Sunday November 6, 2011
Time: 9:30 am - 11:00 am
Location: Windsor Ballroom, Le Méridien King Edward Hotel
Moderator: Jacob Zimmer (Director, Small Wooden Shoe)
Panelists: Majdi Bou-Matar (Artistic Director, The MT Space), Phyllis Stenson (Artistic Director, Harrison Festival of the Arts), Ron Berti
Creative Connections between artists and audiences. This panel is an opportunity to hear and share stories about effective outreach initiatives and innovative curatorial practice. Anecdotes that connect and resonate, across our many communities and through our diverse audiences. This is not a theoretical panel - let's hear about what's really happening and examine successful ways of enabling existing and new audiences to access meaning through art.
Majdi Bou-Matar
Majdi Bou-Matar is a theatre practitioner residing in Waterloo, ON. Majdi founded the Multicultural Theatre Space after he immigrated to Canada in 2003 and IMPACT international theatre festival in 2009.The MT Space is a growing professional company committed to cultural diversity. Majdi’s work toured nationally and internationally.
Phyllis Stenson
Phyllis has been the Artistic Director of the Harrison Festival in BC for the last 28 years. The ten day event has focused on culturally diverse music and dance since its inception. Strong partnerships have also been established with the local aboriginal community. In addition to the festival, the organization presents ten concerts during the year. Phyllis is a co-founder of WRAD, the Western Artistic Directors of Roots Music Festivals and was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of the Fraser Valley in 2006.
Ron Berti
Ron Berti began at Debajehmujig as General Manager in 1993 after winding down a successful film career in Toronto. For 18 years he has worked with a core team of arts animators, technicians and administrators who now own and operate a 15,000 square foot production facility in the hamlet of Manitowaning, on Manitoulin Island.
Jacob Zimmer
Jacob Zimmer is the director of Small Wooden Shoe, a (mostly) theatre company bent on proving that good ideas are entertaining. Jacob also works as a dance dramaturge, does talks, consults and organizes and facilitates meetings that matter. Jacob studied at Simon Fraser University’s School for the Contemporary Arts.
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