Lee Caldwell is the Senior Urban Designer for the City of Winnipeg working in the Planning, Property and Development Department. She possesses considerable public and private sector experience with the administration, development and delivery of a range of design services and programs. In her current position with the Urban Design and Heritage Unit she leads design review with an emphasis on downtown development projects and manages the Urban Design Advisory Committee. Lee attended the University of Manitoba and completed her Bachelor of Fine Arts and Master of Landscape Architecture. She has recently undertaken continuing education studies in both urban design and heritage conservation. Lee is a member of the Manitoba Association of Landscape Architects and the Canadian Society of Landscape Architects.

Born in Saint-Boniface, Louise Duguay holds a Bachelor of Education and Master of Arts degrees from the University of Manitoba and a diploma in Fashion Design from Sheridan College. She teaches in the Multimedia Communications program of the École technique et professionnelle of the Collège universitaire de Saint-Boniface. She has taught Canadian Art and Women, Art and Society at the University of Winnipeg and is vice-president of MAWA (Mentoring Artists for Women in the Arts).

I am a multi disciplinary artist whose practice is informed by narrative and intervening in public and non-public space. Much of my work involves physically engaging with my surroundings for the purposes of gathering or placing material for stories as well as engendering stories in other people via my actions. Stories, for me, come in variety of forms and are communicated via equally various mediums such as chalk, recordings, text, ribboning, posters, and performances. I want my narrative-based interventions to be declarations or inferences that stride or sneak into an audience’s or passers by’s life and tweak or transform something for him/her/them.

Christina Harris has a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Concordia University in Montreal as well as a Master of Landscape Architecture degree from University of Manitoba. She taught in Studio Programs at the Winnipeg Art gallery for several years and participated in the Mentoring Artists for Women's Art program. Recently, she worked with Hilderman Thomas Frank Cram Landscape Architects and Planners for five years before starting at the City of Winnipeg in the Planning and Land Use Division in the fall of 2003.

Mary Reid is the Director/ Curator of the School of Art Gallery at the University of Manitoba. She was formerly the Curator of Contemporary Art and Photography at Winnipeg Art Gallery (2004 to 2011). She is a member of the Public Art Committee for the City of Winnipeg, the Image Committee of the Downtown Biz, co-chair of Nuit Blanche 2011 & 2012 and former President of the Board of Winnipeg’s Contemporary Dancers.  In 2010, she worked with the Winnipeg Arts Council as part of the Cultural Capital program of events to coordinate My City’s Still Breathing, a symposium that explored the many dimensions of the arts, artists and the city.  Over the last decade she has curated numerous exhibitions on contemporary art.  In addition to exhibition coordination, Reid has project-managed and contributed essays to several catalogues, brochures and magazines, which support her various projects.
 
Reid has lectured and taught at Georgian College, University of Winnipeg and the University of Manitoba on issues in modern and contemporary art, curating and museum practice as well as critical writing. Prior to her move to Winnipeg in 2004 she was the curator at the MacLaren Art Centre, in Barrie, ON. Reid received her Master’s degree in Art History from York University, Toronto in 1999.

Monica is a principal with Hilderman Thomas Frank Cram Landscape Architecture and Planning. Her ongoing investigation of the social, physical and psychological impacts of human environments on children and youth, immigrants and marginalized groups, aging and physically impaired, serves as a foundation for her progressive work on educational grounds, urban spaces, parks, culturally sensitive lands and healthcare facilities. Monica combines her human centric people-driven approach to design with a dedication to practical place -specific construction solutions to enhance Winnipeggers quality of life, sense of place and environmental stewardship.  Some of Monica’s most recent projects in the city include The Variety Heritage Adventure Park at The Forks National Historic Site, The Millennium Library Park, and The Winnipeg Humane Society Grounds. As an avid supporter of art in the public realm Monica regularly travels to research new developments in other places while working with artists and artisans to enrich her work at home.

Marlene Stern is actively engaged in the arts community as a volunteer, consumer and supporter. She is currently on the Board of Directors of the Winnipeg Arts Council, and the Executive Committee and Board of Directors of Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art. She has served on the Boards of Directors of the Alumni Association, University of Manitoba, and the Manitoba Mental Health Research Foundation. She is the Regional Director of Occupational Therapy, Winnipeg Regional Health Authority. Prior to that, she was the Director of Occupational Therapy at Health Sciences Centre for over 15 years. Within her profession, Marlene has served on many local and national committees, published, and presented numerous papers on a variety of topics at national and international conferences.

 

Tricia Wasney is public art manager for the Winnipeg Arts Council. She has worked in Winnipeg's art community for many years in various roles of program manager, board member, juror and artist/writer. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Film Studies and a Master of Landscape Architecture degree, both from the University of Manitoba. Prior to her current position she developed programming in film, literature, and the performing arts, as well as in visual art for online exhibitions, at the Winnipeg Art Gallery. She was hired by the Winnipeg Arts Council in 2002 to develop the public art policy that was ultimately adopted by Winnipeg's City Council in 2004. In 2004 she was appointed Manager-Public Art and now oversees a steadily growing public art program that includes art commissions, artist residencies and community-based projects.

As a cultural executive, Carol Phillips has been successful in arts administration, program creation and management at the senior leadership level and in arts-related positions. She has effectively directed a multi-disciplinary arts environment specializing in professional development and production, with additional extended experience in visual arts and the art museum.

As Director of Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art in Winnipeg, she has overseen management of Canada's representation to the 2001 Venice Biennale and has worked to position the ICA for program and facility expansion.

From 1992 to 2000, Carol Phillips was Vice-President and Director of the Banff Centre for the Arts. She was responsible for maintaining the Centre's international reputation as a leader in the professional development and advanced training of artists from Canada and around the world. Carol brought to the Centre a passion for the arts and strong track record in arts management, innovative program development, project creation, and community relations. She remains concerned with pushing the boundaries of art forms in Canada; adding new layers while preserving and enlivening worthy traditions. She has made the creation of Aboriginal arts programs a priority in each institution with which she has been associated. Most recently, international relations were a preoccupation in a project of brokering international agreements for Banff with countries in Europe and Latin America.

Previously, she directed the Winnipeg Art Gallery and the Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery in Regina; presiding over a period of transformation for the Winnipeg Art Gallery into one of Canada's most progressive regional galleries, and earlier preparing the Mackenzie for its new constitution and new building.

Carol has been jurist and advisor for arts boards, councils and cultural agencies across Canada and internationally. For six years she was Chair of the Subcommission for Culture and the World Decade for Cultural Development, Canadian Commission for UNESCO, and has represented Canada at many UNESCO international gatherings. Awarded the Queen's Jubilee Medal, 2002.