MEMBERS

David Bobier

Director

David Bobier is a hard of hearing and disabled media artist whose creative practice is exploring multi-modal means of art making. His work focuses on developing accessible vibrotactile technology as an artistic and experiential medium that led to the establishment in 2012 of VibraFusionLab. The Lab is a multi-sensory creative research centre now situated in Hamilton, Ontario that has an international reputation as a leader in accessibility for the D/deaf and Disability Arts movement. His career includes nearly 30 solo and two-person exhibitions and over 30 group exhibitions in Canada and internationally. Bobier has served in advisory roles in developing D/deaf and Disability Arts Equity programs for both Canada Council for the Arts and the Ontario Arts Council, was an invited participant in the Canada Council for the Arts – The Arts in a Digital World Summit and a presenter at the Global Disability Summit in London, UK. He has also been an invited juror for both the Canada Council for the Arts and the Ontario Arts Council and was recently nominated by the Canada Council for the Arts for a Governor General’s Innovation Award.

Alex Maeve Campbell

Director

Alex Maeve Campbell is a multidisciplinary artist, curator, writer, and arts administrator. She currently serves as Executive Director for the White Water Gallery in North Bay, ON (one of Canada's oldest artist-run centres) and is also a member of the Board of Directors for the Nipissing Region Curatorial Collective. Alex is an alumnus of the University of Toronto and has worked in public art gallery, artist-run centre, arts collective, and arts service organization settings. She was a long-time Editor of Toronto-based literary quarterly Descant, and is the founder of North Bay's Downtown Gallery Hop.

Nobi Nakamura

Treasurer

Nobi Nakamura is an arts and cultural programs administrator based in Toronto, currently working at the Museum of Contemporary Art as Community Outreach and Operations Coordinator. He has worked at various non-profit organizations such as Regent Park Film Festival, Japan Foundation, Reel Asian Film Festival and was a board member at the National Association of Japanese Canadians and Rain Gardens United. At the Japan Foundation, he curated a program of 40–60 film screenings a year and administered audio visual grants for local organizations across Canada.

Matt Salton

Director

Matt Salton is a proud neuro-diverse creative who loves camp, kitsch, and cats. Formerly the festival director for Calgary’s FairyTales LGBT Film Festival, he is now the executive director of the Reelout Queer Film Festival in Kingston, Ontario and has been programming and curating queer film for over 20 years. He is a graduate of the Film and Video Production program at Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT) and currently sits on the board of the Media Arts Network of Ontario and can be seen acting and directing in local Kingston stage productions.

Ginger Scott

Chair

Ginger Scott is an arts manager (and sometimes writer and artist) who has worked for over 15 years in support of non-profit arts service, theatre, dance, media and visual arts organizations. She currently serves as Executive Director at InterAccess (Toronto) and has held previous positions at Eyelevel Gallery (Halifax), Artspeak (Vancouver), Walter Phillips Gallery (Banff), Artscape (Toronto), OCADU (Toronto), and Factory Theatre (Toronto). She has a Master in Museum Studies from the University of Toronto, where she focused on performance art, institutional critique, and Canadian artist-run centre history, and a Bachelor of Arts in Art History and Drawing from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University.

Emily-Jane Williams

Secretary

Emily-Jane Williams is an accomplished arts administrator with a deep commitment to advancing equity within the media arts sector. Since 2017, she has served as Development Director at Reelworld Screen Institute, where she has played a crucial role in securing grants, advocating for policy changes, and leading fundraising initiatives. Her efforts have been pivotal in advancing Reelworld’s mission to promote diversity and anti-racism in the media-arts, while supporting Canadian filmmakers from underrepresented communities. EJ’s experience spans various arts organizations, including Hermione Presents and Cindy Tanas Actors Studio, where she developed grant proposals, managed donor relations, and supported organizational growth. With a proven track record in strategic planning, governance, and community engagement, EJ is passionate about building impactful initiatives within the media arts sector.