Clelia Scala, Chair

Clelia Scala is a visual artist whose work includes mask and puppet design, installations, collage, and illustration. She recently returned to Kingston from Niagara where she served on the Board of Directors for the Niagara Artists Centre as Board Chair for four years. Clelia’s work has been in galleries in Canada and the United States and in theatres across North America and Europe. She teaches theatre design at the DAN School of Drama and Music at Queen’s University. 

To reach the Chair of the KAC Board of Directors, contact board@artskingston.ca.

Nevena Martinović, Secretary

Nevena Martinović (she/her) is a theatre history and performance scholar, as well as an amateur playwright. Her research primarily focuses on intersections of acting and aging in eighteenth-century British theatre, though she has also published articles on contemporary theatre. Since graduating with her PhD in English Language and Literature, Nevena has been working as the Education Manager at various provincial and national not-for-profit organizations. She also teaches courses on literature, theatre studies, communication, and diversity and inclusion at several Canadian universities and colleges.

Amanda Baker, Treasurer

Amanda Baker (she/her) is a producer, theatre artist, and technologist specializing in immersive and interactive theatre. She holds a BAH in Computing and the Creative Arts and a Certificate in Business from Queen’s University, and a Master’s in Drama, Theatre & Performance Studies from the University of Toronto. She is currently the Festival Administrator for The Kick & Push Festival and Bookkeeper for Generator. Her recent work includes production managing Single Thread’s “Virtual Ambrose,” UX Designer for “The Social Within the City”, and Quality Assurance for the Cohort coding framework. As a disabled artist, accessibility is a strong aspect of her practice, and with CCA support she is currently working on an autobiographical show exploring the humour and realities of living with chronic illness.

Alyce Souoldre, Director

Alyce Soulodre is a self-taught visual artist, and a PhD Candidate in the department of English at Queen’s University. Her thesis explores the depictions of bugs and entomologists in Victorian horror and mystery fiction. She holds both a MA in English and a BA in English and Women’s Studies from Brock University. Her favourite mediums are watercolour, pen and ink, and coloured pencil, and her fascination with creatures and plants of all kinds is reflected in her work. She lives and works on unceded Haudenosaunee and Anishinaabek territory.

Barbara Bell, Director

Barbara is a certified professional coach with a focus on working with arts practitioners, helping them over stumbling blocks to allow them to move toward their desired creative goals. She has shared her creativity in the Kingston community in many ways: as an actor, theatrical and film producer, television host, editor, writer, and former AD of Kingston WritersFest. Barbara is past-chair of the City of Kingston’s Arts Advisory Committee, participated in the inaugural Mayor’s Arts Awards Working Group, and chaired the inaugural Nominations Committee, and has served on a Kingston Arts Council’s Arts Advocacy Committee and Kingston Writers’ Refugee Committee.

Cheryl Ferguson, Director

Dave Wreggit, Director

Dave Wreggitt is the CEO of Film Stream Video and co-owner of Realty Media Services. Since 2009, Dave has been dedicated to promoting Kingston's live music scene by creating events that focus on local talent and assisting musicians in attempting to increase their incomes through their music. He has raised funds and awareness through advertising, vendor tables and ticket sales. Dave spearheaded Kingston's first music conference (Kingston Ontario Music Conference) with high profile guest speakers from Los Angeles and Toronto and was the Artist Acquisition Coordinator for the Bath Ontario Canada Day Festival for 3 years. He has been instrumental in creating opportunities for musicians, such as the 401 Concert Series, as Entertainment Director at the Holiday Inn, through the Kingston Jam Festival and has produced numerous music videos and local social media commercials. Dave hosts a radio show on Amherst Island Radio www.radiofreestella.com, that promotes local musicians, at 4pm on Mondays and is the vice-president of Amherst Island Radio www.cjai.ca.

Jake Torrie, Director

Originally from Ottawa, Jake Torrie studied at the University of Toronto before moving to Kingston for graduate studies in the arts. Jake has volunteered with the PhD community initiative at Queen’s University on a study of the economic impacts of the arts in Kingston. Personally, Jake enjoys distance running, culinary arts, literary fiction, cinema, and music. Jake has played as a drummer in a few rock bands and completed a master’s thesis at Queen's University about the political economy of Canadian symphony orchestras.

Sarah Kastner, Director

Sarah Kastner is an award-winning research and policy communications professional with a doctorate in literary studies from Queen’s University and over five years of progressive experiences developing and leading social impact projects with not-for-profits and community-based organizations. She has published articles on archives, literature, art and public culture, and was the recipient of the Bora Laskin National Fellowship in Human Rights Research as a Postdoctoral Fellow at York University in 2018. Passionate about working with community to foster cultures of care and repair, Sarah currently works as an advocacy and research consultant at a strategic communications and public relations agency in Ottawa.

Selina Chiarelli, Director

Selina Chiarelli is a singer-songwriter, multi instrumentalist, radio host, and storyteller who has performed both in Canada and abroad. She has worked in music as a backup singer for world music artists such as Youssou N’Dour, Papa Wemba, and Maria Caridad Valdez, as a professional classical vocalist for the Brussels Chamber Choir, and St. Michael’s Schola Gregorian Choir in Brussels, and as an independent songwriter and singer of jazz, rock and blues throughout Canada, Australia, France, and Italy. She is also the founder and director of Firebird Sessions, a female-forward arts initiative aimed at helping female-identifying artists to explore and take ownership over their capacity for creative expression. She has been the host of CFRC’s Counterpoint for the last 5 years.