CARFAC BC Board

The CARFAC BC Board of Directors comprises volunteer CARFAC members who are practising artists, just like our members. Learn more about volunteer opportunities and how to join our board of directors here.

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  • Trevor Van den Eijnden was born in Piktuk (Pictou), Mi’kma’ki (Nova Scotia) and currently resides in Vancouver, British Columbia the traditional and unceeded territories of the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), səl̓ilw̓ətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh), and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) Nations. 

    Trevor is a multidisciplinary visual artist, designer, and educator with professional training in artistic research and production. He studied at Dalhousie Univeristy (BA English Literature), NSCAD University (BFA Photography), L’École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris (exchange), and Emily Carr Univeristy of Art + Design (MFA Visual Art). Since 2009, he has taught and provided academic leadership at private and public institutions in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia. Currently, he is adjunct faculty for the University of the Fraser Valley’s School of Creative Arts.

    Trevor’s art practice is rooted in painting, photography, and the photographic, as well as design-based works in text, sculpture, and installation, while his research and production focus on the intersections of grief, nature, and time within the framework of the Anthropocene. He approaches visual art and design as a vehicle for artistic knowledge in conversation with and as a means to shape the world—specifically as a “remembrance of the future, and an anticipation of the past”.

    Trevor’s website is: trevorvandeneijnden.com.

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  • Tina Overbury is a multi-disciplinary artist and creative entrepreneur. She’s a writer, storyteller, and performer who works with narrative and story structure as a vehicle for human connection. Tina’s art centres around visceral storytelling experiences within a circle-based practice. Always off-the-cuff and spoken from her core, Tina also co-hosts the podcast: Harleys and Hairspray with Madlove Music. Tina has created pieces for film, the stage, and in her solo writing.

    Tina is a Story Coach and Facilitator with The Writer’s Adventure community, hosting writing retreats and coaching authors. Her work is rooted in myth and mysticism, and always contains a spirit of PLAY.

    Tina Overbury is a Storyteller, Facilitator, and Expressive Arts Therapist (in training) through the WHEAT Institute in Winnipeg. The program incorporates various art modalities, such as the visual arts, drumming, dancing, writing poems, improvisation, and playback theatre.

    Tina works with narrative and story structure as a vehicle for human connection. She works in two capacities: As an Expressive Arts Therapist, using story as the path to your healing and Expressive Arts Therapy as the process of work. She is also a Story and Writing Coach working with individuals and organizations who are ready to write their book, craft their signature keynote, and/or create their solo show. Her process for this is called: Story From the Core.

    As an artist, she offers visceral storytelling for reconciliation experiences rooted in the principles of restorative justice. She has created pieces for film, the stage, digital storytelling, and in her writing. Most recently, she was published in Poiesis, an academic journal of Expressive Arts and Communication, and her 90-minute solo show, OMYGOD about ‘the women we burned, the babies we buried and Gods we worship’, has screened to global audiences. While her art centres around harmscapes and the imprints they leave, her work is rooted in the healing power of the Arts.

    Tina brings thirty years of storytelling in theatre, film, and workshop facilitation and is the founder of Live Your Best Story, a deep listening retreat held on Bowen Island, BC, Canada. Tina’s website is: tinaolife.com.

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  • Tara Shushtarian resides on the ancestral and unceded homelands of the hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ and Sḵwx̱wú7meshSníchim speaking peoples and are grateful to be on this territory. As a respected community leader and former Green Party candidate, Tara has demonstrated exceptional skill in developing and advancing policies that support vulnerable communities. Her work with both the BC Poverty Reduction Coalition and the successful advocacy campaign for the Climate Emergency Plan in Burnaby showcase her ability to transform grassroots initiatives into concrete policy changes – capabilities that could significantly benefit CARFAC BC’s efforts to secure better economic conditions for artists.

    Her extensive experience with participatory democracy through Fair Vote Canada and her leadership in the West Coast Climate Action Network position her to strengthen CARFAC BC’s advocacy for artists’ rights and fair compensation. As Co-Chair of WE-CAN and a Climate Action Fellow with the Urban Resilient Futures Initiative, Tara understands how to build effective coalitions that achieve meaningful policy reform.

    Tara’s deep connections with Indigenous communities and her proven track record in cross-cultural collaboration enhance CARFAC BC’s capacity to support Indigenous artists and foster meaningful reconciliation through the arts. Her work in climate resiliency consistently incorporates expressive arts as a tool for community engagement and social change, demonstrating her understanding of artists’ vital role in social transformation.

    Her combination of policy expertise, advocacy experience, and commitment to economic justice ensures a powerful new voice is contributing to the work of CARFAC BC to advance artists’ rights to sustainable careers, lifelong access to a protected natural environment in BC, and fair compensation that ensures a thriving career in the arts. Her proven ability to navigate complex policy landscapes while centring community needs is an invaluable asset to support BC’s visual, multi-media, and multi-modal artists.

