Meet The Team
Meet The Team Behind Manitoba Arts Network
Manitoba Arts Network consists of a team of 6 professionals, often
augmented by interns and volunteers, who support, promote, and advocate for the arts and culture.
Rose-Anne Harder
Executive Director
director@mbartsnet.ca
Rose-Anne is a graduate of the University of Winnipeg’s Manitoba Arts and Cultural Management Certificate Program, the University of Manitoba’s Theatre program, and is a certified Event Coordinator. As Executive Director of the Manitoba Arts Network, she aims to increase access to the arts in rural and northern Manitoba. Rose-Anne has been Chair of Creative Manitoba and a board director for Artspace. Prior to working at MAN, Rose-Anne had 10 years of experience working at two sector councils the Manitoba tourism education Council and Film Training Manitoba. Before that, she has been a director, stage manager, production manager and scenic artist.
Charles Venzon
Visual Arts Coordinator
visualarts@mbartsnet.ca
Charles Venzon holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honours) from the University of Manitoba and is an interdisciplinary artist whose work explores themes within the Filipinx diaspora—focusing on (im)migration, assimilation, cultural loss, and cultural repatriation.
He is co-curator at ABCV, where he leads community-driven exhibitions that create space and build relationships for Filipinx contemporary artists in Manitoba. This work intersects with the efforts of Kultivation FAMD, a collective centering Filipino art, music, and dialogue/dance.
His decolonial practice begins on Treaty 1 territory and centers on reconnection—to ancestral knowledge, to the land, and to those who have stewarded it long before colonization.
As Visual Arts Coordinator at Manitoba Arts Network, Charles is committed to building relationships with artists across Manitoba, learning about their practices, and supporting opportunities for their work to be exhibited in MAN’s member exhibition spaces throughout rural and Northern communities.
Akshay Vaid
Marketing Coordinator
marketing@mbartsnet.ca
You’ll often hear Akshay Vaid, our marketing coordinator, saying things like “these numbers are actual human beings” and “people attract people.”
With eight years in marketing, he’s known for bringing (practical) new ideas, making pictures of things whilst on very long walks, designing work that looks and feels good, and writing words that carry stories.
After working with brands like Mercedes and Radisson Hotels, Akshay now wants to work in places where he could be “that someone for someone he wished he had when he was younger.”
Carly Zelinsky
Gallery Coordinator
gallery@mbartsnet.ca
Carly Zelinsky is thrilled to step into the role of Gallery Coordinator at 210 Gallery, where she is eager to collaborate with rural artists to create something truly remarkable. With a strong administrative background and a deep enthusiasm for the arts, Carly is passionate about connecting with artists and building together.
Her commitment to public service is evident through her dedicated work in public education and libraries, where she has made a meaningful impact. Carly brings this same dedication to her work at 210 Gallery, ensuring that the space is a vibrant and welcoming place for both artists and the community.
Jane Ireland
Performing Arts Coordinator
performingarts@mbartsnet.ca
Jane has a diverse background in the fields of community development, arts administration, project management and fund development. Her considerable managerial, organizational and administrative experience including art curation, strategic planning, program development, evaluation, grant writing, fundraising, performing arts presentation, event planning, and campaign management. Jane’s super power is the ability to work with diverse groups and provide leadership in a variety of contexts.
Rhonda Head
Indigenous Touring Coordinator
indigenousprogram@mbartsnet.ca
Thirteen-time international award-winning Mezzo-Soprano vocalist, Rhonda Head is from the Opaskwayak Cree Nation in northern Manitoba. Rhonda recently won a 2022 LIT Talent award for her single 500 Years for Best Social Impact Song and for Kisahkihitin I Love You for Best Collaboration. She also won a 2022 One World Music Award for her single 500 Years and a Global Music award for Coming Home for Best Protest Song. She is the official recipient of the Global Music Awards for a pair of her most celebrated songs. Judged by Emmy and Grammy Award-winning artists, Head’s impactful anthem, 500 Years, received a Bronze Medal in the Protest Music category. The lyrics share her emotional journey, moving through the pain of being an intergenerational Residential School Survivor.