Consulting

Assembly, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, New College

Creative Industries

I offer consulting services for creative industries and cultural organizations through research-driven strategies, creative placemaking, and festival-friendly urban policies. Our work bridges public policy, academic insight, and real-world arts experience to support long-term growth and cultural impact for creative industries, festivals, and events in Canada and the United Kingdom.

Athletes and Sport

I partner with elite athletes on reflexive storytelling, and crafting their personal narratives for motivational speeches, books, and films. I'm also proud to support athlete-led charitable initiatives to bring sport and art together. As part of my work, I use creative writing techniques to challenge athletes to shape their own narratives, convey their own personal challenges to audiences, consider self-examination, and amplify their community impact both on and off the field of play.

Art and Public Policy

I liaise with government officials, policy makers, advocacy groups, and cultural organizations to build imaginative and creative arts communities. I consult on artistic place-making, unique site activations, and playful spaces through policy development, consultations, and arts research. I also dig deep into the cultural and societal barriers—such as inequity, access, and underfunding—that hinder arts sector potential.

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Grant writing

If there was a titan of grant writing applications, then it would certainly be me. You can't win 'em all, but you can win some. I help artists, collectives, organizations, and arts-sector industries by:

Refining project concepts
Evaluating artistic practice, goals, and style
Recommending further community engagement activities
Suggesting value-adds to enhance proposals
Detailing budgets including estimated costs
Reviewing support materials, art samples and appendix

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Successful grants, scholarships and awards

Canada
Sir James Lougheed Award 2023 and 2024 ($40,000)
Alberta Foundation for the Arts, 2021 Individual Artist Grant ($15,000)
The Banff Centre, 2018 Carlyle Norman Scholarship ($8,000)

Calgary Arts Development:

2019 Literary Arts Collective Grant ($15,000)
2021-2025 Microgrant for Artists (approx. $30,000)

United Kingdom
Scottish Graduate School of Social Sciences 2025