Your AGA is a centre of excellence for the visual arts in Western Canada thanks to this talented and dedicated team. Meet our staff whose hard work creates a welcoming and engaging environment where people are motivated to transform their understanding of the world by connecting with the visual arts.
Staff Listing
Catherine Crowston, Executive Director and Chief Curator
Exhibitions and Collections
Mackenzy Albright, Preparator
Lauren Ball, Executive Administrator
Melissa-Jo Belcourt Moses, Adjunct Curator of Indigenous Art
Mikayla Bradley, Curatorial Coordinator
Amery Calvelli, Adjunct Curator, Poole Centre of Design
Charles Cousins, Creative Director
Shane Golby, Manager/Curator, TREX Program
Sara McKarney, Exhibitions Manager
Dani Rice, Head Preparator
Lindsey Sharman, Curator
Danielle Siemens, Collections Manager/Curatorial Associate
Clint Wilson, Senior Preparator
Education and Learning
Dara Armsden, Head, Education and Learning
Michael Magnussen, Public Programs and Outreach Coordinator
Patricia Whitebone, Education Programs Administrator
Gallery Educators and Instructors
Patrick Higgins
Gwladys Jousselme
Krisna Raynor
Kerri Strobl
Jevon Swanston
Helen Zhang
Finance and Administration
Pat St. Arnaud, Head, Finance and Administration
Mike Slywka, Head, Facility Operations
Gracie Cai, Accounting Manager
Brian Dimmick, Accounting Administrator
Yeside Talabi, Application and Business Analyst
Enterprise and Visitor Experience
Linda Frena, Manager
Graham Leggett, Associate Manager
Charlotte Kruszewski, Visitor Experience Administrator
Visitor Experience Associates
Joelsia Kaya Beri
Danielle Dufour
Elodie Flower
Ashwini Gadtoula
Talia Goa
Alaynee Goodwill-Littlechild
Sam Halupa
Nicholas Hertz
Rebecca John
Nicole Jones-Abad
Kaitlyn Konkin
Isabelle Kuzio
Kathryn Lapointe
Breanne McLean
Emily Nash
Steven Nixon
Andrew Ritchie
Evan Robinson
Charlotte Schneider
Emily Storvold
Alexandra Stout
Misty Totman
Cynthia Valencia-Hegedes
Chelsea Wong
Andrew Wujkowski
Install and Delivery Assistants
Daniel Cristini
Elicia Weaver
Olesya Komarnytska
Roger Garcia
Marketing, Communications and Development
Vacant, Head, Marketing, Communications and Development
Michael Ameyaw, Social & Digital Media Coordinator
Skye Barnes, Event & Marketing Coordinator
Alison Besecker, Membership and Volunteer Coordinator
Jaime Cordoba, Sponsor and Donor Liaison
Joyce George, Marketing & Publicity Coordinator (interim)