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Alla Myzelev
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Art History
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amyzelev@uoguelph.ca
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Education
- 2006Ph.D, Queen's University in Kingston, Kingston, Ontario.
Dissertation
Crafting Collections: Collecting and Revitalizing Peasant Handicraft in Victorian England and Imperial Russia 1895-1918.
Advisor: Dr. Janice Helland - 1999M.A. York University, Toronto, Ontario
- 1999 Teaching Certificate Judaic Studies and Pedagogy, Jewish Board of Education, Toronto, Ontario
- 1995B.A. Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel (Honors). Double Major: History of Art and French Studies
- 1995B.Ed. Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
Areas of Scholarly Interest and Research
- Canadian and North American Architectural and Design History
- Modern Art and Visual Culture in English speaking world
- Nationalism and identity formation through craft revival in North America and Europe
- Museums and formation of the national identity through collecting
- Contemporary and historical display of material and visual culture
- Contemporary Canadian Art in the international context
- Post-colonial theory and its application to contemporary and early 20th century Avant-Garde art
Professional Experience
- 2006-2008Instructor, OCAD
- 2008Instructor, U of Waterloo
- 2007-08Consultant, National Exhibition Looking for Anne: Tracing Visual Culture and L.M. Montgomery's Creative Imagination, Ryerson University
- 2007-08Instructor, UWO
- 2007Instructor, (Modern Architecture), University of Guelph
- 2006Instructor, University of Toronto at Scarborough
- 2005Instructor, Queen's University at Kingston
- 2004-06Acting Curator, Casa Loma, Toronto
- 2004-06Head of Programs, Jewish Discovery Place Children's Museum, Toronto
- 2003-04Instructor, State University of Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine
- 2000-03Teaching Assistant, Queen's University at Kingston, Kingston, Ontario
- 2001-03Curator, Cultural Services, City of Vaughan, Vaughan, Ontario
- 2002Researcher, Ontario Museum Association, Toronto
- 2000Program Developer, The Bata Shoe Museum, Toronto
- 1997-99Teaching Assistant, York University, Toronto
- 1997-99Research Assistant, York University, Toronto
- 1992-95Researcher, International Centre for Studies of Jewish Art, Hebrew University, Jerusalem
Courses Taught
- VISC 2 B07History of Modern Art, OCAD
- VISC 3 B41Cross Cultural Perspectives in Craft, OCAD
- FINE 290Perspectives in 20th century Art, U of Waterloo
- FINE 112History of Modern Art, University of Waterloo
- VISC 2 B25Canadian Art in the Modern Era, OCAD
- VAH 385Introduction to Museum Studies, University of Western Ontario
- VISC 2 B07History of Modern Art, OCAD
- ARTH 2280Modern Architecture, University of Guelph
- VPHB58H3Modern Art and Culture, University of Toronto at Scarborough
- ARTH 339Canadian Art of the 20th Century, Queen's University in Kingston
History of Design 1800-1950, State University of Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine
Supervisory Roles
Graduate
- 2007-09Andres Villar, PhD student (Comprehensive Examination Committee Member)
- 2007-08Jennifer Ann Wanner, MFA Student (MFA Academic Advisor/Committee Member)
Undergraduate
- (W)2008 Jennifer Aberdein, Graduating Thesis Residential
Architecture in Kitchener/Waterloo Area. - (W) 2008 Amy Lyons, Graduating, Thesis, The Armoury Show and the American Avant-Garde Arts.
- (W)2008 Leslie-Ann Purdy, Thesis, Theoretical Study of the Body
In the Eighteenth Century Painting. - (W)2008 Lindsay Scott, Independent Study, Historical
Portraiture and its Functions. - (W)2008 Kristina Rogers, Independent Study, Early Historical
Collections in Britain - (W)2008 Sarah Hackbart, Independent Study, Architectural
Motives in the Paintings of Leonardo Da Vinci - (W)2008 Ruth Van Gurp, Independent Study, The Provenance
Auction Project - (W)2008 Elysse Rogers, Independent Study, The Provenance Auction Project
- (W)2008 Rachael Shaeter, Independent Study, The Provenance Auction Project
- (W)2008 Cristina Gatchine, Independent Study, The Provenance Auction Project
Fellowships and Awards
- 2008 SSHRC Post-Doctoral Travel Grant
- 2007-2009 SSHRC Post-Doctoral Fellowship
- 2007 Paul Mellon Post-Doctoral Fellowship
- 2006 Mellon Foundation Research Grant
- 2003-05 SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship
- 2002 Bader Fellowship
- 2002 McLaughlin Fellowship
- 2001 McLaughlin Fellowship
- 1994 Kaner Award
- 1993 Kaner Award
Publications
Books
- Material Culture in Britain, 1750-1920: The Visual Meanings and Pleasures of Collecting. Editors Alla Myzelev and John Potvin, Contracted by Ashgate Press, ISBN: 0 7546 6144 X, forthcoming 2009.
