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Staff

Kristin Cheung | 冮雪莉

She/her/hers | Executive Director

Ask me about - CACV operations, donations, sponsorship, partnerships, finance matters such as artist payments, invoicing and more.

Kristin Cheung | 冮雪莉

She/her/hers | Executive Director

Kristin Cheung is a fundraiser and arts administrator with 10+ years of experience working in arts and non-profits. Born and raised in amiskwaciwâskahikan territory (also known as Edmonton), she now lives and works on the traditional, unceded traditional territory of the Katzie, Semiahmoo, Kwantlen First Nations, also known as Surrey. Kristin is passionate about working with and supporting the work for under-represented communities and has volunteered and fundraised for numerous culturally diverse nonprofits in Vancouver and Edmonton. She’s previously worked at Pivot Legal Society, VIFF, Contemporary Art Gallery, Gateway Theatre, Ricepaper magazine and Geist magazine. She co-founded ‘The Future is you and me’, a free community mentorship program for young women of colour in the arts. ‘The Future’ aims to build a community of artists and leaders with an intersectional feminist lens. She has a Masters in Arts Administration & Cultural Policy from Goldsmiths University of London and spends her free time as a Board member at Centre A and Room magazine.
  • Phone:604-682-0010
  • Email:kristin[@]cacv.ca

Mary-Anne McAllister

She/her/hers | Programs Manager

Ask me about - CACV programs, media inquiries, application assistance, and more.

Mary-Anne McAllister

She/her/hers | Programs Manager

Mary-Anne McAllister is a creative and cultural producer from South Africa with 5 years’ experience working in the arts sector. She now lives and works on the unceded territories of the xwməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and Sel̓íl̓witulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations, also known as Vancouver. Her work is focussed on building collaborative networks to help cultivate a space of growth and opportunity for young creatives. Her practice includes creative producing, fine arts and curatorial work. She has an Honours Degree in Fine Art from the University of Pretoria, South Africa. She has worked on many national and international collaborative community driven projects, programmes, and art exhibitions. She had also shown her own work as an exhibiting artist in South Africa. Her most recent collaborative work was as the co-producer of POWER TALKS Durban (2022) - supported by the Goethe Institut, curated and co-hosted by African Centre for Cities, and produced by Contemporary Archive Project, across three cities in South Africa.
  • Phone:604-682-0010
  • Email:maryanne[@]cacv.ca

Kaya Kurz

She/her/hers | Programs Coordinator

Ask me about - Program application assistance, artist and performer support, and the Vancouver Outsider Arts Festival.

Kaya Kurz

She/her/hers | Programs Coordinator

Kaya is a vocalist and songwriter based in Burnaby, BC with a Bachelor of Music in Jazz Studies from Capilano University. As a queer woman of colour, she values equity and diversity, and strives to create inclusive spaces in the Vancouver music scene. Past performances include the Burnaby Blues and Roots Festival, Powell Street Festival, and Fridays on Front. Additionally, Kaya served as a board member for the Women in Jazz Association of BC from 2017-2021, and worked collaboratively to organize and present a 6-session digital workshop series for marginalized musicians impacted by Covid-19. She loves her two cats, and consumes large amounts of earl grey tea daily.
  • Phone:604-682-0010
  • Email:kaya[@]cacv.ca
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Ava Kottmeier

They/them/she/her | Programs Assistant

Ask me about - Neurodivergent Arts Collective, and our newsletter.

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Ava Kottmeier

They/them/she/her | Programs Assistant

Ava is a white, queer, nonbinary therapist in training at Adler University. From a young age, she has been involved in both mixed media and performance arts, including painting, sculpture, dance, and theatre. Their history working directly with vulnerable children and youth sparked their passion for the creative arts as a powerful healing modality, which she hopes to put to use in her future career as a clinical counsellor. Ava is a staunch advocate for the rights of underserved communities across the Lower Mainland and strives to create meaningful, positive change for marginalized populations through her work, both present and future. She currently co-facilitates the Neurodivergent Arts Collective. Get in touch if you have any inquiries!
  • Email:ava[@]cacv.ca

