Review Board Members -- Canadian Cultural Property Export Review Board

December 2011

Marcel Brisebois holds a license in Theology from the Université de Montréal as well as a Doctorate in Philosophy from La Sorbonne in Paris. He is a specialist in change and strategic management in cultural institutions. From 1985 to 2004, Mr. Brisebois was Director General of the Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal (MACM); in 1996 and 2003, he was responsible for the Canada Pavilion at the Venice Biennale. As a guest speaker on numerous occasions in Canada, France, the USA, and South America as well as a television and radio host with CBC/ Radio-Canada for 29 years, he has explored a wide range of topics, including culture, civilization, education, art, museology, music, governance and administration. Mr. Brisebois has served on several Boards, including the Canadian Cultural Property Export Review Board from 1993 to 2003 and has received many awards and honours, including the Legion of Honour (1989), the Order of Canada (1990), the Order of Pléiade (1995), the Order of Québec (2003), Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Literature of France (2006), and the Distinguished Service Award, Canadian Museums Association (2007).
Flavio Belli, Toronto, Ontario: Flavio Belli possesses a wide range of experience in the arts community. From 1990 to 2005, he was Director and Curator of the Joseph D. Carrier Art Gallery in Toronto. From 1999 to 2004, he served as an on-camera arts commentator, researcher and segment producer on Toronto Living, for Rogers Television (Toronto). From 1990 to 2000, he was the associate producer of On the Line with Patrick Conlon for CBC Newsworld. He has owned several art galleries, including Cinema Lumiere (1975 to 1977), Flavio Belli (1978 to 1982), and Circa (1999 to 2001). He is currently Chair of the Board of Directors of the Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition. A visual artist in his own right, his works have been shown in more than 50 solo and group exhibitions since 1974. His artworks form part of public and private collections.
Stephen Bulger, Toronto, Ontario: Stephen Bulger is the owner of Stephen Bulger Gallery in Toronto, which opened in 1994. He has curated over 130 exhibitions, has been the representative for numerous Canadian and international photographers, has published catalogues and books, and has participated in many North American and European art fairs. The gallery is a member of the Art Dealers Association of Canada, and specializes in photography, a medium he has been involved in since his youth. Mr. Bulger is currently President of the Association of International Photography Art Dealers in Washington, DC. He also serves on the Advisory Board of the Ryerson Photography Gallery and Research Centre. He is a co-founder of CONTACT, Toronto's photography festival which celebrates its fourteenth annual event in May 2010.
Rudy Buttignol, Vancouver, British Columbia: Rudy Buttignol is President and CEO of Knowledge Network Corporation, British Columbia's public educational broadcaster, as well as President of BBC Kids, a national subscription channel launched as a joint venture with BBC Worldwide Canada. Mr. Buttignol has held positions with many boards and professional organizations, including Chair of the International Advisory Council of the Hot Docs Forum and Director on the Board of the Vancouver International Film Festival. Mr. Buttignol is a graduate of the Faculty of Fine Arts at Toronto's York University and has completed executive education programs at The Banff Centre, the Stanford Graduate School of Business, and Harvard Business School. He is the recipient of several international honours, including the inaugural Doc Mogul Awards from the Hot Docs International festival and nine Gemini Awards.
Madeleine Forcier, Montreal, Quebec: Since 1976, Madeleine Forcier has been associated with Atelier Graff, a visual arts organization dedicated to contemporary printmaking processes and the training, exhibition and promotion of contemporary art. She co-founded Galerie Graff in 1980 and has been its Director since that year. Ms. Forcier has also curated several exhibits, most notably "IMPRIMATUR", "Objet VS Objet", the retrospective "Pierre Ayot hors-cadre (s)" and "Graff: 40 ans et pas de poussière".Ms. Forcier holds degrees in Visual Arts (BFA) and Art History (MA) from the Université du Québec à Montréal and was the recipient of the Prix Reconnaissance UQAM 2007, Faculty of Arts, awarded by the same academic institution. She has 25 years experience as an arts appraiser.
William Forrestall, Fredericton, New Brunswick: Mr. Forrestall has pursued an active artistic career with over 100 solo and group exhibitions across Canada and internationally with his works represented in public and private collections. He teaches in the Fine Arts Department at St. Thomas University in New Brunswick and is Director of the Yellow Box Gallery at St. Thomas University. He has given lectures and taught art workshops across Canada and has served on many Provincial arts and crafts grants juries. Mr. Forrestall is the recipient of numerous research and creation awards, grants and fellowships, including the 1994 Brucebo European Travel Fellowship, Scandinavian-Canadian Foundation of McGill University. Mr. Forrestall is involved in his community and has been associated with a number of committees and professional organizations, including the Maritimes Board of Directors of CARFAC (Canadian Artists' Representation) and the Gallery Connexion Board of Directors. His work was featured in a 25-year retrospective exhibition accompanied by a publication organized by the New Brunswick Museum in 2009. Mr. Forrestall holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Mount Allison University.