- Alla Myzelev, From Vernacular to Deco, From Rustic to Polished: Architectural and Interior Design in Canada 1910-1937, currently under consideration by a number of Canadian publishing houses.
- Fashion and Furniture: Tracing the Textures of Identity, Collection of Essays co-edited by Alla Myzelev and John Potvin, currently under review by a number of publishers.
Articles (refereed)
- Knitting and Sex?: Knitting and Feminism in the 21st century Textile: The Journal of Cloth and Culture, under review
- Craft Revival in Haslemere: She, who Weaves, Women History Review, forthcoming 2008.
- Petrushka: Nostalgia as a National Symbol, Toronto Slavic Quarterly, under review.
- Handcrafting Revolution: Ukrainian Avant-Garde Embroideries and the meanings of history, Journal of Modern Craft, forthcoming 2008
- Maria Tenisheva: Impressions of My Life Introduction and Translation, Journal of Modern Craft, October 2008
- The Uncanny Memories of Architecture: Architectural Installations of Rebecca Horn and Rachel Whiteread, Athanor, XIX (May 2001): 59-65.
- Arts and Crafts Movement in Toronto, Working Papers from The McGill Institute for the Study of Canada Fifth Annual Conference, Montreal, McGill University, 1999.
Book Chapters (Refereed)
- Representation of Islamic Art in Israeli Museums: The Politics of Collecting in Modern Art and the Idea of the Mediterranean. Ed. Vojtech Jirat-Wasiutynski, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2007, pp. 206-226.
- From Craft to Avant-Garde: Ukrainian Craft Revival and the Search for Abstraction, in NeoCraft: Modernity and the Crafts, ed. Sandra Alfoldy, Press of the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, 2007, pp. 191-212.
- Collecting Peasant Europe: Peasant Utilitarian Objects as Museum Artifacts, in Collecting Subjects: The Visual Meaning and Pleasures of Material Culture. Editors Alla Myzelev and John Potvin, Contracted by Ashgate Press, ISBN: 0 7546 6144 X, forthcoming 2009.
Catalogues
- Two catalogue entries. Architectural Drawings of John Schreiber. Eds. Pierre de la Ruffinire du Prey and Milijana Mladjan, Kingston, 2001
Book Reviews
- Olga Gershenson Gesher: Russian Theatre in Israel A Study of Cultural Colonization, Ab Imperio, vol. 4, forthcoming 2008.
- Sarah Mucha, ed. Alphonse Mucha, Slavic and East European Studies Journal, 51.1 (Fall 2007).
- Religion and Nation in Modern Ukraine, ed. Serhii Plokhy and Frank E. Sysyn. Slavic and East European Studies Journal, 51.1 (Spring 2007).
- Jewish Life in Lithuania: Exhibition Catalogue. Eds. R. Puisyte, D. Staliunas. Ab Imperio, vol. 4 (January 2003): 667-674
- Marketing & Public Relations: Handbook for Museums, Galleries and Heritage Attractions, Currently, Ontario Museums Association, October 2000: 3
Encyclopedias
- Photography in Eastern Europe, Encyclopedia of Twentieth-Century Photography, Ed. Lynne Warren, Routledge, 2005.
New Research
- Article Ochi Chiornye: Byzantine Influences and Russian Culture in London, 1915-1931, The Art Bulletin, under review
Curated Exhibitions
- 2008 National Exhibition Looking for Anne: Tracing Visual Culture and L.M. Montgomery's Creative Imagination, Toronto, Vancouver, New Cavendish, Ottawa.
