Amanda Shore is an arts worker, writer, and curator based in Kjipuktuk (Halifax, Nova Scotia) and has held the position as Curatorial Research Assistant and Art Manager for IOTA since 2020. Her past research has tracked pathways of gentrification, and focused on settler responsibility, racial plagiarism, and craft-based actions of solidarity. Since 2017, she has worked as Project Manager on large-scale outdoor installations, international pop-up institutes, and research creation projects through IOTA Institute, Inuit Futures in Arts Leadership, and Flotilla. Selected curatorial projects include Art in the Open (Charlottetown, PEI, 2020), Sound Etiquette (Centre for Art Tapes, 2017), Outside the Box 5.0 (Toronto Offsite Design Festival, 2017). Shore holds a Master’s in Art History at Concordia University, a certificate from the School for Curatorial Studies Venice, and a BA in Art History from NSCAD University. Her art criticism has been featured in Canadian Art, Studio Magazine, Billie Magazine, Visual Arts News, and C Magazine.