North Vancouver Recreation & Culture - Cultural Services Staff
A seasoned arts administrator, Barb has been involved in programming, production, community engagement, arts education and cultural planning with creative sector organizations across Canada. As Cultural Services Officer with NVRC, she is responsible for communications and promotional initiatives; community outreach; operating grants programs; and, planning and policy development. Previous work in the cultural sector has included the City of Vancouver Cultural Services Division, the BC Arts Council, and 2010 Legacies Now. She has held senior management positions with the Winnipeg and Vancouver Symphony Orchestras, worked in the media arts program at the Banff Centre, and taught in the Arts Management program at Confederation College.
With over twenty years of experience in the field of Arts Administration, Lori has expertise in a broad range of cultural areas including: cultural policy development, administering cultural grant programs, community capacity building and cultural advocacy. As Public Art Officer, her professional energy has been focused exclusively on managing, commissioning, and promoting North Vancouver’s sizable public art collection which is delivered to the community under three distinct program streams: Civic, Community and Developer Public Art. Lori is a founding member of the BC Public Art Network, established to facilitate dialogue and information sharing among public art administrators and she has been a lecturer/presenter at Creative City Network Summits, Americans for the Arts Conferences and educational institutions.
Since graduating from UBC with an MA in 1992, John's work-life experiences have taken in: publishing (briefly), professional marketing (a source of great technical interest), arts marketing (adding personal satisfaction), sanitation (smelly), conflict resolution ("where I finally learned to listen"), sports youth development and college-level teaching (both endlessly rewarding). In 2001, after moving to the North Shore, John began work with the District of North Vancouver in a variety of arts administration and economic development roles, and he is proud to have been associated with the growth and development of the local arts scene.