Program Advisors

• Name

  Contact Information

  Area(s) of Responsibility

• Anissa Paulsen
  

  Program Advisor

  Anissa.Paulsen@gov.bc.ca
  

  236-478-2560

  Accelerate
  Indigenous Cultural Centres
  Museums
  Scholarship Program

• Breanna Fabbro
  

  Program Advisor

  Breanna.Fabbro@gov.bc.ca
  

  604-558-9360

  Arts and Culture Service Organizations: Studio Arts
  Art Circulation and Touring: Organizations & Collectives
  Early Career Development: Performing Arts
  Visual Arts: Organizations

• Clayton Baraniuk
  

  Program Advisor

  Clayton.Baraniuk@gov.bc.ca
  

  250-978-9839

  Accelerate
  Accessibility Coordinator: Organizations
  Arts-Based Community Development & Leon and Thea Koerner Award
  Visual Arts: Individuals
  Art Circulation and Touring: Individuals

• Erin Macklem
  

  Program Advisor

  Erin.Macklem@gov.bc.ca
  

  778-698-1416

  Outreach Coordinator

• Justine Shore
  

  Program Advisor

  Justine.Shore@gov.bc.ca
  

  250-940-8538

  Community Arts Festivals
  Performing Arts: Organizations & Collectives (Theatre, Multidisciplinary, Other)
  Performing Arts: Individuals (Theatre, Multidisciplinary, Other)
  Professional Development: Performing Arts

• Kaitlyn Reining
  

  Program Advisor

  Kaitlyn.Reining@gov.bc.ca
  

  778-405-3973

  Arts and Culture Service Organizations: Performing Arts
  Professional Arts Festivals: Performing Arts
  Arts Infrastructure
  Performing Arts: Organizations & Collectives (Dance, Music)
  Performing Arts: Individuals (Dance, Music)

• Krista Patterson
  

  Program Advisor

  Krista.Patterson@gov.bc.ca
  

  236-478-2550

  Community Arts: Organizations
  Community Arts Festivals
  Arts and Culture Service Organizations: Community Arts
  Arts-Based Community Development & Leon and Thea Koerner Award

• Michelle Benjamin
  

  Program Advisor

  Michelle.Benjamin@gov.bc.ca
  

  236-478-2582

  Literary Arts: Organizations & Collectives
  Literary Arts: Individuals
  Early Career Development: Studio Arts
  Arts Impact Grant: Community Arts

• Nicola Dunne
  

  Program Advisor

  Nicola.Dunne@gov.bc.ca
  

  778 405-4007

  Arts Impact Grant: Performing Arts
  Arts Infrastructure
  Accessibility Coordinator: Individuals
  Arts Training Organizations

• Paneet Singh
  

  Program Advisor

  Paneet.Singh@gov.bc.ca
  

  778-572-6567

  Arts Impact Grant: Studio Arts
  Professional Arts Festivals: Studio Arts
  Media Arts: Individuals
  Media Arts: Organizations
  Professional Development: Studio Arts

Administration, Policy, and Communications

• Name

  Contact Information

• Allison Bottomley
  

  Executive Director

  Allison.Bottomley@gov.bc.ca
  

  778-698-3529

• Darb Erickson
  

  Senior Director, Programs

  Darb.Erickson@gov.bc.ca
  

  250-419-8793

• Ingmarie Thunander
  

  Manager, Operations

  Ingmarie.Thunander@gov.bc.ca
  

  778-698-3531

• Jennifer Nichols
  

  Acting Senior Director, Secretariat and Engagement

  Jennifer.Nichols@gov.bc.ca
  

  250-419-8768

• Keely Bland (on leave)
  

  Policy Analyst

  Keely.Bland@gov.bc.ca
  

  250-978-9795

• Sabrina Canhos Montmorency Silva
  

  Finance and Contracts Administrator

  Sabrina.Canhos@gov.bc.ca
  

  778 405-9186

• Marina van Wittenberghe
  

  Secretariat Coordinator

  Marina.VanWittenberghe@gov.bc.ca
  

  778-445-5379

• Nadine Carew
  

  Senior Policy Analyst

  Nadine.Carew@gov.bc.ca
  

  778-698-3288

• Sarvenaz Ridley
  

  Team Lead, Finance and Administration

  Sarvenaz.Ridley@gov.bc.ca
  

  778-698-2775

• Shelagh Vaux
  

  Grant Program Administrator

  Shelagh.Vaux@gov.bc.ca
  

  778-698-3530

• Sheryl Jones
  

  Senior Policy Analyst

  Sheryl.Jones@gov.bc.ca
  

  778-698-3522

• Tasha Farivar
  

  Grant Program Administrator

  Tasha.Farivar@gov.bc.ca
  

  250-978-9722

General Inquiries

Phone: 250-356-1718
Fax: 250-387-4099
Email: BCArtsCouncil@gov.bc.ca

Mailing Address:	Street Address:
PO Box 9819, Stn Prov Govt Victoria, B.C. V8W 9W3	1st Floor, 800 Johnson Street Victoria, B.C. V8W 1N3