Amy Nugent: The Sculpture Fund

Fellow

March 2018 – August 2019

Photo by Andrew Querner

Amy Nugent is a Vancouver-based cultural worker and resource developer. As the former president of Artspeak’s board, she has been recognized with a 2016 Mayor’s Arts Award from the City of Vancouver. Her own research over the past five years has focused on the history and restitution of sculptors Frances Loring (1887–1968) and Florence Wyle (1881–1968), the current state of Canadian art collections and the limited acquisition funds to support them.

Contributor

Amy Nugent, Fellow

Frances Loring and Florence Wyle, 1914. Photo by Robert Flaherty
Courtesy the Art Gallery of Ontario

From March 2018 to August 2019, Nugent worked as a 221A Fellow. Her project examines the history of Frances Loring and Florence Wyle, who were crucial members of Canada’s early 20th century art history. The contributions of these artists has been unfairly eluded in national art history, and as a way to fulfill the final wishes in their last wills and testaments, Nugent’s research will develop The Sculpture Fund, a resource available to public galleries and museums for the commissioning and acquisition of sculpture by woman and non-binary artists. Public programs and a research collection at Pollyanna 圖書館 Library accompanied Nugent’s research.

Bronze Peacock Clock by Frances Loring, 1914, on loan at Pollyanna 圖書館 Library from July 2018 to June 2019. Collection of the Art Gallery of Ontario,
Photo by Andrew Querner

Contributors

Amy Nugent is a Vancouver-based cultural worker and resource developer. As the former president of Artspeak’s board, she has been recognized with a 2016 Mayor’s Arts Award from the City of Vancouver. Currently, she is running the capital campaign for The Blue Cabin Floating Artist Residency. Her own research over the past five years has focused on the history and restitution of sculptors Frances Loring (1887–1968) and Florence Wyle (1881–1968), the current state of Canadian art collections and the limited acquisition funds to support them and carrying forward Loring and Wyle’s final wishes to establish a national charitable fund for Canadian sculptors.

Acknowledgements

Supported by the Canada Council for the Arts

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