STAFF & BOARD OF DIRECTORS

STAFF

Kerry Jo Buckman

Manager

Kerri-Jo brings a diverse experience to Centre 64. Her career has encompassed various roles including artist, professional photographer, military officer, intelligence analyst, research scientist, and horse breeder. With a solid foundation in leadership and management, Kerri-Jo has successfully overseen teams and projects across different sectors. Her arrival at Centre 64 signifies a new chapter of dynamic leadership, dedicated to expanding artistic horizons and nurturing local talent.

John Stafford

Administrative Assistant

John has joined us after being a member of the visual arts committee for the last 3 years. He is the creative mind behind our marketing material, website, social media posts, and our newsletter.

John is the person on site at Centre 64 , welcoming visitors and looking after daily activities that keep the gallery at Centre 64 open, as well as the person behind the scenes for the administration of our online activities. John moved to Kimberley in 2018 from Vancouver where he was a commercial Interior Designer.

Rachel Aube

Client Relations

With a wealth of experience on stage, in front of the camera, and behind-the-scenes roles, Rachel has extensive experience in theater, film, television, voiceover, stage/event production and has recently taken an interest in IP and Entertainment Law. She has also worked for one of Canada's largest and oldest museum institutions and is deeply passionate about the arts. She looks forward to applying her valuable skill set at Centre 64.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

The Kimberley Arts Council and the Centre 64 Board of Directors is made up of a diverse mix of people from in and around the community.

Are you interested in serving on the board? Please fill out this form.

Edwin Alm

President

Marianne Rennick

Vice President

Fernanda Fernandez

Secretary

Joseph Cross

Treasurer

Carol Fergus

Director,

Carol has been a long- time member of Kimberley Arts at Centre 64 and has held all executive positions over the past years on the board. As a long-time member, she carries a plethora of information and history about our community and organization.

At present she is a member of the Visual Arts, Building Maintenance and Building Expansion committees.
For the past 8 years Carol has been the coordinator of Kimberley First Saturdays Arts, Culture, and Heritage Festival.

Karmin Snow

Director

Karmin has a background in Visual Art / Art History and recently completed postgraduate studies in Cultural Resource Management.
She looks forward to bringing her arts administration experience to the Kimberley Arts Council team. Karmin has been involved in Youth programming, Kaleidoscope, and First Saturdays at Center 64. Her hobbies include textile arts, playing music, traveling, and spending time with her family and in the garden

Marie Wright

Director

This is Marie’s second year as a member of the Board of Kimberley Arts at Centre 64 and she is looking forward to participating with the KAC team to reinvigorate arts programming provided through Centre 64 in the “COVID free” near future.

Marie is excited to see Centre 64 resume its role as the hub of artistic expression in Kimberley and the surrounding area.

Marie is a long-standing member and present chairperson of the Kimberley and District Guild of Fibre Artists.

Kathy Clarke

Director

Kathy has been a volunteer for Kimberley Arts at Centre 64 for many years, helping out with workshops, Live@Studio64 and First Saturdays events. She has been a Steppin’ Out Dancer since it’s inception in 1984, performing at Expo 86 in Vancouver and for more than 15 years at Kimberley’s Lilith Affair.

Interested in the arts since early childhood, she danced all her life, and took up singing and playing the piano and guitar in her youth. Her main focus in the arts these days is painting and drawing.

Kathy joined the Board of Directors this year to share her skills and get actively involved in supporting the arts in our community.