It gives me great joy to share with you the announcement of our new Executive Director for the BC Touring Council, Miriam Manley.
Miriam’s career spans the arts in both the UK and Canada, including Arts Council England and Banff Centre. Banff Centre’s policy of putting the artist first continues to drive Miriam to support artists and the creation of new work.
In her role as Artistic and Executive Director of Arts Revelstoke Miriam has created new and innovative programs including the highly successful Guerrilla Gigs and multidisciplinary arts festival LUNA. Her work is focused on developing meaningful relationships with a variety of partners, programming diverse work, engaging new audiences and helping to develop the careers of local artists.
Miriam is very excited by this opportunity to work for BCTC advocating for artists, agents and presenters provincially and nationally. As the performing arts sector emerges from the Covid pandemic, she is looking forward to supporting the very best live performance experiences that British Columbia has to offer.
In her spare time Miriam enjoys spending time with her two young children. She loves the mountains and gets out in them as often as she can skate skiing, mountain biking, as well as hiking and paddling trips with friends and family.
We are very excited about the skills, experience and vision that Miriam brings to the Touring Council. Our organization is at an inflection point where we strive to champion the re-opening and strengthening of live performance throughout British Columbia with a renewed vision of inclusivity and innovation. We look forward to Miriam’s leadership in achieving our goals.
We would like to recognize the efforts and support of the BCTC Team through this transition: Sheryl McGraw, Linda Tamblyn, John McLachlan and Lori Baxter.
In addition, I would like to express my deep gratitude to our Search Committee led by Paul Gravett and supported by Kim The, Yvonne Chartrand, Joyce Hinton, Heather Burns (Board) and myself.
Miriam will be formally starting her role with the Touring Council on June 15, 2022.
Please join me in welcoming Miriam to her new exciting role with us. She can be reached at miriam@bctouring.org.
Sincerely,
Galen Olstead
Chair, BC Touring Council