I'm Deanna Peters, aka Mutable Subject.
I produce shows, parties, workshops and other events. I also design, build and coordinate communications for web and print.
I initially delved into producing and design to support my artistic projects, but with a continued track record of presenting engaging events and communications, I'm brought on to support others' work. I have a BFA and all that, but the majority of my skills have been amassed through one-on-one mentorships, self-directed study and specialized workshops.
Please see below a cv with links to work examples and get in touch.
Canadian Alliance of Dance Artists/West Chapter
2012–present, Communications Director for this labour and service organization providing programs, subsidies and resources to a membership of dance artists from across Western/Northern Canada. My roles include:
design for print + web including logo (re-brand 2013), postcards, letterhead, membership cards, business cards, ads, web banners, social media graphics
website set up, styling + management (WordPress) and content development
digital communications including social media marketing, monthly newsletter, member profiles and over 200 resource posts (research, writing, interviews)
outreach representing the organization at community events in Vancouver, Winnipeg and Regina; leading workshops; attending community fairs
Jeanette Kotowich
2019-present, creative producer to support this Métis contemporary dance artist's production Kisiskâciwan; strategic planning, consultation, grant writing and editing; touring and production support
2019, website design + build to promote Jeanette's work, including a sister site for multidisciplinary Métis performance collective Acuhko Simowuk
2017–19, design for print + web of business cards and postcards
morrow mornings
2020, producer of public sharings of my personal movement practice from behind the plate glass window at Morrow, a dance space and shop in downtown so-called Vancouver operated by Ziyian Kwan
8 DAYS 8 JOURS
2017–present, co-producer of this annual gathering of artists for peer-to-peer exchange in dance and choreography; produced by an ever-evolving group, the gathering travels to a different location each year; for the past three years I've been on the committee that writes and disseminates the call in French and English to Canadian artists living in Canada and abroad; I've also sat on the selection, documentation and external communication committees.
2018–present, website design, build + management in French and English, including domain, server and email accounts; I also built the documentation websites for gatherings VIII (HTML, CSS) and VII (Small Victories) and created a newsletter sign-up page to facilitate external communications; we're planning to present the 2021 edition online
Interplay
2016–present, curator, producer, stage manager of an annual multidisciplinary group show @ Moberly Arts Centre, featuring artists from across the country; call to artists; curation of artists from multiple disciplines and stage of career; production and stage management (space set up and strike; props, set and equipment handling); coordinating workshops, post-show socials, bar, volunteers, DJs, videographer, photographer; artist and venue liaison; travel support; financial reconcile and payments; working w/ Moberly staff and technical director
design for web and digital communications including website; social media marketing; newsletters; press release; event listings; online box office; ad shares
Sound Migrations
2021–present, website design + build of an interactive space where users can mix and match improvised solo violin by Meredith Bates and improvised moving photography by Josema Zamorano; supported by Canada Council
Oxygen Art Centre
2021–present, website design + build for Oxygen Offsite, an online exhibition of multidisciplinary artists based in the Kootenays
Universities Art Association of Canada
2020–present, website design, build + management for this international gathering around visual-arts-based research; the website enabled the 53-year-old conference’s inaugural online event, and presented hundreds of academic texts and live Zoom panels; I'm currently working with the organizers of the 2021 conference to launch the site and calls for next year
2020–present, producer, creator, performer of live performances (55 mins) @ Yellowhouse Art Centre (Galiano Island); featuring live video and sound projection of a dance happening inside a house to an audience gathered outside the structure; live videography Aya Garcia, music Ahmed Khalil, sound Amos Herztman, projection Avi Bryant; funder BC Arts Council; production and stage management; artist and venue liaison; travel coordination; financial reconcile and payments
