Episode 3 - Williams Huffman

Art Conversations with Lisa Jayne Irvine

William Huffman is an arts administrator, curator, educator and writer with a history of extensive involvement on both local and international cultural fronts. Currently working between its Toronto and Kinngait (formerly Cape Dorset), Nunavut offices, he leads the national and international operations of the West Baffin Eskimo Cooperative and its not-for-profit arm the Kinngait Arts Foundation. In this capacity, he is a recognized specialist in the issues affecting cultural producers in the Canadian Arctic and has provided expert witness testimony to both the Senate and the House of Commons. In addition to the West Baffin Eskimo Cooperative, Huffman is Curator, Special Projects with Urbanspace Property Group, a developer responsible for the iconic 401 Richmond Street cultural complex located in Toronto’s downtown core. Immediately prior to these positions, Huffman was Executive Director at Inuit Art Foundation and Publisher of Inuit Art Quarterly. Huffman has worked with several other visual arts organizations including Blackwood Gallery, Arts Toronto, The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery, A Space Gallery, Canadian Art Foundation and Art Gallery of Sudbury. He was Associate Director of Toronto Arts Council and Toronto Arts Foundation and Coordinator of the Audience and Market Development Office at Canada Council for the Arts in Ottawa. He is a regular lecturer with University of Toronto. Toronto School of Art, Toronto Public Library System and Visual Arts Mississauga. He has also served as a regular on-air, national arts correspondent with CTV News Channel.

On today’s episode Williams talks about working with the West Baffin Cooperative, his travels to the arctic, 401 Richmond in Toronto and what it’s like to set up office in Venice during the Venice Biennale.

Interested in learning more about the West Baffin Eskimo Co-operative Ltd., then check out their website at westbaffin.com

Want to connect with William, find him on twitter https://twitter.com/whuffman1971 or on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/whuffman1971/

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