- 2007-8 Baraka: Collecting of Voyage, Discovery, and Home, Museum London, London, Ontario
- 2007 From Home Ec to High Tech: 60 Years of Fashion Education at Ryerson, Design Exchange, Toronto, Ontario
- Curatorial consultations to Dr. Alison Mattews-David
- 2005 Who Owns Our History? Exhibition of Historical and Contemporary Ukrainian Art, Kiev, Ukraine
- 2003 Vaughan Cultural Interpretive Centre, Permanent Exhibit, Vaughan, Ontario
- 2003 The Time of Knights and Princesses, Casa Loma, Toronto
- 2002 The Dawn of Fashion Freedom, Casa Loma, Toronto
- 2001You and Me Around the World, Jewish Discovery Children's Museum, Toronto
- 1999 The Artful Shoe, The Bata Shoe Museum, Toronto
Conferences/Presentations/Papers
- 2009CAA, Los Angeles, CA. Chair of the panel: Furniture and Fashion: Interactions and Identities.
- 2008Networks of Design, Conference of Design History Society, Falmouth, UK, Paper: Whip Your Hobby into Shape: Knitting, Feminism, and Sexual Liberation.
- 2007NeoCraft, Halifax, NS. Paper: The Future of Tradition: Russian and Ukrainian Avant Garde and Craft 1906-1917.
- University Art Association Conference, Waterloo, On. Paper: Crafting Women: Narrating the Lives and Works of Maria Tenisheva and Natalia Davydova.
- 2006Victorian Interdisciplinary Studies Association of the Western United States Annual Conference, Malibu, CA., Paper: Victorian Collecting: Peasant Handicrafts as Museum Artefacts.
- Rural Women Studies Association Triennial Conference, Lancaster, PA, Paper: From Peasant Craft to Art, from Tradition to Avant-Garde: Early Twentieth Century Ukrainian Handicrafts and the Avant-Garde Movement.
- New York State Association of European Historians, Oneonta, NY, Paper: Women Collectors of the Arts and Crafts in Ukraine.
- Congress for the Humanities and Social Sciences, Toronto, Paper: Collecting the Everyday: Peasant Utilitarian Objects as Museum Artifacts.
- 2005Women History Network, Southampton, United Kingdom, Paper: From Craft to Avant Garde: Ukrainian Peasant Art Revival and Russian Avant-Garde 1890-1919.
- 2003International Conference on Scenography, Prague, Czech Republic, Paper: East Meets West: Representations of Russian Identity.
- 6th Annual International Congress of the Mediterranean Studies Association, Budapest, Hungary, Paper: Mediterranean Other: Representations of Islamic Art in the Museums of the Mediterranean Region .
- 2002Pacific-Western CCHA Conference, San Francisco, California, Paper: St. Petersburg: City and Utopia.
- Conference: Modern Art and the Mediterranean Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Paper: Representing the Other: Representation of Islamic Art in Jerusalem.
- 2001University Art Association Conference, Montreal, Quebec, Panel Co-organizer and Presenter, Paper: West meets East: Representation of Russianness in the Set Designs and Costumes of Ballets Russes.
- Continuing Education, University of Toronto, Presentation: A Walk through Wychwood Park.
- 2000Graduate Student Symposium, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, Paper: The Uncanny Memories of Architecture: Architectural Installations by Rebecca Horn and Rachel Whiteread.
- 1999Conference, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Paper: Arts and Crafts Movement in Toronto.
- University Art Association Conference, Toronto, Paper: A Haunted Place: Architectural Installations by Rachel Whiteread.
- 1998University Art Association Conference, London, Ontario, Paper: Arts and Crafts Movement in Toronto: Toronto Suburb Wychwood Park.
Guest Lectures
- 2006Later Life Learning, Kingston, Ontario, Canadian Art Today
- 2005State Applied and Folk Art Museum, Kiev, Ukraine, Craft of Empire: Arts and Crafts Movement in Russia and Britain
- 2004Kiev University, Kiev Ukraine, British Peasant Art Revival
- 2001Queens University, Kingston, Early Twentieth Century Toronto Architecture and Interior Design
- 1997Bernard Betel Centre, Toronto, Fin-de-Sicle in Vienna
- 1995Centre for Expatriates of the former USSR, Jerusalem, Jewish Art of the Early Modern Period
Professional Affiliations
- College Art Association
- University Art Association of Canada
- Ontario Museum Association
- Mediterranean Studies Association
- Canadian Museum Association
- American Association of Teachers of Slavic and Eastern European Languages
Languages
- English, French, Russian, Hebrew, Ukrainian