design + community engagement including poster; social media marketing; newsletters; online box office
Charégraphie
2019–present, co-producer, co-creator, performer w/ Emma-Kate Guimond (Montreal) of a drive-in choreography with cars (ironically initiated pre-COVID); upcoming residency @ Salon58 and shows @ FURIES (Marsoui, QC); grant writing, budget maintenance; outreach coordination
Orange
2019–present, producer, co-creator, performer of a cross-provincial production with street dance artist Less San Miguel (Winnipeg); costumes David B. Smith (New York) and lighting consultant James Proudfoot; presenters Young Lungs Dance Exchange (Winnipeg) and Left of Main; supported by BC Arts Council and Canada Council; grant and proposal writing; budget maintenance, rehearsal coordination; working with videographer, photographer, outside eyes; video editing; engaging contemporary and street dance communities
Mellow Residencies
2016–present, producer of residencies for performing artists @ Gold Saucer, including free studio space and venue access for Savage & Samuelle, MarFer Douglas, Rina Pellerin, Illeana Cheladyn, Eden Solomon, Luciana Freire D’Anunciação, Ziyian Kwan, Daisy Thompson, Jeanette Kotowich, Tanya Marquardt (New York), Kosi Ese (Toronto), MAMM: Music and Movement Mondays, Cameron Davidson, plastic orchid factory
Helen Walkley
2011–present, design for web + print and consultancy for this independent dance artist, including communications planning and strategies for classes marketing; web graphics, print postcards; website design and build (2011); video editing
When I look at the camera, I'm looking at you
2020, producer, creator, performer of live online shows (59 mins) w/ music by Ahmed Khalil; performed on Zoom, I share written context via the chat function, engaging audiences in an open exchange that is a sort of stand-in for physical interaction; presented by Young Lungs Dance Exchange (Winnipeg), Shooting Gallery Performance Series and Mutable Subject; supported by Canada Council; grant writing, coordinating all aspects of production, promotion and engaging over 100 audience members from across the country
Roxanne Nesbitt
2020, website design + build for this multidisciplinary artist whose projects explore the spaces between sound, performance and design
Vancouver International Flamenco Festival
2020, website styling (WordPress) for the festival's online and in-the-park presentations; graphic design of poster and social media graphics
Dancers' Studio West
2020, graphic design for web + print of poster, postcards and social media graphics
Karla Desentis
2020, website design + build for this dance artist and academic for their online MFA project Latente
Delia Brett
2020, website assistance and communications consultancy (Wix) for this dance artist and yoga teacher as they launch online classes
Leaning Out of Windows
2019–20, design for print to support my artistic team’s creations for the LOoW exhibition @ Emily Carr University, marking the culmination of a project that brought together artists, physicists and scholars to create artworks around the theme of emergence; I created with artist, writer and educator Randy Lee Culter, physicist Jess H. Brewer and film artist Lindsay McIntyre
prOphecy sun
2019–20, website set up + styling (Cargo Collective) for this Nelson-based movement, sound and video artist
EDAM Dance
2018–20, website set up and styling (Squarespace) for dance company EDAM, including staff training; due to COVID restrictions, in summer 2020 I set up an online store (Square) for their in-studio and video classes
Remembering Amelia Project
2018–20, website set up + styling (Squarespace) for this cross-national project produced by Susan McKenzie, Ashley Johnson, Kana Nemoto and New Dance Horizons; the 64-page site collects memories and ideas received from Amelia Itcush, a dancer and somatic movement teacher who developed the Itcush Method of the Mitzvah Technique
“solo”
2019, producer, creator, performer of a sold-out run of the full-evening dance production “solo” @ Gold Saucer w/ performers Lorenz Santos and Ziyian Kwan; grant and proposal writing; budget maintenance, payments and final reports; rehearsal coordination (hiring, scheduling, contracts, WorkSafe BC); production coordination with set designer, FOH manager and videographers; promo for web including webpage, newsletters, press release, social media, online box office, video editing
producer of Party HD, a post-show social and dance party w/ DJs Scott G and Pierre G @ Gold Saucer, including space, sound and bar set up and strike; digital communications and social media marketing; financial reconcile and payments
