s (OMA) annual meeting to talk the talk about the lack of diversity at the top! The industry wide discussion is self-titled “ Are Museums in Crisis ” inspired by a number of recent articles in both the Canadian Art Magazine and the Toronto Globe and Mail. These well-respected publications have published articles that report that the vast majority of people running public art galleries and museums are white while employees and cultural consumers alike want change! A panel discussion about having more exhibition and shows by non-white artists? No, right now the issue is diversity in terms of who is running our public cultural organizations - curators, executives and boards members. The keynote OMA four-person