It’s another first for WAG-Qaumajuq with appointment of Indigenous director and CEO

Another first for WAG-Qaumajuq

John Mahli Lawa' Hampton has been appointed the first Indigenous director and chief executive officer for the Winnipeg Art Gallery-Qaumajuq (WAG-Qaumajuq) effective Dec. 10. WAG-Qaumajuq is home of the largest public collection of contemporary Inuit art in the world.

It’s another first for WAG-Qaumajuq with appointment of Indigenous director and CEO

John Mahli Lawa' Hampton has been appointed the first Indigenous director and chief executive officer for the Winnipeg Art Gallery-Qaumajuq (WAG-Qaumajuq) effective Dec. 10. WAG-Qaumajuq is home of the largest public collection of contemporary Inuit art in the world.“John made absolute sense,” said Aynsley Cockshott, chair of the WAG-Qaumajuq Board of Governors. “John is the right person.”