Meredith Potter
arts manager

Since graduating with a B.A. (Arts Management) from the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts at Edith Cowan University, Meredith has managed a range of performing arts organization in both Australia and Canada. She was the Manager and Producer for one of Canada’s highest recognized dance artists, Peggy Baker, for over 20 years. Together, they masterminded the self-presentation of annual Toronto seasons, brought the company’s work into galleries and public spaces, toured across Canada and internationally, and ultimately stewarded Peggy Baker Dance Projects through a successful wind-down plan and final closure. Meredith was the General Manager and Producer for the internationally renowned experimental theatre company, Volcano Theatre led by Ross Manson, from 2005 - 2021.  She has also worked with Nova Dance, CORPUS, Dusk Dances, Patch Theatre Company, and the Adelaide Festival Centre Trust. She has sat on boards and advisory committees for the Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts (3 years as Board Chair), the Metcalf Foundation, and Centennial College’s Arts Management graduate certificate program. In 2014, Meredith was awarded the Leonard HcMardy and John Harvey Award for Outstanding Leadership in Arts Administration. She was a CUPE lecturer for the School of Performance at TMU in 2021, and 2012-14; and established the Producers’ Learning Network in Toronto in 2016.

For Peggy Baker Dance Projects: Meredith managed PBDP from 1999 - 2001 at the Dance Umbrella of Ontario, and from 2002 to the company’s closure as part of her cluster management service, Meredith Potter Arts Management. Working side-by-side with Peggy, she was crucial to the realization of every company project undertaken during her tenure, including the design and construction of this website.

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