About

Jim Shedden is the Curator of Special Projects and Director of Publishing at the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO). In the 1990s, Shedden worked at the AGO as a film curator and performing arts programmer, before leaving for a 12 year stint as the VP and creative producer at Bruce Mau Design. He coordinated the International Experimental Film Congress in 1989 and co-programmed the Innis Film Society from 1985 to 1994. Shedden directed films on Michael Snow and Stan Brakhage, as well as a documentary on addiction and recovery, I Drink (co-directed by Peter McAuley), and is working on Music Swims Back to Me, a series of video portraits (co-directed with Peter McAuley and edited by Acey Rowe). In 2022 Shedden and his daughter Meredith Shedden started a live music salon series, Tavern of Song. He recently started a podcast, 1000 Songs, with Alan Zweig and Rick Campbell, and technical producer Lisa Santonato. Shedden has written extensively on music, film, video, art, and design, has published dozens of zines and small press publications, and has been involved in the artist-run scene in Toronto since the late 1980s.