Arts & Culture Management
Featured Organizations
Arts Program Officer, Assembly Hall Cultural Centre - City of Toronto, Ongoing
Operations Manager, Lakeshore Arts - Local Arts Service Organization
Community Outreach Coordinator, Jamii Esplanade - Grassroots Community Arts
Founder and Curator, Suza Crafts - Handmade Crafts Store and Community Arts
Arts Program Officer
Assembly Hall
Key responsibilities:
Managing a local art gallery in Etobicoke with montly exhibitions
Program development and management: Canadian author-audience meet up series, dance residency, children’s art show
Marketing and outreach productions for programs
Establishing and strengthening City-wide collaborations
Team leading gallery and outreach volunteers
Coordinating staff supporting art programs
Key Highlights
Establishing partnerships with other City departments, Parks & Recreation and Museums Services, Montgomery’s Inn
Streamlining marketing across City touchpoints: 200+ community centres, 101 libraries, Local Arts Service Organizations, S. Etobicoke Cluster
Introducing a Black History Month program, 20 years after Assembly Hall was started
Initiating publicity and presence at Newcomers Day, Toronto’s annual celebration of new immigrants
Recommending to management structural and operation systems for programs that have been adopted department-wide.
Operations Manager
Lakeshore Arts
Key responsibilities:
Worked with the Executive Director/ Interim to manage operations of thsi local arts service organization
Led the organization as one of the managers during COVID-19 pandemic in transitional operations, policy making, program re-development, strategic planning
Supervised marketing and outreach strategies, including social media and digital marketing strategies
Led fundraising committee in the Board of Directors that planned fundraising events and annual donation campaigns
Managed operations of Lakeshorts, an annual local film festival, including shortlisting films, financial administration, marketing
Advocated to the board anti-Black racism policies, practices and equitable staff management frameworks
Built and sustained local partnerships with artists, arts organizations, Business Improvement Areas (BIAs), local organizations in South Etobicoke community roundtable
Key highlights:
Rebuilt the volunteer program and established a fundraising system through charitable bingo funding, raising averagely $2000 per month
Co-designed the first Black History Month program, a digital exhibition of culturally owned treasures by communities of Afrikan descent in Toronto
Produced a fundraising impact video series showcasing community stories of support for the arts
Single-handedly ran financial operations and donor administration for Lakeshorts International Short Film Festival, 2022
Community Outreach Coordinator, Jamii Esplanade
Key responsibilities:
Led outreach and audience development strategies with a grassroots lens
Managed social media platforms and content planning
Coordinated events and community activations, including adaptable programming during COVID-19 pandemic
Arts administrator for all programs including children events, art workshops, exhibitions, summer performances, inter-provincial projects, Culture Days
Sustained community relationships with residents, businesses, housing co-ops, neighbouring arts organizations
Key highlights:
Led social media promotion of Kisanii Hub, a mobile theatre during COVID-19 to soothe residents. Its visibility resulted in corporate funding, partnerships and an award from Toronto Arts Foundation.
Consulted on the design of Laini, an arts leadership program for young women
Initiated relationships with Kenyan artists for an international arts exchange project and later consulted in it’s implementation in 2023
