Centre appoints new director of Walter Phillips Gallery

February 21, 2002
Source: The Banff Centre
Original story - link verified on February 21, 2002

Anthony Kiendl, The Banff Centre’s newly appointed director, Visual Arts and director, Walter Phillips Gallery, will move the Centre’s arts programming in a vital new direction. "Media and Visual Arts is keenly anticipating Anthony’s arrival," says Sara Diamond, The Banff Centre’s director of New Media. "He brings to us an impeccable, witty, and dynamic history as a curator and writer. I’m confident that Anthony and our team will bring terrific vitality and vision to our Visual Arts programs, whether in the gallery, the creative residencies, or our curatorial institute."

An artist and writer, Kiendl comes to The Banff Centre from the Dunlop Art Gallery in Regina, where he was acting director/curator. Kiendl studied English at the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks (BA 1991), and Studio Arts at Concordia University in Montreal. He was program coordinator of AKA Artist-Run Centre in Saskatoon from 1995 until September 1997, and since then has been the curator of the Dunlop Art Gallery. Since October he has filled the role of acting director/curator at the Dunlop. Kiendl is co-curator of the Candy Museum in Regina, and is currently conducting research for an exhibition entitled Big Rock Candy Mountain on the cultural meaning of candy.

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