b. 1989 - Edmonton (Amiskwaciwâskahikan), Treaty 6, Canada

Lives and works in Winnipeg, (Wiinibiigong) Treaty 1, Canada

EDUCATION

Mentee, Art Libraries Society of North America Year-Long Mentorship Program, 2022-2023.

Certificate, Summer Educational Institute for Digital Stewardship of Visual Information, Art Libraries Society of North America and Visual Resources Association Foundation, 2021.

Masters of Library and Information Studies, School of Library and Information Studies, Faculty of Education, (ALA Accredited) University of Alberta, 2018-2021.

Explore Program, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, École Internationale de Français, 2011 .

Bachelor of Fine Arts, Art and Design, University of Alberta, 2007-2011.

AWARDS & SCHOLARSHIPS

Frances Chen Travel Award, Association of Architecture School Librarians, 2022

The Miriam Braverman Memorial Prize, The Progressive Librarians Guild, 2021

Student Virtual Conference Attendance Award, ARLIS/NA Travel Awards Subcommittee, 2021

Samuel H. Kress Foundation Scholarship: Summer Educational Institute for Digital Stewardship of Visual Information, 2021

The Library and Information Studies Alumni Association (LISAA) Scholarship for a Continuing Student, University of Alberta, 2020

Jean Thorunn Law Scholarship, Manitoba Library Association and the Winnipeg Foundation, 2020

Livia Stoyke Foundation Bachelor of Fine Arts Best of Show Award, University of Alberta, 2011

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Humanities Liaison Librarian (Leave Vacancy Replacement - General Librarian) (Architecture & Classics), University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, 2022- current

Humanities Liaison Librarian (Sessional - General Librarian) (Architecture & Classics), University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, 2021-2022

Librarian Practicum, Manitoba Library Association, Winnipeg, 2021

Special Projects Director, Border Crossings Magazine, Winnipeg, 2020

Coordinator: Family Outreach, Louis Riel School Division, Winnipeg, 2018-2019

Coordinator, Sistema, Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, Winnipeg, 2017-2108

Program Manager, Community Services: ArtStart, e4c, Edmonton, 2015-2017

Program Coordinator, ArtStart, e4c, Edmonton, 2012-2015,

Outreach Worker, NorthEast Community Program, e4c, Edmonton, 2011- 2012

Gallery Attendant, University of Alberta Museums and Collections, Edmonton, 2010

Administrative Assistant, Allied Arts Council, Spruce Grove, 2009-2010

TEACHING

Literacy Program Trainer, Bookmates Inc, Winnipeg, 2020-2021

Art Workshop Facilitator, University of Manitoba Recreation Services, Winnipeg, 2019

Community Art Facilitator, e4c: ArtStart, Zoom in on Fun, Art Adventures, Edmonton, 2012-2017

Art Educator, Inspired Art Studio, Stony Plain, 2011

Art Educator, City of Spruce Grove Children and Youth Camps, Spruce Grove, 2009-2010

EDITORIAL WORK

2022-present, Co-Editor, Library Exhibitions Review, Art Libraries Society of North America.

2021-present, Editor-In-Chief, Pathfinder: A Canadian Journal for Information Science Students and Early Career Professionals

2021, Associate Editor, Pathfinder: A Canadian Journal for Information Science Students and Early Career Professionals

ASSOCIATION / COMMITTEE ROLES AND VOLUNTEERING

LIBRARIES

2023-current, Prairie Region Representative, ARLIS/NA Canada Executive Committee

2022-current, Canadian Co-Liaison, Art Library Students & New ARLIS Professionals (ArLiSNAP)

2020, Director-at-Large, Library and Information Studies Alumni Association, University of Alberta

2020-2022, Chapter Executive Officer and Student Representative, Library and Information Studies Alumni Association, University of Alberta

2020-2021, Peer Mentor, School of Library and Information Studies, University of Alberta

2019-2021, Volunteer Librarian and Archivist, Clara Lander Reference Library, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Qaumajuq

