Interview with Museum’s Director and Chief Curator Carol Podedworny
April 18, 2019
“[Carol Podedworny] has worked tirelessly to make space for Indigenous voices within museum institutions and to promote critical scholarship for Indigenous art.”
Elizabeth Cytko recently interviewed Carol Podedworny, Director and Chief Curator at the MMA for Musings the University of Toronto Museum Studies Alumni Check-In series. Their discussion—a fascinating overview of Carol’s career, advice for emerging museum professionals, and big shifts in the museum world—has just been published.
**Read the interview online here**
Carol Podedworny graduated from the Museum Studies program in 1984, received a Master of Arts from York University in 1990, and became the Director/Chief Curator of the McMaster Museum of Art in 2006.
Beyond February: Collecting Care and Reimagining Black Histories
March 3, 2026
The Black Madonnas of Perpetual Murmurs 19, 2023 collage, composition gold leaf, cutout on paper Museum of Art Collection Trust, 2024 As this year’s Black History Month come to a close, the McMaster Museum of Art wishes to extend its sincere appreciation to the Equity and Inclusion Office for their leadership and dedication in creating […]
McMaster Museum of Art wins Exhibition of the Year for The Clichettes: Lips, Wigs and Politics
December 2, 2025
On Monday, December 1, 2025, Galeries Ontario / Ontario Galleries (GOG) announced the winners of the 48th Annual GOG Awards and the McMaster Museum of Art (M(M)A) took away the top award for the Exhibition of the Year (Budget Over $50K) for the Fall 2024 exhibition The Clichettes: Lips, Wigs and Politics produced in partnership […]
The Creative Process: Well-being through art with the McMaster Museum of Art
August 22, 2025