Mycelial Connections
2019, website design + build for this mycologist and artist; phase one of the site is to support Willoughby's new bookAron Büky-Tompa
2018–19, design for print of business cards and postcards for this Registered Clinical Counsellor
Sasha Invanochko
2017–19, website set up + styling (WordPress) for this Calgary-based contemporary dance company
Progress Lab 1422
2017–19, website design, build + maintanence for this arts hub with multiple studios and offices in East Vancouver
2017, design for print of signage for building
Mascall Dance
2009–19, design for print + web for multiple shows, projects and workshops for this dance company, including posters, postcards, brochures and a series of art cards
2009–11, producer of multiple events including the Way Out West intensive, an 8-day workshop w/ faculty and participants from across Canada; and BLOOM, a 2-month dance composition workshop; including:
- artist, participant, venue and company liaison
- scheduling, hiring, contracts, payroll, budget, travel, accommodation
- design, planning and distribution of marketing (poster, postcard, brochure)
- webpage writing and management
- registrar, fee collection and design/build of online purchasing system
- blogger (interviews, writing, audio and video posts)
- special event coordinating (pot lucks, artist panels, Dance and Drum Jam)
- coordinator of public showings (guest speakers, artists, volunteers, bar)
- participant survey and final report
- working w/ Artistic Director
Made In BC
2016–19, design for print + web including Everybody Dance logo, transit shelter ad and newsletter graphics; Des arts dehors/Arts Outside logo w/ Ahmed Khalil; brochure for Made In BC w/ Eponymous and Ballet BC; Indie Opera Incubator Survey Report; 20-page sponsorship package
Heidi Bunting
2018, website design + build to archive the work of this dance artist and educator, including digitizing print images and articles
Katie Duck
2018, design for print + web of transit shelter ads, posters and postcards for this Amsterdam-based performing artist and improviser; for several shows and workshops produced by Ben Brown with The Dance Centre, All Bodies Dance Project, SFU Contemporary Arts, Sawdust Collector, Invisible Taste and Working Class
Idan Cohen
2018, website design + build for this opera director and choreographer
Tanya Marquardt
2018, website setup + styling (Squarespace) for this New York City-based writer and performance maker
Holiday Boogies
2016–18, producer of annual parties w/ Jeanette Kotowich and DJs Scott G, Pierre G, Adam 2 and guests @ Gold Saucer to raise funds for the Downtown Eastside Women’s Shelter; space, sound and bar set up and strike; digital communications and social media marketing; financial reconcile and payments
Amateur DJ Party Party Party
2018, producer of a dance party w/ amateur DJs Ahmed Khalil, Brandon Houston and me, DP @ Fox Cabaret, including artist liaison; design of postcards for web; social media marketing
Modus Operandi
2017–18, design for print + web for this dance training program, including a 22-page student handbook, posters, rackcards, social media graphics, adsAmber Funk Barton
2017-18, design for print + web for Amber's varied dance projects (shows, auditions, training initiatives, community events), including postcards, posters and social media graphics
Ziyian Kwan
2018, design for print + web for Public and Private, including transit shelter ad, posters, postcards, web banners, social media graphics, print ads
2016, production assistant, stage manager for Kwan Yin and The Mars Hotel @ Firehall Arts Centre, including show calls; props handling; space coordination; set up and strike; working w/ technical director, dancers and band
2014, production assistant, stage manager for the neck to fall @ Firehall Arts Centre, including props handling; lighting and sound calls
DIY@DIV
2017, producer w/ Tara Cheyenne Friedenberg, Kevin Fraser, Jeanette Kotowich, Carolina Bergonzoni and Daelik of a series of performances and social activities running alongside The Dance Centre's Dance In Vancouver biennale, including call to artists; curation of artists from multiple disciplines and stage of career; production management (space, sound and lighting set up and strike); coordinating box office, volunteers, bar, DJs, post-show socials; financial reconcile and payments
2017, design for web + promo including website, content management, online program, newsletters, social media, press release, event listings, media relations
META
