Executive Director

The Organization Art Spring acknowledges the unceded territory and the ancestors of Salt Spring Island, the Coast Salish First Nations peoples of Salt Spring and surrounding areas, who continue to use and steward these lands. We at Art Spring wish to pay respect to the Elders of this land, past and present. Art Spring is a community performing and visual arts centre on Salt Spring Island, B.C. – one of the Southern Gulf Islands off Canada’s west coast.

Over its 25 + years of operation, Art Spring has earned a reputation as a centre for the island’s professional and amateur artists, presenters and students, and as a premier arts venue attracting regional, national and international artists. Art Spring is a lively community gathering place, hosting approximately 300 events each year that bring people together through the arts. Alongside Art Spring Presents, our curated season of professional touring artists, Art Spring prioritizes community access through an active rentals program and a wide range of public programming.

Our theatre, gallery, and public spaces are regularly filled by local and regional performers, community groups, and emerging artists, as well as visual art exhibitions, workshops, film screenings, and youth engagement activities. Programs such as the Makana Youth Choir reflect Art Spring’s commitment to nurturing creativity, learning, and participation across generations, ensuring the arts remain accessible, welcoming, and rooted in community life.

The building is an 11,800 square-foot, two-level, heavy timber structure, boasting a 6,600 square- foot, 259-seat theatre, and a 5,200-square-foot exhibition/multi-purpose area. After significant community-based planning and fundraising, the building opened in April 1999 and has been in continuous operation since then.

The Opportunity Art Spring is adjusting its leadership structure, which has led to this exciting opportunity. With the new Executive Director focused on operations and financial matters, the current Executive Director will transition into a part-time Artistic Programmer role responsible for delivering a unique program of performing and visual arts. With this new leadership structure, Art Spring will be well-positioned to continue its innovative and impactful operations.

Art Spring is seeking a creative, dynamic, and collaborative individual to serve as its Executive Director. This is an exciting and unique opportunity for a professional arts executive to bring their vision, experience, and passion for the arts sector to Salt Spring Island. Reporting to the Board of Directors and collaborating with the Artistic Programmer, the Executive Director will be responsible for managing Art Spring's operations, leading a team of six part-time staff and two full-time team members.

The ideal candidate will have a combination of education and experience to build public and private sector support to deliver on strategic priorities and embrace collaboration with the Art Spring team to maximize earned and contributed revenue while achieving organizational success. As the management and operational leader of Art Spring, the Executive Director will serve as a leader in planning for the organization’s overall advancement, working with the Board of Directors and the Artistic Programmer.

Supporting and partnering with artists, staff, board, and volunteers, the Executive Director will operationalize, renew, manage and develop the strategic plan while building a thriving, creative, and diverse culture that serves artists, audiences, stakeholders, and the Salt Spring Island community. The Executive Director will advance Art Spring’s objectives while leading and motivating a highly effective team to devise and implement successful strategies.

The Executive Director must have an interest in the performing and visual arts and building community, will want to commit themselves in the success and growth of Art Spring, and will find personal fulfillment in being part of the future of Art Spring and the Salt Spring Community. The Salt Spring Island Community Often described as “the coolest island in Canada,” Salt Spring Island offers a rare blend…