2019-2020, Volunteer Collections Management Assistant, Winnipeg Art Gallery

2018-present, Prison Libraries Committee, Manitoba Library Association

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

2018, United Way Employee Campaign Chair, Rene Delourme Centre, Louis Riel School Division, Winnipeg

2016-2017, Common Language Committee, Member, e4c, Edmonton

2015-2016, Outreach Worker, Crossroads Outreach Van, e4c, Edmonton

2014-2016, Clareview Community Builders, Member, Edmonton

2014-2015, United Way Campaign: Event Committee Member, e4c, Edmonton

2013-2017, Out Of School Time Collaborative, Member, Edmonton

2013-2017, Clareview Youth Night Steering Committee, Member, Edmonton

2012-2017, Annual General Meeting Ambassador, e4c, Edmonton

ART

2016-2017, Fundraiser Volunteer, Nina Haggerty Centre for the Arts, Edmonton

2015, Event Volunteer, Care Package, Edmonton

2012-2015, Facilitator, Heart of the City Music Festival, Giovanni Park, Edmonton

2008-2015, Special Events Volunteer, Society of Northern Alberta Printmakers, Edmonton

2012-2013, Untitled Forum, Member and Presenter, Edmonton

2012, Dirt City Dream City: Transitory Public Art Exhibition, Edmonton: volunteer artist assistant

2011-2014, Special Events Volunteer, Latitude 53 Contemporary Visual Culture, Edmonton

2010-2011, Visual Arts Student Association (VASA), Executive Fundraising Coordinator, University of Alberta

2008-2010, Society of Northern Alberta Printmakers (SNAP ) Special Events Committee, Event Coordinator, Edmonton

PUBLICATIONS

Huot, A. (2024). Interviews with canadian art librarians and archivists blog series: Amy marshall furness (sh/her), rosmond ivey special. Art library students and new ARLIS/NA professionals. https://arlisnap.arlisna.hcommons.org/2024/11/29/interviews-with-canadian-art-librarians-archivists-blog-series-eng-sengsavang-she-her-reference-archivist-unesco-2/

Huot, A. (2024). Interviews with canadian art librarians and archivists blog series: Liv valmestad, art librarian, university of manitoba. Art library students and new ARLIS/NA professionals. https://arlisnap.arlisna.hcommons.org/2024/09/01/interviews-with-canadian-art-librarians-archivists-blog-series-liv-valmestad-art-librarian-university-of-manitoba/

Huot. A. (2024). “The undead archive: 100 years of photographing ghosts” at the university of manitoba archives and special collections. Library Exhibitions Review, 2. https://doi.org/10.17613/yqxn-3p02

Huot, A. (2023). How are Art Librarians Using Information Literacy Instruction to Support Art Studio Students?. Pathfinder: A Canadian Journal for Information Science Students and Early Career Professionals, 4(1), 150–161. https://doi.org/10.29173/pathfinder64

Huot, A. (2022). Empower: Association of Architecture School Librarians Conference Report. http://hdl.handle.net/1993/36580

Huot, A. (2021). Prison zines: Relations, communication, and records. Progressive Librarian: A Journal for Critical Studies and Progressive Politics in Librarianship, 49 (print publication canceled due to COVID-19). http://www.progressivelibrariansguild.org/Braverman/braverman2021huot.pdf

Huot, A. (2013). Myodesopia. In The Untitled Forum, I(I). The Untitled Forum.

CONFERENCE, WORKSHOP, & PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS

Cowan, S. & Huot, A. (2024). Role of Research-Creation in Libraries/ Role of Libraries in Research-Creation. Pass the POPcorn: Snack-sized talks on working with research-based artists. (panel presentation). ARLISNA 52 POP, Art Libraries Society of North America Conference.

Alcaraz, A. & Huot, A. (2022). Pathfinder: Exploring New Roads (lightning talk co-presenter). Student Journal Forum, University of Toronto, Canada. https://hdl.handle.net/1807/110349

Huot, A. & Wurmann, K., (2021), About Prison Libraries: How to Read a Prison (panel co-presenter), Burlitfest: Literacy Festival, Art Gallery of Burlington and Burlington Public Library, Ontario, Canada.

