Jennifer Cooke

Biography

Over the past 17 years of her professional career Jennifer has worked in the cultural and non profit sector as both artist and program director. Her theatre experience as a set and costume designer gave her an inside look at how an artist creates and develops, allowing her the compassion and empathy necessary to work with other professional artists. It also allowed her to learn the subtleties of working with a team of people creating an artistic vision as an ensemble. As the Director of a award winning and innovative social cultural organisation in the Laurentians she has developed an approach which allows her to lead a group of diverse and talented individuals into numerous projects and engagements with notable successes. Teaching and learning has always been a passion. Arts education has been an extraordinary adventure for her because of the possibilities it offers to its participants in personal growth and it’s effectiveness within the pedagogical learning curve. Her arts based learning initiatives are presently flourishing and creating interest from many different sectors.Presently the organisation she directs is in the process of converting a 12000 square foot building into a multidisciplinary art space for youth.Imagine the possibilities