Experience

Sonic Unyon Records

• Canada
• Music
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Curator, Visual + Public Art

  • 2020 - Present

  Curates the visual and public art program and exhibitions as part of the Supercrawl event and year round program.

• Past-Chair Board of Directors | Advisor | Supercrawl Productions Inc.

  • 2010 - Present

  Provides strategic development expertise to Supercrawl producing team, as Past Chair, Ex-officio Board Member and Advisor, to ensure the continuing success of this annual signature event. Supercrawl is Hamilton’s premier multi-arts festival, presenting new and independent music, visual art and public art installations, new media, fashion, literature, theatre, and artisanal craft. Supercrawl in rooted in Community. Driven by Discovery. Committed to Arts and Culture.



McMaster University - Depts. of Communication Studies and Multimedia & English and Cultural Studies

• Doctoral Student | Communication, New Media and Cultural Studies | Research Area: Public Art

  • 2020 - Present

  Kristine (she, her, hers) is a producer, curator, artist, advocate and researcher of settler ancestry whose public, social and spatial practice is reflected through the realization of public artworks and staged cultural events. This experience is reflected within the Canadian cultural ecology through senior leadership roles commissioning, presenting and realizing public art within corporate, not-for-profit, cultural institution and government environments including, collective echoes: Projects for Public Space (Vancouver), Harbourfront Centre (Toronto), Supercrawl Productions Inc. (Hamilton) and at the Cities of Hamilton, Toronto and Vancouver. Her Ph.D. research-creation and curatorial project examines the potential for commissioning practices which unsettle colonial and patriarchal structures. The project explores home and sanctuary through cultivated and negotiated relations with the more-than-human world. This public and community scholarship resides at the intersection of de-colonial curatorial practices and feminist aesthetics and research methodologies. Show less



City of Toronto

• Canada
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Programming Manager, City Cultural Events, Arts and Cultural Services

  • 2015 - 2020

  Led, developed and managed the curatorial and programmatic content of internationally renowned; public art programs, arts and cultural events. These included Nuit Blanche Toronto and city building event initiatives for annual live audiences of two million and broadcast audiences of three million. The cultural events produced, enhanced Toronto's brand as a global capital and Creative City and provided inclusive and barrier free opportunities for diverse publics and presentation opportunities for local, national and international artists, curators and co-producers. Show less

• Public Art Officer, Cultural Partnerships, Arts and Cultural Services

  • 2012 - 2015

  Led the commissioning of new artworks, administered and curated the Public Art and Monuments Collection of the City of Toronto. Managed the donation and loan of public artworks, developed public art policy and strategic plans. Managed the conservation and maintenance program, communications, and the recruitment of consultants and sub-contractors.

• Supervisor, Programming / Artistic Producer / Programming Lead Nuit Blanche Toronto

  • 2009 - 2012

  Artistic Producer / Programming Lead, Nuit Blanche TorontoAdditional Portfolio: Programming Lead - VANOC / Olympic Torch Relay TorontoProgramming Lead - VANOC / Para Olympic Torch Relay, TorontoProgramming: WinterCity, Family Day, Cavalcade of Lights, Samsara/ IIFA / Doors Open



Creative City Network of Canada (CCNC)

• Planning Committee Member | Creative Cities Summit | Public Art Roundtable 2014 (Hamilton, Ontario)

  • 2013 - 2014

  Collaborated with a cross-country committee of Municipal Government Team members the Creative City Summit and Public Art Roundtable held in Hamilton, Ontario. The Creative City Network of Canada (CCNC) is a national-non profit organization of municipalities, arts organizations and individuals working to support arts and cultural development in their communities. Collaborated with a cross-country committee of Municipal Government Team members the Creative City Summit and Public Art Roundtable held in Hamilton, Ontario. The Creative City Network of Canada (CCNC) is a national-non profit organization of municipalities, arts organizations and individuals working to support arts and cultural development in their communities.



City Of Hamilton

• Canada
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Chairperson, Arts Funding Task Force, Arts Advisory Commission

  • 2010 - 2014

  A voluntary and appointed citizens working committee of the City of Hamilton. Task: To make recommendations for the development and implementation of a Strategic Arts Investment Model for the City of Hamilton. The recommendations made were utilized to build the foundation for the City of Hamilton's Arts and Cultural Funding, Community Funding Program and City Enrichment Fund. https://www.hamilton.ca/community-funding-programs/city-enrichment-fund A voluntary and appointed citizens working committee of the City of Hamilton. Task: To make recommendations for the development and implementation of a Strategic Arts Investment Model for the City of Hamilton. The recommendations made were utilized to build the foundation for the City of Hamilton's Arts and Cultural Funding, Community Funding Program and City Enrichment Fund. https://www.hamilton.ca/community-funding-programs/city-enrichment-fund



Hamilton Arts Council

• Canada
• Non-profit Organization Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director

  • 2008 - 2009

  Guided and directed the organizational policy, provided support to staff and advocated for the organization and the arts and cultural sector. http://www.artshamilton.ca Guided and directed the organizational policy, provided support to staff and advocated for the organization and the arts and cultural sector. http://www.artshamilton.ca



Harbourfront Centre

• Canada
• Performing Arts
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Artistic Associate, Artistic Producer

  • 2001 - 2007

  Co-produced over 30 multi-disciplinary arts and cultural events directly for the organization and within partnerships. Established long term strategic international partnerships on behalf of the organization. Co-led a cross departmental teams of over 40 individuals in the co-producing of the first city-wide summer festival produced by the organization in a decade. Developed and maintained co-presenting and producing partnerships with national and international institutions. Co-led the team in the acquisition of funding to support the scope of the events. Show less



collective echoes: Projects for Public Space

• Co-founder / Managing and Artistic Director

  • 1996 - 2000

  Co-developed a high profile arts organization and collective with an artistic producing team of 30. Its primary mandates; anti-oppression, anti-racist, de-colonial workplace methodologies; the creation of socially engaged public art; making public art accessible to diverse publics; and co-mentorship and collaboration with culture makers and project managers in every area of artistic production and organizational management. Co-developed a high profile arts organization and collective with an artistic producing team of 30. Its primary mandates; anti-oppression, anti-racist, de-colonial workplace methodologies; the creation of socially engaged public art; making public art accessible to diverse publics; and co-mentorship and collaboration with culture makers and project managers in every area of artistic production and organizational management.