Team
Our Team
The Eastside Arts Society oversees the EAD, driven by a dedicated team committed to its success and growth.
Susan Jackson
Interim Executive Director
Esther Rausenberg
Artistic Director (Temporary Leave)
Sierra MacTavish
Development & Festival Manager
Steph Touhey
Program & Office Coordinator
Samantha Mains
Artist Coordinator
Kris Voveris
Special Projects & Grants Coordinator
The Eastside Arts Society is a registered charity and home to the Eastside Culture Crawl Festival, Eastside Arts Festival, Studio 101, and the Eastside Arts District.
Eastside Arts District Committee
The Eastside Arts District Committee.
The Eastside Arts District Committee (formerly Spaces Committee) has been a driving force behind the development and governance of the EAD.
The purpose of the Eastside Arts District Committee is to broadly preserve, promote, and grow production space for visual and performing artists on Vancouver’s Eastside—quality space that is affordable, safe, size appropriate, has secured tenure and predictable rent and meets the needs for a variety of production processes and arts disciplines. This includes a range of objectives, from supporting individual studios to fostering a broader Eastside arts and culture ecology.
Eastside Arts District Committee members:
- Thompson Brennan
- Joseph Martin
- Marian Brown
- Faisal Mirza
- Kathleen Heggie
- John Steil
- Verere Mujakperuo
- Esther Rausenberg (Staff)
- Kris Voveris (Staff)
- Sierra MacTavish (Staff)
Board of Directors
The EAD is governed by the Eastside Arts Society Board of Directors.
The Board is comprised of an array of artists, professionals, and community members who are passionate about its mission and vision of transforming community through performing and visual arts.