BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Elected July 2022

Born in Montreal, Luba Diduch is a visual/sound artist working in both digital and analog media. She holds a BFA from Concordia University in Montreal, an MFA from the University of Calgary and a PhD in Interdisciplinary/Digital Studies from the Bath School of Art and Design in the UK where her thesis focused on co-creation, distributed authorship and the facilitation of co-creative artworks. Her art practice explores connections between the practices of field recording and audio, augmented reality, animation and video, while traversing themes around wilderness as creative space, embodiment in the landscape, and identity.

Elected June 2020

Katie Fournell is the Festival Director and Creator of the Okotoks Film Society. As a film and theatre director she wanted to bring a diverse art opportunity to the Southern Alberta town. She has also sat for one term on the Okotoks Arts Council and is often finding time to celebrate her passion for theatre as a director. Katie is also an event planner and has created the Okotoks Hot Chocolate Festival and aided in the creation of Enchanted Okotoks. She is so excited to join the AMAAS board and hopes her passion for creating in Southern Alberta bring more remote artists to the organization.

Elected June 2023

Jamie McRae is an independent filmmaker, video artist, and arts administrator residing in Edmonton Alberta. His work primarily consists of shooting on celluloid 16mm film, and paper analog collage. His work can be described as punk rock on sedatives, the decay of the human soul. His first completed works relied heavily on bent circuit analog video synthesizers with video feedback looping, and has grown to focus on experimental visual art as a medium. As an arts administrator, he has spent the past 9 years working at The Film and Video Arts Society of Alberta, currently as the Chief of Staff and Director of Production at the organization.

Elected June 2021

Boozhoo! Chaachiina ndizhinikaaz Makwa nidoodem Anishinaabwe niin Animikii-Wajiw doonjii, but you can call me George. I grew up in what is now known as Thunder Bay, ON and moved to Mohkinstsis in the traditional territories of the Niitsitapi when I was a teenager. (Calgary, AB) I graduated from Alberta University of the Arts in 2021, with a Bachelor of Design in Advertising and Graphic Design.  My art is a fusion of the physical and the digital and I love to express myself through innovation and push the limits of my knowledge and understanding of how these two things can mesh.

I joined AMAAS’ board because I think it’s an interesting organization that does great work in the field of media arts. I’m a media artist and with my tax preparation experience I think the position of Treasurer will be a good use of my skills and a wonderful learning experience.

Elected July 2022

Danielle Wintrip is a Lethbridge based multidisciplinary storyteller and artist with a background in world building, be it through writing, sculpting, filmmaking, and now community building. As one of the founders and current President of the Lethbridge Independent Film Society (LIFS), she is passionate about raising the voices of traditionally overlooked or marginalized communities and spends her free time doing advocacy work for Media Artists across Canada as a Regional Representative for the Prairies and Northwest Territories for IMAA. She is a strong advocate for creating greater equity when it comes to technical know-how and access to tools of the trade, particularly in rural communities, and desires to help diversify the pool of Alberta Media Artists by steadfastly encouraging artists in underrepresented areas to apply for funding.