Huot, A. (2021), Librarians & Open Pedagogy in the Studio: Scaffolding Information Literacy Skills (poster presentation), Art Library Students and New ARLIS/NA Professionals (ArLiSNAP), and Visual Resources Association’s Emerging Professionals And Students Group (VREPS). http://hdl.handle.net/1993/36503

Huot, A. (2021), Braverman Prize Essay Presentations: Prison Zines: Relations, Communication, and Records (paper presentation), Progressive Librarians Guild, ALA Conference meeting.

Huot, A., Williams, K. & Wurmann, K. (2021), Prisons and Libraries: Better Together (panel presentation, co-presenter), Libraries: Better Together, Manitoba Library Association and Saskatchewan Library Association Joint Conference.

Huot, A. (2021), A Call for Connection and Collaboration in Information Literacy Instruction for Studio Arts (poster presentation, peer-reviewed), Convergence = Créativité + Collaboration, Art Libraries Society of North America Conference.

Huot, A. (2020), Supporting Creative Information Literacy for Studio Art Environments (poster presentation), Visualizing Your Future Art Information Career (virtual conference), Art Library Students and New ARLIS/NA Professionals (ArLiSNAP), and Visual Resources Association’s Emerging Professionals And Students Group (VREPS).

Combs, K., Cormack, D., Huot, A. (2018), A Path to Understanding the Potential for improved School Outcomes and Increased Parent Engagement (co-presenter), Indigenous Inclusion Directorate: Community Schools Conference, Winnipeg Canada.

Huot, A. & Schnieder, E. (2013), Art Outreach: ArtStart and Zoom in on Fun (co-presenter), Out of School Time Conference, Edmonton, Canada.

Bowen, M. & Huot, A. (2013), The Art of Serious Fun (co-presenter), Untitled Forum, Edmonton, Canada.

Huot, A. (2012), Critique Workshop, Barrhead Art Gallery, Canada.

Huot, A. (2012), Art as Community Engagement, Untitled Forum, Edmonton, Canada.

Huot, A. (2011), Projections: Video Workshop, Fine Arts Building, University of Alberta, Canada.

CATALOGUES

2016, “Artphoria” The Works Festival Guide

2011, “From Soul to Seawater”, Fine Art Graduate Catalogue

PORTFOLIO EXCHANGES

Codes of Conduct, Print Exchange, SGCI Conference, Madison, Wisconsin, 2022

Untitled Portfolio Exchange, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, 2010

COLLECTIONS

Zuckerman Museum of Art, Kennesaw State University, Collections

Private collections, Canada

PRESS

2021, “2021 Braverman Award Winners Announced, ” Progressive Librarians Guild, May 23rd.

2016 “Night Moves show explores life after the sun goes down”, The Edmonton Journal (web), April 28th.

2015 “All That Matters - Who is Art For”, CJSR, radio interview.

2014 “Ashley Huot on E4C’s ArtStart”, Make Something Edmonton, online publication, August 14.

2014 “Getting the Right Start - With Art: An Interview with E4C’s ArtStart”, Prairie Seen, online publication, April 4.

2014 "Fun with Art Adventures: E4C’s camp offers girls opportunities for empowerment", Rat Creek Press, June issue.

2013 "Zoom in on Fun", CTV News, May 12th.

2010 “Find the Next Big Thing at Nextfest 2010”, The Edmonton Journal, June 11.

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

to carve, The 90 Second, Winnipeg Underground Film Festival (WUFF), Dave Barber Cinematheque, Winnipeg, MB (2023).

to sow, to deluge, MAWA (Mentoring Artists for Women’s Art) Tiny Gallery, Winnipeg, MB (2023).

Flatland: a Survey of Graduate Ideas in the Canadian West, (traveling exhibition) Gordon Snelgrove Gallery, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK., Penny Building Gallery, Lethbridge, AB., Fine Arts Building Gallery, Edmonton, AB (2020, canceled due to COVID-19).

