Lucy Wowk
Biographic Data
| ID | 1617603 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lucy Wowk |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lucy |
| FAMILY NAME | Wowk |
| SIGNATURE | WOWK L |
| AFFILIATIONS | York University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9067-1702 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Using Black Archives to Rethink Toronto’s Public Art
Using Toronto as our case study, this article examines the ways in which the city’s heritage industry may be improved by locating culture not only within the confines of a museum, but by engaging more deliberately with community-engaged artists whose work exists as both formal and informal public art. In Canada, Black people are underrepresented in the field of archives, and in the heritage sector, specifically museums, two institutions that play…
Possibilities of Care within Institutional Constraints
Art school curriculums in institutional settings are often irrelevant to the lived experiences, pathways, and histories of Black students. In this context, in Summer 2021 and 2022, Artspace gallery manager Joshua Vettivelu stewarded a series of projects centring Black students, creating space for open exploration through residencies and research supported by peer mentorship. These projects mobilized a durational approach, pairing small groups of …
Making Community Knowledge Visible
Background: Arts-service organizations (ASOs) are member-directed representative professional bodies, meant to serve the interests of their members as well as their artistic discipline and the public. Despite this broad, mixed role, there is a dearth of academic research about ASOs and the role they play in Canada’s cultural ecosystem. Analysis: Working in partnership with cultural research organization Mass Culture, the Arts-Service Organization…
Strategies for social engagement
Making Community Knowledge Visible
Background: Arts-service organizations (ASOs) are member-directed representative professional bodies, meant to serve the interests of their members as well as their artistic discipline and the public. Despite this broad, mixed role, there is a dearth of academic research about ASOs and the role they play in Canada’s cultural ecosystem. Analysis: Working in partnership with cultural research organization Mass Culture, the Arts-Service Organization…
Strategies for social engagement
Possibilities of Care within Institutional Constraints
Art school curriculums in institutional settings are often irrelevant to the lived experiences, pathways, and histories of Black students. In this context, in Summer 2021 and 2022, Artspace gallery manager Joshua Vettivelu stewarded a series of projects centring Black students, creating space for open exploration through residencies and research supported by peer mentorship. These projects mobilized a durational approach, pairing small groups of …
Using Black Archives to Rethink Toronto’s Public Art
Using Toronto as our case study, this article examines the ways in which the city’s heritage industry may be improved by locating culture not only within the confines of a museum, but by engaging more deliberately with community-engaged artists whose work exists as both formal and informal public art. In Canada, Black people are underrepresented in the field of archives, and in the heritage sector, specifically museums, two institutions that play…
Political science (3 works) · Social science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Business (2 works) · Cultural Industries and Urban Development (2 works) · Marketing (2 works) · Public relations (2 works) · The arts (2 works) · Architecture, Art, Education (1 work) · Art Education and Development (1 work)