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Vanessa Black Named Seymour Art Gallery's New Curator/Director

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New curator Vanessa Black, (R) pictured with outgoing curator, Sarah Cavanaugh (L)
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By Erin Kirsh

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The 2010 alumna is a multimedia artist who works predominantly in the mediums of painting and sculpture.

Congratulations to alumna Vanessa Black (2010) for her new role as Seymour Art Gallery's Curator/Director! Black graduated from Emily Carr University of Art + Design with a Visual Arts Major. Formerly the Gallery Assistant at Seymour Art Gallery, she maintains an active art practice.

Vanessa Black is an emerging artist living and working in Vancouver, BC. Through experimenting with unlikely painting methods and materials, she invites chance and the unexpected into her work. Her practice oscillates between ideas surrounding the uncanny, collecting, and the body. Her work has been collected and exhibited across Canada since 2006.

Seymour Art Gallery, established 1985, is a non-profit public gallery in the heart of Deep Cove, North Vancouver. We are working to establish and maintain an active and financially sustainable art gallery that will foster excellence and promote interest in the arts. We welcome more than 25,000 visitors yearly to our gallery, Gallery Shop, and special events. Along with a busy exhibition schedule, we present performance events — including music, artist demonstrations, interactive art-making, and events for children. The Seymour Art Gallery establishes a high standard in our balanced program of visual and performing arts. The gallery also plays an educational role, by organizing programs for schools and activities for the general public in conjunction with our exhibitions.