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Artistic Director
Program Manager
Maggie Milne is a community-engaged artist with a background in printmaking. A past member of the Malaspina Printmakers Society, she holds a BFA and an MA in Visual art, culture and theory. Maggie taught studio art and theory at the post-secondary level and is doing post-graduate work at SFU. Maggie is co-founder of the Artist in Residence Studio program, where she continues to advocate to create space for artists to extend their art practice to children in public schools. Maggie's practice interweaves material, collaborative and embodied processes, creating multi-layered works, projections and installations that bring students into resonance and felt connection with themselves and their community, including the natural world.
"For me, it is a privilege to create and hold space, both literally and figuratively for diverse, talented, community engaged artists to work with students in schools, and to support them in realizing the potential of their creative imaginings of what is possible in these spaces, and to witness the incredible transformation of artists and school communities in the process."
contact: maggie@airsprogram.org
Yunuen Perez Vertti is a filmmaker and digital media artist from Mexico City with over 20 years of experience in the film and television industry. She has been involved in various roles and projects, producing films for various organizations, including public, private, and non-profit entities.
In addition to her work in filmmaking, Yunuen has also served as an artist in residence in schools for over 7 years. She is passionate about education through the arts and the importance of the arts as a fundamental tool for education. She believes teaching and introducing kids to all art disciplines as early as possible is essential to a healthy society.
“I shared AIRS' mission and values, and I enjoy supporting the program in every way I can, whether through a residency in a school, as a mentor to other artists, or through administrative tasks. I feel that every contribution makes a difference. As an AIRS artist, I have experienced firsthand the transformational power of a community-engaged art practice. I would love to see this transformation happening at every community level. I believe programs like this are essential for this realization.”
contact: yunuen@airsprogram.org
The Artist In Residence Studio program is honoured to be working together on the unceded, unsurrendered and traditional territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm|Musqueam, Sḵwxwú7mesh|Squamish & səlilwətaɬ |Tsleil-Waututh people, where we learn, live and work. We humbly acknowledge that we are unlearning and relearning and with this acknowledgement comes the commitment to engage in ongoing acts of reconciliation.