1. Rose M. Spahan
Project Management Professional
Vancouver, BC
rose_spahan@yahoo.ca
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Objective: Curtor/Writer
Skills and Qualifications
 BFA (honors) University of Victoria
 Presented to the Protocol Symposium, on the success of the integration of First Nations
protocol into non-First Nations fine art performances including the Vancouver Operas
Magic Flute and Victoria Opera’s Hansel and Gretel’s Opera
 Acted as liaison, marketer and artist recruiter for the partnership between the City of
Victoria and Art Gallery of Greater Victoria leading to the Artist Forum, 2010 - 2015
 Developed and nurtured a professional network of First Nations and non-first nation’s
audiences leading to well promoted, attended and successful events
 Wrote press releases and follow-up with reporters by phone to promote and encourage
media coverage before and after event
 Recruited and secured Bob Baker as the Cultural Liaison for the Vancouver Opera to
offer spiritual advice and smudge to artists and performers with class and integrity
 Wrote four catalogue publications with designers, photographers, editors writers and
artists
 Created and maintained a marketing strategy that produced growth of community annual
event 50 participants, served tea and cookies in small lecture hall to, 110 participants,
served a catered reception in a banquet hall
Most Relevant Experience
2014 Presenter Protocol Symposium, Enowkin Center, Penticton, BC
2011-13 Malaspina Printmakers Gallery, Guest Curator
2011-13 Vancouver Opera, Magic Flute Production, First Nations Cultural Advisor
2011 HIWEST, First Nations Artist Forum Special Events Coordinator, City of Victoria and Art
Gallery of Greater Victoria, B.C.
2010 Pacific Opera Society, First Nations Liaison & Artist, Hansel & Gretel Production,
Victoria, B.C.
2008-2011 Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Guest Curator, Victoria, BC
2009 University of Fraser Valley, Abbotsford BC, First Nations advisory Panel
2009 Vancouver Convention Center Expansion Project, Art Consultant, Vancouver, BC
2007 Healing Our Spirit, Special Events Coordinator & Fund Development, Vancouver, BC
2005-07 Vancouver Opera, Aboriginal Liaison and Special Events Coordinator, Vancouver
2005-07 Downtown Eastside Women’s Center, Painting Instructor & WEAVE Project
Coordinator Vancouver, BC
2005 Arts Umbrella, Peace River Provincial Outreach Program, Art Instructor, Dawson Creek,
Fort St. John and Vancouver
2003 - 2004 Vancouver School Board, First Nations Support Worker, Vancouver, BC
2003 The New Canoe, Associate Producer/On Air Host, Victoria, BC
2001 Bill Reid Foundation, Assistant to Martine Reid
2001-2002 New Canoe, Research Assistant to Barbara Hager, Victoria, BC
2001 Public Dreams, First Nations Co-ordinator
2000 Festival of the Arts, Mentor, Nelson, B.C.
1989 Nicola Valley Institute of Technology, Instructor

2. Rose M. Spahan
Project Management Professional
Vancouver, BC
rose_spahan@yahoo.ca
Rose M. Spahan, Project Management Professional Page2 of 3
1998-2000 Richmond Art Gallery, Curator in Residence
1998 Emily Carr Institute of Art & Design, Art Instructor-Continuing Education Department
1993 B.C. Festival of the Arts, Aboriginal Liaison
1992-97 En’owkin Center, Visual Arts Director, Academic Advisor, Fine Arts Instructor
1995 Royal B.C. Museum, Contemporary First Nations Visual Arts Advisor
1995 Moonlighting, Visual Arts Instructor, Night School Summerland
1994 Art and Culture in the Park, B.C. Provincial Parks
1993 Beyond Survival: The Waking Dreamer Ends the Silence, Conference Facilitator
1991 Victoria Native Friendship Center, Art Instructor for Drop in Programme
1989 University of Victoria, Public Relations Officer and Interpreter
1989 University of Victoria, Native Liaison Officer, Victoria, BC
Selected Lectures
2005 National Aboriginal Arts Administrators Gathering, En’owkin Center, Penticton BC
2003 Making a Noise, Conference of Aboriginal Curators, Banff Centre of the Arts, Banff,
Alberta
2002 Bingo, Aboriginal Awareness Day, Emily Carr Institute of Art & Design Vancouver, B.C
2000 A Working Discussion on Aboriginal Representation in the Art Gallery, Vancouver Art
Gallery, Vancouver BC
2000 Peer Review, B.C. Festival of the Arts, Nelson, B.C.
1995 Artist Talk: Indigenous Woman Artists, Okanagan University College, Penticton
Campus
1995 Artist Talk: Contemporary Indigenous Arts-Salish, Okanagan University College,
Kelowna
1994 Culture Workshop, Art and Culture in the Park, B.C. Provincial Park & West Bank
Indian Band
1994 Mined Cultures in Post-Colonial Society, Open Space Gallery, Victoria, B.C.
1993 First Peoples Cultural Festival, Between Generations,Royal B.C.Museum, Victoria, BC
1993 The City of Penticton, Understanding the Aboriginal Community, Penticton, B.C.
1992 Beyond Survival: The Waking Dreamer Ends the Silence Conference of the Creative
Writers, Visual Artist and Performing Artists, Ottawa, Ontario
1992 Artist Talk, University of Victoria, Visual Art Department, Victoria, B.C.
Curatorship
2013 NET-ETH, Malaspina Printmakers Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2013 Magic Flute in Art, Mezzanine Gallery, QET, Vancouver, BC
2013 Magic Flute in Art, Top of Vancouver Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2010 SMASH, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria,Victoria, B.C
2006-2007 Salish Signatures, Mezzanine Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2006.2007 See Beyond, Business Objects, Vancouver BC
2006.2008 Portraits, Downtown Eastside Woman’s Center and Gallery Gachet
2000 Parklands 20/20 Visions, Sidney Museum, Sidney, B.C.
1999-2000 Embrace the Visionaries, Richmond Art Gallery, Richmond, BC
1995 Delectable Dialogue, Edible Art, Sukenukain Gallery, Penticton, B.C.
1995 Understanding Outma Squilwx, B.C. Hydro Traveling Youth Exhibit
Penticton Indian Alternate School
1995 Ancient Protocol, Kelowna Art Gallery, Kelowna, B.C.
1995 Assimilation Integration, Alternator Gallery, Kelowna, B.C.

3. Rose M. Spahan
Project Management Professional
Vancouver, BC
rose_spahan@yahoo.ca
Rose M. Spahan, Project Management Professional Page3 of 3
1995 Voices of Vision…Resurgence, South Okanagan Art Gallery, Penticton,
B.C.
1994 Fishtails, Feast and Friends, En’owkin Center, Penticton, B.C.
1993 Between Generations, First Peoples Cultural Festival, Royal B.C.
Museum, Victoria, BC
1986 Edible Art Show, M Gallery, University of Victoria, Visual Arts Department,
Victoria, B.C.
Education
2002 Microsoft Word Intermediate, Haida Kloo Certificate, Vancouver BC
2002 Aboriginal Film & T.V., Native Education Centre, Vancouver, B.C.
1994 Curatorship, Indigenous Perspective in Post Colonial Societies, Victoria, B.C.
1993 Art Therapy, Nicola Valley Institute of Technology, Merritt, B.C.
1992 Fine Arts, Institute of American Indian Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico
1991 Langham Courts Theatre, Mask Making Seminar, Victoria, BC
1989 B.F.A. (honors) University of Victoria, Victoria, B.C.