STAFF
INTERIM DIRECTOR
Michelle Cieloszczyk
michelle@strutsgallery.ca
Michelle Cieloszczyk (cellosh-chick) is an interdisciplinary artist that reinterprets water rituals of Slavic mythology through sculpture, performance, and community events. She holds an MFA in Art from the University of Michigan and a BFA in Sculpture/Installation from OCAD University. Michelle was awarded fourteen grants over the past five years from Canada Council for the Arts, Toronto Arts Council, Ontario Arts Council and the University of Michigan.
PRODUCTION MANAGER
Lucas Morneau
lucas@strutsgallery.ca
Lucas Morneau is an interdisciplinary artist, arts administrator, and curator from the island of Ktaqmtuk/Newfoundland. Known for employing drag and gender performance as a central tool in their practice, Morneau blends textiles, photography, video, performance, and sculpture to queer Canadian/Newfoundland cultural traditions and pastimes to challenge heteronormativity and homophobia.
Morneau received the 2016 BMO 1st Art Award for Newfoundland and Labrador and the 2018 Cox & Palmer Pivotal Point Grant. They were shortlisted and longlisted for several awards including the 2018 and 2021 Scotiabank New Generations Photography Award Shortlists and the 2024 Sobey Art Award Longlist. They have also received multiple grants from the Canada Council for the Arts, ArtsNL, and ArtsNB.
Morneau graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Memorial University of Newfoundland—Grenfell Campus (2016) and a Master of Fine Arts from University of Saskatchewan (2018).
GALLERY COORDINATOR
Angie Richard
admin@strutsgallery.ca
Angie Richard is an Acadian artist and filmmaker from Cap-Pelé, New Brunswick, located on unceded traditional Wəlastəkwiyik territory. Her practice brings together painting, performance, video, and animation, often combining mediums to explore themes related to identity, including rural life, language and nostalgia.
She is a founding member of Collectif HAT (@collectifhat), a group of artists who explore video and sound to create installations and experimental films. In 2019, they were awarded the La Vague prize for Best Acadian Short at the Festival international du cinéma francophone en Acadie (FICFA) for their film Le grous poisson.
Her work has been presented at numerous festivals both locally and internationally and has received support from the Canada Council for the Arts and the New Brunswick Arts Board.
She holds a Bachelor of Visual Arts from the Université de Moncton (2013), where she also previously taught media arts in the Department of Visual Arts. Angie serves on the boards of several arts organizations, including the artist-run printmaking centre Imago and the AGAVF (Association des groupes en arts visuels francophones). She has also worked as Assistant Director at Galerie Sans Nom.
START GALLERY COORDINATOR
Abigail Beck
Abigail is a Saint John based artist and Third-Year Bachelors Fine Arts student at Mount Allison University whose practice explores intergenerational relationships between women, the complexities of the family, and instability of the home. Drawing from psychology, fantasy, and folklore, her work examines the way experiences, relationships, and emotional patterns that are carried across generations. Questioning belonging and identity in the complicated ways we treat the people and places we come from.
Her work has been exhibited through Saint John for the past five years. In 2026, she won the Saint John Art Battle and went on to participate in the regional Art Battle in Halifax in May. She was also nominated for Illustrator/Painter of the year by excellence NB in 2026. She has won 11 bursaries and grants for recognition of her artistic practice and contributions to the community.
Alongside her studio practice, she is interested in using art to create connections and social impacts. She has independently curated an exhibition exploring themes of women empowerment, raising over 1000$ in support of the Malala Fund. At the heart of her practice is a desire to understand the things we inherit, the places we come from, and the relationships that shape us.
BOARD
MEMBERS
Karen Stentaford
Karen Stentaford (she/her) is an artist and educator living in Sackville, New Brunswick within Mi’kma’ki. She specializes in large format photography and the wet plate collodion process. She works in a variety of photographic-based media exploring place, her relationship with the land and environment, and connections with community. Her work is often structured around a geographical location and memory, while being rooted in slow photography, repetition, and close looking. Since 2013 she has been connecting and engaging with different communities through participatory and collaborative photography, specifically with her Photomatic Travelling Tintype Studio. She currently holds the position of Associate Professor, Pierre Lassonde School of Fine Arts at Mount Allison University. Karen is the 2026 Scotiabank Photography Award winner and the first Atlantic artist to receive the honour. She holds a BFA from Mount Allison University, a BEd (Visual Arts Specialist) from NSCAD University & Mount Saint Vincent University and a MA in Photography from the Edinburgh College of Art.
Jessica Veevers
Jessica Veevers is a writer, curator, and trained paintings conservator based in Sackville, where she serves on the board of Struts Gallery. Her research and writing focus on late modern and contemporary art, and on how the histories and properties of artists' materials shape what a work means and how it lasts. She studies practices engaged with ecology, craft, and reuse, as well as synthetic and industrial material technologies. Grounded in anticolonial methods and situated learning, she teaches a range of courses, from the art history survey to Canadian and Indigenous art histories and the history and theory of art conservation — engaging the local landscape, nearby museums and artist-run centres, and artists, curators, and conservators from the region and across Canada. She is the Bourne Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow in Art History and Museum and Curatorial Studies at Mount Allison University.
Kellie Mattatall
Kellie Mattatall is a visual artist, musician, and arts advocate based in Sackville, New Brunswick. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Mount Allison University with minors in Art History and Museum and Curatorial Studies. Her artistic practice spans painting, photography, sculpture, and installation, with a particular interest in memory, history, and place.
In addition to her studio practice, Kellie is Coordinator of Art Across the Marsh and has served extensively on arts, heritage, and community boards, including multiple terms on the Sackville Arts Wall Governance Board. She is passionate about supporting artist-led organizations, strengthening cultural opportunities in Atlantic Canada, and fostering connections between artists and the communities in which they work.
Website: www.heronhall.ca
Sam Pendurthi
Laura Watson
Laura Watson is an artist and writer living in Sackville, NB/Mi’kma’ki. She makes zines and other printed things that combine hand-lettered poetry and illustrations in coloured pencil. She is currently Tantramar’s poet laureate.
ON LEAVE
Director
Paul Henderson
HONORARY MEMBERS
GLENN ADAMS
JOHN ASIMAKOS
REBECCA BURKE
KAELI COOK
TOM HENDERSON
GEMEY KELLY
JOHN MURCHIE
BARBARA STERNBERG
DYANA WERDEN
TARA WELLS