About Us
Established in 1995, the London Arts Council is a nonprofit, arms-length, umbrella arts services organization that works with public, private, and community partners to build and sustain Londoners’ awareness of, involvement in, and support for all artistic disciplines across the city.
Through a Purchase of Service Agreement with the City of London, the London Arts Council has administered the City of London's Public Art Program and Community Arts Investment Program for London's artistic community since 2001. The London Arts Council also provides professional consultation services to the City’s Culture Services Division on an ongoing basis regarding national and international arts and culture-related policies, programs, projects, practices, and trends, including the latest ideas, publications, and reports shared by UNESCO.
The London Arts Council's programs in community building, cultivating allyship, education, health and well-being, and public activation provide paid opportunities for professional artists of all backgrounds and experiences to create and deliver artworks in London and surrounding First Nations (the Chippewas of the Thames First Nation, the Oneida Nation of the Thames, and the Munsee-Delaware Nation), as well as supporting London's arts organizations.
About Our Team
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Eunju Yi
Executive Director
Eunju Yi (Post Graduate Diploma in Arts Management (UWO), BA in Theatre (Kyungsung University)) is a strategic arts manager and inspiring public speaker, serving as Executive Director of the London Arts Council (LAC) since 2021.
Her extensive experience as an artist, arts educator, and arts manager in Korea and Canada contributes to her unwavering support of the arts and culture internationally.
Philip Gurrey
Administrator, Programs and Learning
Philip Gurrey is a graduate of the Glasgow School of Art (BA(Hons) M.Litt.) and holds a Ph.D. in Art and Visual Culture from Western University. He has worked in the private and public art sectors over the years and as an artist has exhibited throughout the UK, in France, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Italy, Canada and the US. Philip has taught art in a number of different capacities and is passionate about the role art plays in the health and wellbeing of our society.
Michael Trudgen
Finance Administrator
Michael is a graduate of Fanshawe College in Business Accounting, and brings 17 years of accounting experience to the London Arts Council. When he is not counting beans, you may find him performing around London as a solo guitarist or along side Leanne Mayer. Michael was chosen as the Forest City London Music Award for Fan Favourite 2021, 98.1Free FM’s Made in London 2017 for his then band With A Fox, and has been a part of the London Arts Live program since 2016.
Michelle Arnett
Administrator, Operations & Fund Development
Michelle joined the LAC team in 2021, and has grown
into her current role through her varied experience within the organization.
She holds a Master’s degree in Library and Information Science (UWO), and is co-founder of Rose Garden Press through which she published handmade chapbooks featuring work by Canadian writers.
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Rebekah Morrison-Wize
Officer, Arts Investments
Rebekah Morrison-Wize, since returning to her hometown of London in 2003, has dedicated herself to the London arts community within her position as Officer, Arts Investments with the London Arts Council.
Rebekah holds a BFA Honours Degree in Dance from York University. Living 20 years in Toronto, Rebekah worked with the Dancer Transition Resource Centre, Canada’s National Ballet School and Canadian Stage Theatre Company.
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Asante Deluy is a graduate of Fanshawe College’s Music Industry Arts Program, and studied Marketing at Western University.
Asante brings 5 years of professional experience in the Music Industry to the London Arts Council. Asante is excited to assist in curation of the arts in our city, with the goal of brightening up the city of London.
Asante Deluy
Specialist, Community and Sponsorship Development
Emily is a multi-media artist from Oneida Nation of the Thames. She holds a certificate and advanced diploma in Fine Arts from Fanshawe college, and a Bachelor of Studio Arts degree from the Institute of American Indian Arts.
Emily creates mixed-media work that explores themes of identity and memory, by combining her cultural teachings, knowledge, and her experience as an Indigenous person living in the twenty first century using both traditional and contemporary methods of art making.
Emily Schuyler
Specialist, Indigenous London Arts
Collaborators
Consultant, Communications & Social Media
