Media Release

For Immediate Release

September 8, 2006

Art Gallery Director Gets Noticed in Major Art Magazine

The writing of Saint Mary's University Art Gallery Director/Curator, Robin Metcalfe, has received favourable notice in the distinguished Canadian art magazine, BorderCrossings.

The current issue includes a rave review by Leah Sandals (on page 130) of the recent book, Image and Inscription: An Anthology of Contemporary Canadian Photography.

Edited by NSCAD University professor, Robert Bean, the anthology features Metcalfe's essay "Light in the Loafers: The Gaynor Photographs of Gaëtan Dugas and the Invention of Patient Zero."

The author presented his essay in a public lecture at Saint Mary's University on 26 January 2006, followed by the official Halifax launch of the publication in the Art Gallery. Image and Inscription is
published in Toronto by Gallery 44 in collaboration with YYZ Books.

Saint Mary's University is known for its community outreach projects, both in Canada and around the world. Saint Mary's, founded in 1802, is home to one of Canada's leading business schools, a Science Faculty widely known for its cutting-edge research, a comprehensive and innovative Arts Faculty and a vibrant Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research.

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For More Information:

Paul Fitzgerald
Public Affairs Officer
Saint Mary's University, Public Affairs
(902) 420.5514
E-mail: paul.fitzgerald@smu.ca
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