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William Huffman is an arts administrator, curator, educator, and writer with a history of extensive involvement on both local and international cultural fronts. Huffman is currently the Associate Director of the Toronto Arts Council and Toronto Arts Foundation; he has been with the organizations since 2002. Huffman has worked with a number of visual arts organizations such as Arts Toronto, The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery, A Space Gallery, Canadian Art Foundation, and Art Gallery of Sudbury. He is a past board member of Mercer Union Centre for Contemporary Art, Ontario Cultural Human Resources Council, Canadian Artists Representation / Le Front des Artistes Canadiens, Alliance Française de Toronto, and Parkdale Liberty Economic Development Corporation. He serves as a member of the Curriculum Advisory Committee for Art & Art History, a joint program between Sheridan College and University of Toronto and in 1998. Huffman created the program’s annual William Huffman Award for Excellence in Studio Practice. He currently holds teaching positions with University of Toronto and Toronto School of Art. His past curatorial initiatives include several traveling exhibitions: Aurora: A Survey of New Media Work from Finland (Canada/USA); Head Frame for the 2001 Biennale di Venezia (Italy); Stephen Andrews: the 1st part of the 2nd half (France/Italy/Canada); and traductions (Montréal). Huffman was selected by the Ambassade de France au Canada to curate La Grande Expérience for Toronto's inaugural Nuit Blanche and also functioned as Commissaire of the Mixage: Marseille-Toronto exchange initiative. He was appointed Curator of Exhibitions by the Government of Canada for both G8 and G20 Summits, for which he developed major exhibitions of Canadian contemporary art for each meeting site. Since 2010, Huffman has been Curator-in-Residence with Art Dealers Association of Canada playing a key role in the development of initiatives designed to promote Canadian art at major international art fairs such as The Armory Show (New York), Art Chicago, and Art Toronto. In 2012, and in partnership with Textile Museum of Canada and Embassy of Finland, Huffman will launch an initiative exploring the links in a history of design between Helsinki and Toronto.