JENNY FARKAS
LET’s BUILD INCLUSIVE
CREATIVE ECONOMIES
Investments in an Inclusive Creative Economy advance social justice, financial inclusion, economic opportunity, and community development. Here on Vancouver Island, the value of an ICE is at least $3 billion.
Vision
Vancouver Island leads Canada in the strategic build out of an Inclusive Creative Economy. The Creative Economy is the sume total of art, culture, design and innovation industries, and the economic contribution of those industries within a geographic region.
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Work
I am a Creative Economic Developer, deep collaborator, artist, maker, network weaver and communications specialist. For the past five years, I have been working with Creative Coast to unify and amplify Vancouver Island’s Creative Sector, prioritizing inclusion.
SOME THINGS I DO
SKILLS
For the past 20+ years I have worked with the incredible people at Taiji Brand Group as communications and placebranding specialist. (I’ve also been a City Councillor, and have volunteered on many community projects/boards including this one and this one). About 10 years ago, I decided to merge these skills with my lifelong passion for art. Now I collaborate within and beyond the arts sector on a number of exciting capacity building and destination development projects as volunteer co-chair of Creative Coast (creativecoast.ca), and manage a number of multi-year grants from the Canada Council for the Arts Digital Strategy Fund. and the Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce of Canada.
- Social entrepreneur
- Network weaver
- Believing mirror
Sample Collabs
LET’S TALK!
Want to join the conversations and collaborations? I’d love to connect.