Allie Fenwick (she/her)
Allie is an emerging arts manager who aims to help theatre artists bring their work out into the world. Allie holds a Bachelor of Arts Honours from Queen’s University, where she completed a medial in Drama and Gender Studies and a certificate in Sexual and Gender Diversity. She aspires to work with the vibrant Toronto theatre community, helping share work that questions the status quo and leaves participants thinking differently. Since the pandemic began, Allie has greatly missed seeing theatre in person and eating in restaurants. She loves taking long walks in the city while sipping a hot cup of coffee.
April Beatson (she/her)
April holds a BFA in Photography Studies from Ryerson University. April’s artistic practice is in photography, with a focus on action sports, music, travel, and subcultures. She is interested in creating immersive installations as her exhibition method. Currently, she is pursuing a graduate certificate in Arts Management at Centennial College. Her plan after completing this program is to travel, and live and work internationally both as a photographer and arts manager, specifically in organizations with a focus on public arts and community engagement. Her long term goal is to work for some of her favourite institutions and eventually run her own arts organization (focus to be determined!). Aside from visiting galleries and museums, she enjoys spending her free time going on road trips, visiting antique markets, biking, attending concerts, and spending time with her cats.
Grace Guest (she/her)
Born and raised in downtown Toronto, Grace has always been passionate about arts and culture. She appreciates the arts for their ability to spark important conversations, to invoke action and introspection. Inspired by experiences from her travels, Grace pursued a Bachelor’s Degree with Honours at Queen’s University in Art History with a minor in English. Harbouring an admiration for academia, she recently obtained a Masters Degree in the History of Art from the University of Toronto. Grace is eager to begin her career in Arts Management, leaning into development, marketing and communications. In her spare moments, Grace has been known to dabble in songwriting and poetry, always finding time for family, friends and fine dining. She is excited for the opportunity to create new content, and to contribute to the conversation.
Lauren Trossman (she/her)
After graduating from Queen’s University in the spring of 2020 with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, Lauren decided to follow her life-long love of musical theatre and the arts. She is now a student at Centennial College’s Arts Management program and wants to work in theatre marketing. Lauren dreams of one day working on marketing for big Broadway musicals and helping to create diverse and representative musical theatre. She has also spent the past five summers working as a camp counsellor at Bayview Glen Camp in Toronto, and is passionate about working with children. In her free time, Lauren loves cooking and baking, reading, and watching reality TV!
Yvonne Mensah (she/her)
Yvonne is a recent graduate of Ryerson University where she earned a Bachelor of Arts with Honours in History, with a double minor in Curatorial Studies and Criminology. Prior to the pandemic, Yvonne worked and volunteered in a number of vibrant museums & archives across Toronto including the Aga Khan Museum, Bata Shoe Museum & Toronto Railway Museum. She is eager to continue pursuing work in the museum & gallery fields and furthering her art historical learning. Yvonne hopes to one day work in exhibitions management and content creation while contributing to wider education and decolonization efforts in the arts. In her spare time Yvonne loves doing yoga, hiking with friends, and learning guitar and illustration.
April Beatson (she/her)
April holds a BFA in Photography Studies from Ryerson University. April’s artistic practice is in photography, with a focus on action sports, music, travel, and subcultures. She is interested in creating immersive installations as her exhibition method. Currently, she is pursuing a graduate certificate in Arts Management at Centennial College. Her plan after completing this program is to travel, and live and work internationally both as a photographer and arts manager, specifically in organizations with a focus on public arts and community engagement. Her long term goal is to work for some of her favourite institutions and eventually run her own arts organization (focus to be determined!). Aside from visiting galleries and museums, she enjoys spending her free time going on road trips, visiting antique markets, biking, attending concerts, and spending time with her cats.
Nastaran Mortazavi (she/her)
Nastaran has an Associate Degree of Visual Art – Painting and Bachelor of Visual Communication from Al-Zahra University of Iran. Nastaran managed a pottery and painting workshop in Iran where she also held and instructed pottery and painting classes. She has worked with the municipality of Mashhad for a project that was represented in the spring welcoming exhibition for 3 continuous years. Nastaran is seeking a career in becoming a boutique art gallery owner and manager. Her dream is to have an education centre in her gallery to teach and help young artist explore art and be able to network and one day get their work represented out there. When she isn’t busy exploring new art , she indulges in exploring new cities, practicing yoga, painting her visions, and dancing to new tunes.