About

Carol Podedworny is the Director and Chief Curator of the McMaster Museum of Art, Hamilton (since 2006). Podedworny holds Master degrees in Museum Studies (University of Toronto) and Art History (York University) and a B.A. in Art History (University of Guelph). She has worked in the Canadian arts community since 1982 and is a member in good standing of the Canadian Art Museum Directors’ Organization (CAMDO), the University/College Art Gallery Association of Canada (UCAGAC) and the Ontario Association of Art Galleries (OAAG).

In the past 39 years, Podedworny has worked for a variety of Canadian cultural institutions as both staff and as an independent. She has produced over 75 exhibitions and contributed over 50 essays to journals, books and exhibition catalogues. Podedworny has taught at McMaster University, York University, University of Waterloo, and was Scholar in Residence in the Art History Department at Queen’s University, Kingston. Podedworny’s research interests include curatorial and museological practice, de-centering the traditional museological narrative and, post-contact First Nations art.