Long Citation
Ruth Phillips is a leading figure in the study of the First Nations arts of Canada and one of the main architects of the change that has taken place in the Canadian reception of those arts during the last thirty years. Through her work as a curator and museum director as well as her art-historical scholarship, she has uncovered and analyzed Aboriginal works that lay hidden in museum storerooms in North America, Europe and Russia and introduced new collaborative models in which academic and community-based Aboriginal knowledge is combined to dismantle stereotypes and improve the accuracy of public representations.

Short Citation
Ruth Phillips is a leader in the study of the First Nations arts of Canada and one of the main architects of the change that has taken place in the Canadian reception of those arts during the last thirty years. Through her work she has introduced new collaborative models in which academic and community-based Aboriginal knowledge is combined to dismantle stereotypes and improve the accuracy of public representations.