Join us to learn more about Marian Scott’s practice and her abstract work Untitled (1970) with OAG’s Chief Curator in Visions and Views: Landscape and Abstraction in the Firestone Collection of Canadian Art (level 2)!
Rebecca Basciano, MA, is the Chief Curator at the Ottawa Art Gallery, where she has been working for the last 10 years. She contextualizes Canadian artistic practices through exhibitions, publishing catalogues, acquiring works for the collection, facilitating touring exhibitions, and networking partnerships. She specializes in Canadian art, and has a demonstrated interest in promoting the work of women artists, while also advocating for consistent representation. She has curated many exhibitions from the Gallery’s Firestone Collection of Canadian Art, including group shows featuring artists such as Yvonne McKague Housser, Kathleen Daly, Anne Savage, Marcelle Ferron, and Ghitta Caiserman.
Image: Marian Scott, Untitled, 1970, oil pastel, acrylic and graphite on paper. Firestone Collection of Canadian Art, Ottawa Art Gallery. Donated to the City of Ottawa by the Ontario Heritage Foundation.