Lizzie Shepherd

She/her/hers | Festival Stage Manager

Ask me about - Vancouver Outsider Arts Festival performances

Lizzie Shepherd

She/her/hers | Festival Stage Manager

Lizzie Shepherd is an event coordinator, archival researcher, musician and graphic designer who has lived and lived and worked on the unceded territories of the xwməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and Sel̓íl̓witulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations, also known as Vancouver, since 2016. She has performed since childhood as an actor, figure skater, dancer, and vocalist in her hometown of Edmonton/Amiskwaciwâskahikan in Treaty 6 territory, and will be applying her skills on the other side of the curtain as returning stage manager for the Vancouver Outsider Arts Festival this fall. She was drawn into the fast-paced world of event planning during her History degree at the University of British Columbia, after previously studying at the University of King's College, Halifax, in Mi'kma'ki, as well as abroad in Florence, Italy, and Auckland, Aotearoa/New Zealand. She has fused her academic and artistic pursuits by producing and hosting highly successful lectures, socials, and trivia nights on behalf of the UBC History Students Association, as well as concerts, mixers, jam sessions, and UBC's largest student-run music festival: Goosehunt, with the Blank Vinyl Project. She founded a benefit concert series focusing on platforming underrepresented voices in the UBC music community, and continues to practice cultivating safe, accessible, and inclusive spaces to create art, share knowledge, and foster meaningful connection. Post-graduation, Elizabeth has worked on events all across the Lower Mainland, her recent favorites being Brewhalla Beer and Music Festival, Let Her Sing 2022: an International Women's Day fundraiser for Music Heals, and of course, VOAF 2022.
  • Phone:604-682-0010
  • Email:lizzie[@]cacv.ca

Olivier Salvas

Festival Workshop Facilitator

Olivier Salvas

Festival Workshop Facilitator

Olivier Salvas is an artist and educator who specializes in arts education and the maker movement in a second language setting. Originally from Montreal, QC, Olivier moved to Vancouver, British-Columbia shortly after completing his Bachelor of Education in Teaching French as a Second Language from University of Montreal. As he embarked in his Graduate Studies in Media Studies and Curriculum at the University of British-Columbia, Olivier merged his two passions of artist and educator, and he began to create artistic work based on educational research. Olivier uses abstract paintings, photography, and various media to bring light to social causes and to foster conversations about identity and arts education. Olivier's area of research and of creation are inspired by graffiti art, street art, and urban culture. When Olivier begins an artistic collection based on his findings, he thinks of a topic in the world that resonates with him. Then, he creates a story with this event, and he creates a main character. He asks,” What would this character do, think, or say?”. Subsequently, Olivier pairs up with a photographer to create a visual story, which inspires him for the direction he wants to take artistically with his message. In 2021, Olivier has released his new collection “Flamboyant”, a series of abstract paintings with bold colors, acting as statement pieces for self-acceptance and positivity. One of the paintings from “Flamboyant”, “Sometimes I Paint Just For Fun” has won first prize at the Federation of Canadian Artists’ “Pride in Arts” Exhibition in June 2021. Olivier has collaborating with Vancouver Biennale as an educator for the Big Ideas in Schools project since 2015 and he has joined in 2022 We Are Ocean Vancouver, a project commissioned by Vancouver Biennale and curated by ARTPORT_making waves acting as an artist-educator alongside local indigenous artist Cease Wyss. This project is part of the global WE ARE OCEAN art project contributing to the Preparatory Phase of the UNESCO ocean Decade for Sustainable Development (2021-2030). This project continues to be showcased internationally and it was recently showed at the Venice Biennale. As an artist, Olivier currently showcases in Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver and Victoria, BC. You can catch Olivier as a columnist on on Radio-Canada (CBC French) and as a reporter the show OutlookTV on OutTV, reporting on 2SLGBTQ+ artists and causes across Canada. Olivier’s latest project in collaboration with Charlie’s Charmed (Eddie & Ryan Mendoza) ARTFASHION has launched with a curated piece at the Winnipeg Art Gallery in March 2022 and it is now showcased in many events and galleries across Canada.

Victoria Barclay

She/her/hers | Digital Content Intern

Victoria Barclay

She/her/hers | Digital Content Intern

Victoria currently settles on traditional, ancestral, and unceded xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) territory. She is a Master of Arts student at the University of British Columbia (UBC) in the Department of Sociology. With her ongoing research supported by the British Columbia Society of Transition Houses, she is interested in improving access to housing for Indigenous, Black, and Women of Colour who are fleeing gender-based violence through policy change. She hopes her short- and long-term work will help build and sustain safe and inclusive spaces as well as evidence-based, equitable policies. Victoria holds an Honours Bachelor of Arts (with distinction) in sociology, political science, and equity studies from the University of Toronto.

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