Sara Diamond (college president)
Sara Louise Diamond O.Ont | |
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![]() Sara Diamond speaking at a reception for the calendar project in 2014 | |
Born |
[1] The Bronx[2]:270 | March 9, 1954
Alma mater | Simon Fraser University,[3] University of the Arts, London, University of East London |
Known for | video art[2]:269 |
Awards | Bell Canada Award in Video Art 1995[3][4] |
Sara Louise Diamond, OOnt (b. 9 March 1954) is a Canadian artist and the current president of OCAD University, Canada.[3][5]
Life
Diamond was born in New York City, USA, and emigrated to Toronto, Ontario, Canada, in 1959, in order for her father to become the Executive Director of the Jewish Family and Child Service and for her mother to take a professorship at the University of Toronto.[6] Diamond has an undergraduate Honours BA in Communications and History from Simon Fraser University, and a Master's degree in Digital Media Theory from the University of the Arts, London.
DIamond holds a PhD in Computing, Information Technology and Engineering, from the University of East London, England, with a focus on data visualization.[7] Prior to joining OCAD, Diamond was the founder of the Banff New Media Institute and the Director of Research for the Banff Centre.[8] Diamond taught at Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design, at Capilano College, at the California Institute for the Arts and remains an Adjunct Professor at UCLA.[9]
She is a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts.[10] In 2012 she was made a member of the Order of Ontario.[11]
Art career
Diamond's work as an artist was shown in exhibitions including at the National Gallery of Canada, the Museum of Modern Art, and the Vancouver Art Gallery.[12] During her time as an undergraduate student at Simon Fraser University, Diamond created the Women's Labour History Project, which, beginning in 1978, collected the oral histories of women who were active in the trade union movement, published resources on the women, toured a photo exhibition, and produced videos of the histories.[13] The project is now housed in the Simon Fraser University Archives.[14]
Works
Publications
- Diamond, Sara (2011). Artists & Designers: An Experiment in Data Visualization. 8th ACM conference on Creativity and cognition (C&C ’11). New York, New York: ACM. pp. 195–196. doi:10.1145/2069618.2069651. ISBN 978-1-4503-0820-5.
- Diamond, Sara; Cook, Sarah, eds. (2011). Euphoria & Dystopia: The Banff New Media Dialogues. Banff: Banff Centre Press. ISBN 9780920159712.
- Pearce, Celia; Diamond, Sara; Beam, Mark (2003). "BRIDGES I: Interdisciplinary Collaboration as Practice". Leonardo. MIT Press. 36 (2): 123–128. doi:10.1162/002409403321554189. JSTOR 1577438.
References
- ↑ "Sara Diamond, 1954–". National Gallery of Canada. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
- 1 2 3 Pohl, Frances (March 1996). "Sara Diamond: Video art and activism in Canada". Women's Studies (Interview). 25 (3). Taylor & Francis Group: 269–291. doi:10.1080/00497878.1996.9979111. ISSN 0049-7878.
- 1 2 3 "Detail Display Page". Canadian Who's Who. Grey House Publishing Canada. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
- 1 2 Gale, Peggy. "Sara Diamond". Video Art in Canada. Vtape. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
- ↑ Pinchin, Karen (2014). "Fashion Forward" (PDF). Canadian Fabric. 1: 62. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
- ↑ Jermyn, Diane (13 April 2010). "Ontario art school leader comes full circle". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 11 September 2010.
- ↑ OCAD University, Office of the President, OCAD University. Accessed 13 October 2012.
- ↑ "Sara Diamond". Ontario College of Art and Design. 25 August 2010. Archived from the original on 3 January 2011. Retrieved 11 September 2010.
- ↑ "Sara Diamond". The Banff Centre. Retrieved 11 September 2010.
- ↑ "List of members". Royal Canadian Academy of Arts. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
- ↑ Ontario Ministry of Citizenship, Immigration and International Trade (20 January 2012). "27 Appointees Named To Ontario's Highest Honour" (Press release).
- ↑ Kabatoff, Mathew (2000). "Sara Diamond". Canadian Art (Interview). 17 (3): 46–48. ISSN 0825-3854.
- ↑ Harris, Pamela (1992). Faces of Feminism: Portraits of Women Across Canada. Toronto: Second Story Press. pp. 94–95. ISBN 0929005376.
- ↑ "Women's Labour History Project". VIVO Media Arts Centre. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
- ↑ Gale, Peggy. "Sara Diamond – Video clips". Video Art in Canada. Vtape. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
- ↑ Conley, Christine (Fall 1989). "Hot tramp, I love you so!: Rebel girls: A survey of Canadian Feminist Video Tapes, curated by Susan Ditta, National Gallery of Canada, February 14 - May 21, 1989". Fuse 13 (1+2).
- ↑ Harris, Pamela (1992). Faces of Feminism. Toronto: Second Story Press. pp. 94–95. ISBN 0929005376.
- ↑ Diamond, Sara. "Influences of my Mother". Video Out Distribution. Retrieved 21 January 2016.