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John Eaden has been a practicing artist for the past 40 years . He has been involved in community arts for 30 years primarily in his role at Auckland City’s Artstation where he has been manager for the last 18 years. His first involvement with arts organisations was through membership of the NZSSPA and he was a foundation member of Visual Artists Against Nuclear Arms. He is on the board of Spark studio, the creative space offering an innovative art programme for adults with various disabilities. At various times he has been secretary, treasurer and chairman of Artists Alliance. Having recently re joined the Artists Alliance board he is able to bring arts management skills and a long-term perspective to the organisation. John is presently chair of the Artists Alliance board.
Margaret Malaghan
Margaret is a lawyer with experience in judicial decision making, most recently as a senior member of the Residence Review Board. She has had management experience as a company manager and management consultant in human resources, as well as business and governance experience as a board member of three private companies. Margaret’s interests are in both visual and performing arts and she was a founding member of the APO Guild. She has been a member of the board of Artists Alliance since 2006.
Matt Blomeley
Matt Blomeley is currently the programme coordinator of Objectspace in Auckland. Matt is actively involved with the visual arts sector as a writer and exhibition curator. Matt joined the board in March 2009.
Karl Chitham
Karl has been actively involved in the arts sector for over 12 years. He has been part of many artist-run and community initiatives across a range of disciplines. In recent years he has had more of a curatorial focus through his role at Objectspace in 2006 as the Programmes Co-ordinator before moving to the Whakatane District Museum & Gallery as the Programmes & Education Co-ordinator. In 2009 he returned to Auckland to take a position as Lecturer at Unitec School of Design. Having been a board member in the past Karl rejoined the Artists Alliance Board in 2008.
Evotia Tamua
Evotia is a freelance photographer who has worked in the industry for over 10 years, specialising in wedding, documentary and portrait photography. She has a strong interest in documenting the Pacific Islands, the people and their culture. Evotia is also a company director of Little Island Press, a community focused book publisher who are currently working on a Samoan dictionary, French Polynesian novels and visual art books.Juliet Monaghan
Juliet Monaghan
Juliet has a diverse background, centred in the Creative Industries. She has been responsible for creating and implementing a vision for numerous projects and initiatives. Her professional career began in theatre as a director and performer, before embracing television as a presenter, director and documentary filmmaker. Alongside her directing projects Juliet is a specialist business consultant coaching senior executives in presentation and pitching skills. In 2004 she completed a Visual Arts degree at Auckland University of Technology. Juliet is currently Project Director for headland Sculpture on the Gulf 2011 and has been a member of the board for Artist Alliance since 2009.
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