Culture Flags, Global Fusion: Youth Cultural Arts Celebration, collaboration with Hannah Gelderman, Edmonton, AB (2017)

Postcard Exchange (juried), PARK(ing) Day, The Drawing Room, CITYlab, collaboration with Hannah Gelderman, Edmonton, AB (2016)

Core Spectres (invitational, solo), The Works Art and Design Festival, Stanley Milner Library, Edmonton, AB (2016)

Night Moves (invitational, group), Jackson Power Gallery (The Works International Visual Arts Society), Edmonton, AB (2016)

Community Mapping (juried), PARK(ing) Day, The Drawing Room, collaboration with Holly de Moissac, Edmonton, AB (2015)

Solidarity Rock Fundraiser (group), The Artery, Edmonton AB (2014)

The Co-Lab Design Exhibition (invitational, group), Mercer Warehouse, Edmonton, AB (2013)

Blue Plate Diner Exhibition (solo), Edmonton, AB (2013)

Parka Patio (invitational, group), Latitude 53 Contemporary Art Gallery, Edmonton, AB (2013)

30 Love, (invitational, group) SNAP Gallery, Edmonton, AB (2012)

Garage Show II (juried, group), Fast & Dirty Collective, Edmonton, AB (2012)

Parka Patio, (invitational, group) Latitude 53 Contemporary Art Gallery, Edmonton, AB (2012)

Ignite Festival (juried, group), Cliff Bungalow Arts Centre, Calgary, AB (2011)

Nextfest Festival (juried, group), Edmonton, AB (2011)

Paper Wonderland: Print Affair, SNAP Gallery, Edmonton, AB (2011)

Gezellig Art Auction, University of Alberta Telus Building, Edmonton, AB (2011)

From Soul to Seawater: BFA Graduate Show, (juried, group) FAB Gallery, Edmonton, AB (2011)

Love Those Clothes You Wear fundraiser, SNAP Gallery, Edmonton, AB (2010)

Lines of Flight: University of Alberta International Week, Rutherford South Library, Edmonton, AB (2010)

Nextfest Festival (juried, group), Enterprise Square, Edmonton, AB (2010)

Blue Whale (group), Enterprise Square, Edmonton, AB (2010)

Let it Snow Silent Auction, Edmonton, AB (2010)

Print Affair, SNAP Gallery, Edmonton, AB (2010)

I’ve Mostly Been Lit from Behind, Rutherford South Library, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB (2010)

Haven Social Club (solo), Edmonton, AB (2010)

Love Those Clothes You Wear fundraiser, SNAP Gallery, Edmonton, AB (2009)

Cool Beans Art Auction, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB (2009)

County of Parkland Open Art Competition, Allied Arts Council, Spruce Grove, AB (2009)

Social Script (solo), Spruce Grove, AB (2009)

Print Affair, SNAP Gallery, Edmonton, AB (2009)

Allied Arts Council Members Show (invitational), Allied Arts Council, Spruce Grove, AB (2009)

Westgrove Clinic (juried, group), Spruce Grove, AB (2009)

Print Affair, SNAP Gallery, Edmonton, AB (2008)

Intermedia Installation, Fine Arts Building Showcase, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada (2008)

CURRENT ORGANIZATIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

Association of Architecture School Librarians

American Library Association

Art Libraries Society of North America

Library and Information Studies Student Association (LISSA), University of Alberta

Manitoba Library Association, Winnipeg

Prison Libraries Committee (sub-committee of MLA)

Progressive Librarians Guild, North America

Martha Street Studio, Winnipeg

PAST ORGANIZATIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

Art Gallery of Alberta (AGA), Edmonton

Latitude 53, Edmonton

Mentoring Artists for Women’s Art (MAWA), Winnipeg

Society of Northern Alberta Printmakers (SNAP), Edmonton

Visual Arts Student Association (VASA), University of Alberta, Edmonton