12 Facts About Marcia Crosby

Marcia Crosby is a Canadian writer, art historian, and educator with Tsimshian-Haida ethnicity.

Marcia Crosby has worked as a researcher, reviewing Aboriginal programs in public institutions.

Marcia Crosby was a guest curator and writer for the Contemporary Art Gallery's exhibition "Nations in Urban Landscape".

In "Nations in Urban Landscape" Marcia Crosby investigates the geo-political discourse between Canadian and First Nations governments over the land issues that have shaped cultural practices in museums and galleries.

Marcia Crosby explains that because of their art practices there was an invocation of upward social mobility which succeeded in integrating the formalist discourse of Northwest coast 'fine art' into both museum and art galleries, which paradoxically eclipsed many these early artists and their histories.

Since 2001, Marcia Crosby has written on contemporary art history topics as diverse as the myth of Bill Reid, the sculptural works of Dina Gomez, an Argentinian artist living and working in Vancouver, and aboriginal performance art, which included two published essays on the multi-media works of Rebecca Belmore.

In July 2013, Marcia Crosby held a "Feedback" talk for the Contemporary Art Gallery in response to Itee Pootoogook's exhibit "Buildings and Lands".

Marcia Crosby makes transparent her experiences at university and the importance of the trials and tribulations she faced.

Marcia Crosby writes about how the interest in aboriginal culture, in turn, created a space for native people to enter the art arena, which has in part provided a forum for many First Nations people to speak to current social and political issues.

In "Construction of the Imaginary Indian" Marcia Crosby writes that Paul Kane's texts and images reflect nineteenth-century philosophical, religious and political views about indigenous peoples.

Marcia Crosby adds, Kane's 'historical documents' have transcended time with a message that is still embraced by some art historians and government officials.

Marcia Crosby introduces Bill Reid as a Haida artist who took part in the so-called renaissance of Northwest Coast Indian art.