Welcome to CIMAM to Paola Poletto!
"While working in one of Canada's largest contemporary museums, where I was responsible for the museum's live engagement and learning programs, the idea of a “transformational museum experience”-- its origins and futures -- became particularly important to me."
Paola Poletto, Independent Curator/Director, Toronto, Canada.
"My goal is to contribute knowledge to this area of research and labour by offering a range of unique perspectives from artists commissioned by museums, museum staff persons who are also practicing artists, and museum volunteers who are artists, to gain their views about transformational museum experiences."
About Paola
Paola holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from York University, Canada; a Master of Fine Art from Western University, Canada: Deusto University, Spain and New York University's concurrently conferred International Leadership Program in Visual Arts Management; and is currently a doctoral candidate at Toronto Metropolitan University's Creative School in Media and Design Innovation.
She was Director of Engagement & Learning at Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto employed from 2013 - 2025; and Senior Director of Exhibition and Public Programs at Design Exchange, Toronto, Canada's design museum, employed from 2000-2008. She has also enjoyed curatorial roles with the Italian Cultural Institute/Foreign Affairs Italy (1993-98); and with the Culture Office of the City of Mississauga, Canada (2008-13). She's curated and produced several site specific exhibition as an independent over her 25+ year career.
About CIMAM
CIMAM – International Committee for Museums and Collections of Modern Art – is an Affiliated Organization of ICOM.* Founded in 1962, CIMAM’s vision is a world where the contribution of museums, collections, and archives of modern and contemporary art to the cultural, social, and economic well-being of society is recognized and respected.
Join today, and take part in our network with almost 900 contemporary art museum professionals from over 80 countries.
Thank you, Paola Poletto, for becoming a member of CIMAM!