Asma Khanani and Magda Stroinska were appointed to the board of the gallery, which oversees its operations and administration. Board chair Judy Dent welcomed the pair to the board in a statement Monday.
Khanani is a local artist and designer, and was a professor of design and culture at George Brown College. She served as a juror for the gallery’s Visual Elements show last summer, and is now working on a PhD in urban studies at Western University.
“It is an incredibly meaningful time in our city’s history to join the Woodstock Art Gallery’s advisory board. During a time of significant uncertainty, flux and awakening in the world, it is heartening to be a part of the integral strength, community and culture the (gallery) provides its growing population,” said Khanani.
Stroinska chairs the department of linguistics at McMaster University, where she has been a professor since 1988. The gallery notes she has had a lifelong passion for the arts, and has recently worked on photography, crafting and life drawing classes at the Woodstock Art Gallery.
