Sharilyn J. Ingram came to Brock University in 2004 as Director of the Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts, a position she held until June 2009. She arrived in academia from a career in cultural management, including such positions...More
Sharilyn J. Ingram came to Brock University in 2004 as Director of the Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts, a position she held until June 2009. She arrived in academia from a career in cultural management, including such positions as President and CEO of Royal Botanical Gardens (Canada), Deputy Director of the Art Gallery of Ontario, Executive Director of Saskatchewan Western Development Museums, and Director of Policy, Planning and Management Services at the National Museums of Canada. She has presented her work at museological, horticultural and arts management conferences in North America, Australia, Ireland, and the UK. Until 2017 she taught arts management and cultural policy for Brock University's Centre for Studies in Arts and Culture, and her research interests include arts leadership, the intersections of gardens and art, museums and social justice, and arts policy. She holds an M.A. in History from the University of Alberta and has been named a Fellow of the Canadian Museums Association, its highest professional honour. In 2016 she was appointed Chair of the Canadian Cultural Property Export Review Board, an Order-in-Council appointment by the Government of Canada.
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The Arts in Society