2015–17, producer, co-creator, performer of a full-evening dance production @ The Dance Centre w/ Justine A. Chambers and Kim Sato, including grant and proposal writing; budget maintenance and final reports; fundraising; rehearsal coordination (hiring, scheduling, contracts, WorkSafe BC, payments); coordinating with lighting designer, set/costume designer, DJ, technicians, photographer, videographers, writer, bar manager and volunteers
2017, design for print + web and digital communications including transit shelter ad, postcard, poster, website, video editing, press release, event listings, media relations, print interviews and publicity (fall arts previews in The Georgia Straight, Vancouver Sun and The Province; review in The Dance Current)
Dancers Playing Basketball
2015–17, producer, creator, performer w/ coach Katie Lowen of basketball training sessions for dancers; presented by Vancouver International Dance Festival and Dance In Vancouver; venue, artist and presenter liaison; scheduling; payments; online program; social media; newsletters; tv interviews
Justine A. Chambers
2010–17, design for print + web and specialty communications for several of Justine's (mostly dance) projects, including Choreography Walk (document), In Vancouver (publication), Family Dinner (recipe book and bespoke invitations w/ Ahmed Khalil), Residency Application (graphics), PUT SOME CLOTHES ON (graphics); I also designed w/ Ahmed Khalil the transit shelter ads, posters, postcards, programs and signage for copy
2015, website set up + styling (WordPress) including content support and video editing
2010, production assistant for copy, a movement-based installation by Justine and Josh Hite; supporting directors, performers and crew; set up of venue, equipment, backstage and bar
New Works
2016–17, design for print for New Works' presentation series' and the performing artists/companies they manage; transit shelter ads, posters, postcards, booklets, rackcards, print ads
Amanda Acorn
2017, co-producer of this Toronto-based artist's solo dance performance multiform, including lighting, sound, space and bar set up and strike; design for web; social media marketing; online box office; liaison w/ artist, FOH manager and volunteer coordinator; post-show social; financial reconcile and payments
Daisy Thompson
2017, co-producer of this artist's ensemble dance performance Cap Choreo, including lighting, sound, space and bar set up and strike; design for web; social media marketing; online box office; liaison w/ artists, FOH manager and volunteer coordinator; financial reconcile and payments
Dance Hole
2016–17, co-poducer, writer, designer + community engagement w/ Alexa Mardon for Dance Hole, a web platform initiated to widen the scope of what we talk about when we talk about dance, including writing posts (research, interviews); website design, build and content management; social media marketing; graphics
Foolish Operations
2017, design for print + web for this inter-generational dance company, including logo, postcards and business cards
Olivia C. Davies
2017, website set up + styling (WordPress) for this contemporary Indigenous dance aritst, including domain and server management
Alexa Solveig Mardon
2017, teacher of one-on-one HTML courses, supported by Dancer Transition Resource Centre, including syllabus and lesson planning
2015, website set up + styling (WordPress) including server management
House Dance Fridays
2016–17, producer of peer-to-peer house dance training sessions, including artist liason, scheduling, venue set up, grant writing, video editing
Dance International Magazine
2014–17, social media manager and maintenance of this magazine's presence on Twitter and Facebook, including interaction w/ thousands of artists, festivals and service organizations around the world
2016, website set up + styling and content management (WordPress) including quarterly web article updates and website ads
SpaceFinder BC
2016, communications assistant supporting the launch of SpaceFinder in British Columbia, including venue outreach by email and phone; database management of confirmed and possible venues
Saucer Shaker
2016, producer of a fundraiser party w/ DJs Scott G and Carlyle Mark @ Gold Saucer, including set up and strike; hiring, scheduling, payments; coordinating volunteers and bar; design for web; social media marketing
Joel Klein aka Maria Toilette
2015–16, design for print + web for drag opera performer Maria Toilette, including posters, postcards, programs and ads
Sask Socials
2014–16, producer of free public dance parties w/ The Stuntman and guest DJs @ Unit/Pitt Projects and Gam Gallery; venue liaison; set up and strike; hiring; payments; coordinating volunteers, bar and sound equipment; promo for print + web; social media; financial reconcile and payments
SummerWorksVancouverShowPartySendoff
