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The Aboriginal Programs Manager works within the sector to foster opportunities for professional development to enhance employment in all aspects of the industry. The principal context of the Aboriginal Program is to provide a culturally appropriate framework to the development of professional practice in all facets of Aboriginal creative expression and cultural production
The Aboriginal Program exists to:
- Support Aboriginal organizations and individuals
- Develop programs to foster the emergence of Aboriginal cultural leadership at the local and provincial level
- Identify and promote innovative initiatives and projects that focus on the contribution of the arts, heritage and culture towards the revitalization of Aboriginal communities
- Facilitate the development of a centralized information-sharing network for the Aboriginal arts and cultural sector
- Facilitate opportunities for networking among members of the Aboriginal arts sector
- Support contemporary and traditional art forms as foundations of Aboriginal Culture
Welcome to ACI Manitoba’s Aboriginal Programs
The Aboriginal Programs of ACI Mantoba strives to increase participation, promote, identify and develop opportunities for Aboriginal Peoples within the Arts and Cultural industry sector. The Aboriginal Programs are currently undergoing a transition period as we welcome our new Aboriginal Programs Manager Sherry Starr.
Aboriginal Programs Manager - Sherry Starr
Sherry is a retired legal secretary, a pow-wow coordinator and a Jingle dress dancer. She is also a graduate of the Manitoba Arts and Cultural Management Program. We look forward to the exciting programs she will be developing in the next couple of months. Welcome Sherry!
If you have any questions for Sherry about upcoming plans for ACI Manitoba’s Aboriginal Programs please contact her at 927-2787 or toll free at 1-866-802-1104 or email her at apm@creativemanitoba.ca.