Alex Glass
Executive Director | 519-880-3670 x 103 | Pronouns: she/her
Alex is responsible for the organization’s overall financial, strategic, and operational leadership. She has been with ArtsBuild for over eight years and successfully secured funding from the Department of Canadian Heritage, Canada Council for the Arts and the Ontario Arts Council. Alex has executed grants from all these funders, as well as other projects supported by the Ontario Trillium Foundation and the Accessibility Directorate of Ontario. Over the years, she has grown ABO’s programs, partnerships and contributed to increased revenues. Alex managed the development of the Accessibility Toolkit for Creative Spaces in Ontario and corresponding six-part webinar series, the Creative Spaces Case Study Series, and the expansion of SpaceFinder across Canada in 11 communities.
Bringing 14 years of experience in the non-profit sector, Alex has previously worked with organizations such as the Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra, Talisker Players Chamber Music and Canterbury Hills Camp & Conference Centre. She has an honors degree in English and Cultural Studies from McMaster University and graduate certificate in Public Relations from Mohawk College.
Tatiana Doucette (On Leave)
Director, Programs & Partnerships | Pronouns: she/her
Tatiana comes to ABO with a background in museum studies, history, and art history. She is responsible for managing and executing all ABO programs – including the Creative Spaces Mentoring Network and Asset Planner for the Arts. She also manages partnerships and supports advocacy and development with each program.
Tatiana has experience in communications, marketing, operations management and community engagement within the arts and culture sector. She has previously worked at Canada Ireland Foundation, Homer Watson House and Gallery, and the Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery. Tatiana holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Guelph, with a History major and Art History minor, as well as a Master of Museum Studies degree from the University of Toronto.
Helena Ciuciura
Marketing & Communications Coordinator | 519-880-3670 x 101 | Pronouns: she/they
Helena manages ABO’s marketing and communications, and supports operations at 44 Gaukel Creative Workspace.
She is passionate about the Kitchener-Waterloo arts community, currently working: as a choreographer for theatre company actOUT, with production company One Strange Night, and producing/hosting Community Edition #BESTOFWR2022 nominated podcast Katherine and Catherine. Helena’s background is in the performing arts with a Bachelor’s in Dramatic Arts from the Marilyn I Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts and a Master’s in Acting from East 15 through the University of Essex in London, England.
Eva HellreichProgram Manager | 519-880-3670 x 102 | Pronouns: any pronouns
Eva is responsible for our projects and core programs. They are passionate about providing under-served communities access to resources, knowledge and networks that enable and sustain self-empowerment through creative leadership and community building. They bring over 7 years of arts and funding administrative experience spanning non-profit, community arts, festivals and government funders, as well as experience as a youth and adult educator. In addition to ample experience with program development and service delivery, they served a 3 year term as a working Board member of Mayworks Festival of Working People and are currently serving a 3 year term on the Toronto Arts Council’s Creative Communities Committee.
Eva has a Bachelor of Arts in English and a Master of Arts in Immigration and Settlement from Toronto Metropolitan University, where they conducted primary research for their Major Research Paper on the experiences of newcomer artists and art as a tool for civic engagement.
Eva is enthusiastic about sharing their passion for project management, collaboration and creative problem solving with community engaged artists and organizations through skill and resource exchanges, collaboration, and peer mentorship. Eva believes in art for art’s sake and challenges the influence of capitalism on determining the value of a creative practice or production. Their personal practice includes photography, textile art, and creative writing.
Shannon Lee
Meanwhile Spaces Coordinator | Pronouns: any pronouns
Shannon Lee is the coordinator for our upcoming Meanwhile Spaces Program. A recent graduate of the Integrated Musical Arts program at Wilfrid Laurier University, Shannon has been working as a live sound technician around the KW Region since 2021, and specifically as the house technician at The Hub in downtown Kitchener. Shannon takes great pride in being one of the few non-male, BIPOC, and queer technicians in the area, and is passionate in aiding other marginalized people in learning live sound as well as the ins and outs of the music industry. When they’re not behind a sound board, Shannon can be found on the other end of the board both songwriting and performing onstage with their band HouseCat. She also often works
with other local venues, arts organizations, and production companies in the region. Shannon strives to expand the diversity in KW’s arts community and create more accessible opportunities