2016, producer of a fundraiser party w/ DJs Scott G and Pierre G @ Gold Saucer, featuring shows by Alexa Mardon + Erika Mitsuhashi, Jeanette Kotowich and Elissa Hanson, including event host/MC; set up and strike; hiring, scheduling, payments; coordinating front of house, volunteers, bar and equipment; promo for print + web; social media
DOTE Closing Night Party
2016, producer of a party w/ DJ Pierre G @ Firehall Arts Centre, including venue liaison; organizing sound equipment; venue set up and strike; design for print + web; social media and other promo
Pitch Day Party
2016, co-producer and performing dj for a party w/ Made In BC @ Opus Hotel, including curating party music (vinyl) and dance priming
Performing Arts Curation Meetups
2015–16, producer of a series of meetups to discuss ideas around curation in the performing arts; conducted in public spaces like bars and cafes w/ invited moderators Dena Davida (Montréal), Jenn Goodwin (Toronto) and Kristina Lemieux, including venue and participant liaison; scheduling; recording and disseminating minutes; facilitating article sharing
Women's History Month Music Project
2015, creator of a month-long social media campaign of daily posts about female musicians, bands, singers and composers, using the hashtag #WomensHistoryMonthMusicProject
MAMM: Music And Movement Mondays
2014–15, design for print + web w/ Ahmed Khalil for this series of improv labs for musicians and dancers, including logos, posters, web banners and social media graphics
Lee Su-Feh
2014, design for print + web w/ Ahmed Khalil of a 20-page press kit for this dance artist
Brief Encounters
2013–14, community manager including planning and strategies to promote multiple live shows, film screenings and web actions; working w/ artistic producer, publicist, board of directors, partners, sponsors
2013–17, design for print + web including management of visual identity, postcards, posters, programs, sponsorship packages, avatars and video graphics; website set up, styling and management (WordPress)
2013–17, digital communications including Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, HTML newsletters, multimedia content creation and management
Democratization of Dance Party
2013, producer of a vinyl music booth for a party w/ Made In BC @ Vancity Theatre, including curating party music and dance priming; space and sound equipment set up and strike
Chutzpah! Festival + Norman Rothstein Theatre
2011–12, assistant to the artistic managing director to support this annual international performing arts festival and mid-size performance venue, including website support (content requisition and management); graphic design for print + web (digital banners, social media graphics, print ads); digital communications (Twitter, Facebook, MailChimp); program ad sales; donor and sponsor solicitation and recognition; volunteer coordinating; grant editing; venue contracts and invoices; public correspondence
Training Society of Vancouver
2010–12, producer of dance training series Working Class, including strategic planning w/ board and community members to initiate and manage the classes; teacher, student, venue and partner liaison; scheduling, hiring, contracts and invoices; volunteer coordinating; fundraising; special event planning; marketing
2010–18, design for print + web and consultancy including logos, postcards, posters, class cards and social media graphics; website set up and styling (WordPress); newsletter template; staff training; server and email set up
Julia Sasso
2011, producer of this Toronto-based artist's 1-week Skinner Releasing Technique workshop in partnership w/ Ballet BC, including student, teacher and venue liaison; design for print + web; promotional plan and implementation; registrar; public correspondence
Here To Go
2009–11, co-producer of a series of 3 full-evening dance productions w/ multiple artists @ The Cultch, Roundhouse and Beaumont, including artist, crew and venue liaison; design for print + web of posters, postcards, programs, signage and tickets
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2008–10, producer of various dance training initiatives, including hiring guest teachers and musicians; scheduling; venue; contracts; registrar; payments; promo for print + web
CROSSHATCH
2009, artistic director of an interdisciplinary touring show w/ Dance Saskatchewan, including maintenance of $60,000 budget; company manager of 12 dancers ages 16–26; outreach, guest artist and workshop producer; choreographer, teacher and rehearsal director; special event coordinator (silent auction, visual arts exhibition, dance party); working w/ executive director, board, technical director and publicist