Our People
Public Programmes and Education
Team Leader Learning and Audience Engagement
Kirsty Glengarry, Team Leader Learning and Audience Engagement
Kirsty has experience working in education, public programmes and exhibitions roles in galleries and museums around Aotearoa. She enjoys collaborating with the team and working with the community to develop and deliver interesting and inspiring creative programmes for visitors to the Gallery.
Audience Engagement Coordinator
Nicholas Priddy, Audience Engagement Coordinator
Nick helps devise, plan and execute the public event programme for the Gallery. This runs the gamut from talks, workshops, films, and performances of all kinds. He values working collaboratively with the various Gallery teams, as well as artists, experts and community members, to help deliver public programmes that make the exhibitions as accessible and engaging as possible. Nick has a background in event production, gallery attendance, writing and social media. In his spare time Nick enjoys writing bios about himself.
Guided Engagement Coordinator
Rebecca Ogle, Guided Engagement Coordinator
Rebecca is responsible for recruiting, training and managing our volunteer guides who lead tours of the Gallery and assist with our education programme. Rebecca also arranges our Art Bite programme. She has a background in fine arts, art theory and history, music, marketing and events organisation, and front of house management.
Education and Learning Specialist
Bianca van Leeuwen, Education and Learning Specialist
Bianca works with students, teachers and artists from throughout Ōtautahi to deliver arts education that responds to the Gallery's exhibitions. She oversees the Schools Programmes and creates interesting, innovative and stimulating art lessons and workshops. Bianca is a trained teacher with an MFA from Canterbury University with experience teaching across all levels of the New Zealand Curriculum.