Prof. Anna Hudson
Fellow
Current Employer
York University
Election Year
2019
Academy
Académie des arts, des lettres et des sciences du Canada
HUDSON, Anna – Department of Visual Art & Art History, York University
Anna Hudson is an art historian / curator specializing in Canadian art, curatorial and Indigenous studies. As a York Research Chair and Principal Investigator of the SSHRC project, Mobilizing Inuit Cultural Heritage, Hudson aims to amplify the practice of cultural values by circumpolar Indigenous artists. Drawing from her doctoral dissertation, Art and Social Progress: the Toronto community of Painters (1933-1950), Hudson continues historical research on humanist aesthetics and cultural activism.
Anna Hudson is an art historian / curator specializing in Canadian art, curatorial and Indigenous studies. As a York Research Chair and Principal Investigator of the SSHRC project, Mobilizing Inuit Cultural Heritage, Hudson aims to amplify the practice of cultural values by circumpolar Indigenous artists. Drawing from her doctoral dissertation, Art and Social Progress: the Toronto community of Painters (1933-1950), Hudson continues historical research on humanist aesthetics and cultural activism.
Anna Hudson est une historienne de l’art et conservatrice qui se spécialise dans l’art canadien, les études relatives à la conservation et aux Autochtones. Titulaire de la chaire de recherche de l’Université York et chercheuse principale du projet du CRSH, Mobilizing Inuit Cultural Heritage, elle aspire à développer la pratique de valeurs culturelles chez les artistes autochtones circumpolaires. S’appuyant sur sa thèse de doctorat, Art and Social Progress: the Toronto community of Painters (1933-1950), elle poursuit ses recherches historiques sur l’esthétique humaniste et le militantisme culturel.