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Summary
Kate and Tom are delighted to have Kenji Maeda on the podcast. Kenji is—among many things—the Executive Director of the Greater Vancouver Professional Theatre Alliance (GVPTA). He shares about the systemic issues he's passionate about, from shared leadership models to having more diverse voices in arts organizations and unpacks the unpack report and how arts organization and artists in BC are feeling about the state of the industry as well as the challenges facing the industry.
About Kenji Maeda
Kenji’s experiences are diverse and grounded in his passion for the arts, education, and building community, and influenced by his Uchinanchu heritage. He is currently the Executive Director of the Greater Vancouver Professional Theatre Alliance; artsvest B.C. Program Manager for Business / Arts; lecturer for Simon Fraser University's Thriving as a Cultural Entrepreneur course; and an arts and culture consultant working and living on the unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh Nations. Kenji currently sits on the board of Mass Culture, a national organization which uses the power of research to learn and enable the arts and culture community to be strategic and adaptive. He is a Jessie Richardson Theatre Award recipient, and an alum of the Banff Centre's Cultural Leadership Program.
Resources
GVPTA
artsvest BC
Mass Culture
Koto: The Last Service on DOXA
GVPTA COVID-19 Impact Report: Spring 2021