New Director for Grenfell Art Gallery

We are delighted to announce that Jane Walker has been appointed as Director of the Grenfell Art Gallery.

Jane has extensive history of working in the arts in Newfoundland and Labrador. She comes to Memorial University from Quidi Vidi Village Artisan Studios, St. John’s NL, where she has been Interim Manager since March, previously working as the Community Programs Coordinator from 2023. She has also been working closely with the team at Business and Arts NL on public art initiatives in St. John’s, since 2021, including working with NL Health Services to create a public art plan and curate the collection at the New Adult Mental Health and Addictions Facility in St. John’s, set to open in Fall 2024. 

Jane was the Executive Director of Union House Arts, Port Union, from 2019-2022 and prior to that was core to the planning and implementation of Union House Arts, from 2016. She has expertise in arts publishing having worked with Riddle Fence Journal of Arts & Culture and written critical art texts for Canadian Art, Visual Arts News, Art North Magazine, amongst other publications – and in 2021 she was awarded the VANL-CARFAC Critical Eye Award for Art Writing.

Jane is an alumna of Memorial University, having attained BFA in Visual Art (2015), and subsequently she went on to study the Masters of Research in Creative Practice from The Glasgow School of Art (2017). She is currently working towards a Professional Specialization Certificate in Collections Management through the University of Victoria. 

Dr. Peter Ride, Dean, School of Fine Arts says “It is a pleasure to welcome Jane back to Grenfell. She brings extensive expertise as an arts professional and a deep commitment to the cultural life of Newfoundland and Labrador. I am confident that with Jane in the key role, of Director, the Grenfell Art Gallery will continue to thrive and make an even greater contribution to the arts in the province and nationally.”