Katharine Lochnan, Toronto, Ontario: Dr. Lochnan is an art historian and graduate of the Courtauld Institute, University of London, and currently the Deputy Director of Research and The R. Fraser Elliott Curator of Prints and Drawings, at the Art Gallery of Ontario. She is also a Senior Associate Fellow and a member of Massey College (2008-18). Author and lecturer in her field, she has written and edited a number of major publications on European, Canadian and American artists including James McNeill Whistler, William Morris, Holman Hunt and David Milne. Dr. Lochnan conceived and organized the exhibition "Turner, Whistler, Monet" which went to Tate Britain and the Grand Palais in Paris (2004-5). She is curator of the exhibition "Black Ice: David Blackwood's Prints of Newfoundland" and co-curator of an exhibition conceived by Guy Cogeval, Director of the Musée d'Orsay, on 19th century art and theatre and art, both to open in 2010.
Theresa Rowat, Montreal, Quebec: Theresa Rowat has been Director and University Archivist at McGill University since 2007. Working over 30 years in heritage and culture, she brings specialized expertise in archival collections with a focus on visual and media holdings. She has held positions with the National Archives (now Library and Archives Canada), Ontario Ministry of Culture, and Confederation Centre Art Gallery. From 1993 to 2004, she provided consulting services to organizations such as the Canada Council for the Arts, Toronto International Film Festival - Film Reference Library, and the AV Trust. She has curated exhibitions featuring archival materials, and provided research services for television documentaries. Ms. Rowat currently sits on the boards of the Canadian Council of Archives and the Réseau des services d'archives du Québec. A longstanding advocate of dance heritage, she is on the board of the Fondation Jean-Pierre Perreault.
Ralph J. Stanton, Vancouver, British Columbia: Since 2002 Ralph J. Stanton has been Head, Rare Books and Special Collections Division at the University of British Columbia Library, before which he held an equivalent position at Simon Fraser University Library. With over thirty years of experience in legislative, school, public, college and University libraries, Mr. Stanton has played a key role in the acquisition of a number of outstanding book, manuscript and map collections and is especially interested in the development of library collections and library architecture. He has served on the boards of numerous organizations, including the Alcuin Society, the Bibliographical Society of Canada, the College Institute Educators' Association of British Columbia, and as Chair on the Advisory Planning Commission of the City of New Westminster. He holds a Masters in Library Science from the University of British Columbia.
Brenda Stehelin, Whitehorse, Yukon: Brenda Stehelin is a Yukon First Nations artist of Tlingit descent and the owner/operator of "Yukon Gallery", a prominent art gallery in Whitehorse since 1997. Ms. Stehelin has over 11 years experience in assessing, procuring, and selling art, with a focus on local artists. She was a guest speaker at the Klondike Institute of Visual Arts in Dawson City, Yukon and was awarded a certificate of Native Communications from Grant McEwan College and a certificate in Custom Picture Framing from the Langley School of Art Framing.