  • Beth Gallup’s career spans and connects art, commerce, and the sociology of technology. As a Mentor and Executive-in-Residence, she has worked across borders with boards, NGOs, CEOs and entrepreneurs to bring new ideas to life. She is genuinely interested in how people create value through necessity, curiosity, innovation, and intellectual property.

    Beth’s visual art practice is a source of joy, occasional frustration, and forever learning. Her colourful, layered works have shown in multiple juried group and solo exhibits. Two themes dominate: nature disrupted by utilitarian intrusions and the infrastructure of power. And, when all this gets too serious, food - small studies that provide a visual feast of the colours, textures, and simple pleasures of what we are blessed to consume.

    Serving on the CARFAC BC Board is an opportunity for Beth to contribute the breadth and depth of her experience with copyright, equity, and economic empowerment to artists working across the province.

    Beth lives, plays, creates, and explores in the ?amak?is Ktunaxa, a.k.a. the Kootenays of Southeastern BC.

    https://bethgallup.ca/

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  • Sidi Chen, He/They, (b. 1992, Quanzhou, China) is a diasporic queer artist whose interdisciplinary practice addresses the relational shifts at the intersections of the body, communities, and ecologies. Sidi Chen engages with the embodied experience and models from traditional knowledge and natural science as creative vehicles to conduct projects as relational mediation and attunement for the more-than-human agencies, through which Chen searches for catalysts that lead towards queer futures.

    Sidi Chen received the Master of Fine Arts degree from Emily Carr University of Art + Design (Vancouver, 2023) and is currently pursuing the Master of Arts in Community Development at the University of Victoria. Chen has diverse artistic achievements, including FLEET:Edmonds Artist Residency (Burnaby, 2025), BC Arts Council Scholarship (2025), and the LIVE Performance Biennale (Vancouver, 2025). Sidi Chen is currently living and working on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territories of the hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ and Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Sníchim speaking peoples, known as Burnaby, BC, and the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) First Nations, known as Vancouver, BC.

    www.sidichen.com

CARFAC BC Staff

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  • Sharon Marshall is an Indigenous leader, writer, storyteller, and digital artist with over three decades of experience in community empowerment and strategic development. As Executive Director of CARFAC BC, she brings a vision rooted in Indigenous ways of knowing to strengthen reconciliation and cultural sovereignty in the visual arts.

    Founder of Cree8iv Collaboration Inc. and DEVA Training & Staffing Solutions, Sharon has created programs that blend traditional knowledge with digital innovation, empowering Indigenous women in the digital economy. She has also worked extensively with First Nations organizations, drawing on her MBA from Royal Roads University to bridge Indigenous and Western approaches to leadership.

    Based in Lantzville on Snaw’naw’as territory, Sharon brings valuable perspectives on supporting artists beyond urban centres. Her leadership emphasizes decolonial practices, digital innovation, and equitable access to resources for all visual artists in British Columbia.

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  • Larissa Blokhuis is a Biracial, non-binary, multidisciplinary artist living and working on the unceded Lands of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh Nations (Vancouver).  She brings her passions for anti-racist and decolonised practices, intersectionality and accessibility, and supporting artist development to the role of Membership & Community Services Coordinator with CARFAC BC, as well as 15+ years of experience in arts administration and communications.  Larissa is enthusiastic to serve the artist community by increasing awareness and engagement with CARFAC BC.

    Larissa holds a BFA from Alberta University of the Arts with a major in glass.  She has been a working visual artist since 2009, with experiences including numerous exhibitions, several public art projects, teaching, and curation/project lead for arts events, including a 2D art exhibition, two short film series, and a monthly art conversation series (on hiatus since 2020).

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  • Sidney Demuth (she/her) is the Partnerships & Digital Initiatives Coordinator at CARFAC BC. An emerging arts worker, Sidney brings a strong foundation in research, relationship-building, and digital strategy to her role, supporting collaboration and engagement across British Columbia’s visual arts community.

    Based in Victoria on the unceded territories of the Lekwungen Peoples, including the Songhees and Esquimalt Nations, Sidney is originally from the lands of the We Wai Kai, Wei Wai Kum, Kwiakah, and Tlowitsis First Nations, in what is commonly known as Campbell River. Her work is informed by a deep respect for place, community, and the diverse ways artists connect across regions.

    Sidney holds a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science from the University of Victoria, as well as a Diploma in Intercultural Studies and Practice, which shape her interest in equitable systems, cross-cultural collaboration, and community-centred approaches. She is enthusiastic about supporting artists through accessible digital initiatives and meaningful partnerships, and is excited to contribute to CARFAC BC’s work in strengthening the visual arts sector.