2024-2025 Board of Directors

Eastern Edge’s Board of Directors can be contacted here: easternedgeboard@gmail.com

Rhyder Evans

Rhyder is a St. John’s born, self-taught amateur/hobbyist illustrator. He has produced prints and cards for local markets and fares. He lives in St. John’s NL with his wife, son and two cats. Since 2019, he has worked primarily in ink. At the beginning of the COVID 19 pandemic, Rhyder attempted to complete a drawing a day.   His subject matter is quite diverse from local architecture to robots and monsters. In his professional life Rhyder has over 13 years of experience in variety of roles in the public service specializing in coordination, policy development and governance.

Shan Pomeroy

Shan Leigh Pomeroy (she/they) is a multidisciplinary artist and designer currently based out of St. John’s, Newfoundland. She graduated from Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec with a BFA in Studio Art and Art History and just recently acquired a diploma in Graphic Design from CNA.

Shan is primarily an illustrator but also works in a variety of media, including painting, design, stop-motion animation, music, photography, and textiles. Their artistic output deals heavily with body politics, identity, folklore, and the human relationship to sickness, health, and space. Since 2007, Shan has won several awards and grants, as well as contributed written and visual projects to exhibitions, screenings, markets, and publications across Canada, Italy, Hong Kong, Greece, Czechia, and Portugal.

Anhelina Shevchenko

Anhelina Shevchenko, a newcomer from Ukraine, is a graduate of the MBA in Social Enterprise and Entrepreneurship program. She combines her passion for creativity and strategy by working in the arts sector and as a Business Specialist. Anhelina is deeply inspired by art’s ability to evoke emotions and spark societal change. In her free time, she enjoys dancing, exploring cultural events, reading, and visiting museums and galleries to immerse herself in the vibrant art scene of St. John’s.

Mariana Castro Carvajal

Originally from Mexico City, Mariana is a musician and researcher graduated from the Ethnomusicology program at Memorial University of Newfoundland. She holds a Bachelor of Music from Brandon University, Manitoba. With her scholarly hat, she has pondered the connections between music, belonging, and stories. In addition to music and research, Mariana has a passion for performance art and governance.  Since 2021, Mariana has worked full-time at MusicNL in several roles. She led the first EDI strategies such as the Global Music Series at The Rooms and the outreach to the newcomer musicians community. She then developed and managed the Connector Program which benefited 70+ newcomer musicians as they started and grew their careers in NL. Mariana is the current Programs Manager, serving a membership of 1051 musicians with their funding and exporting needs.

Christine Wight

Christine Wight (she/they) is a multidisciplinary artist and designer, with a BFA in Painting and Drawing from Concordia University and diploma in Graphic Design from CNA. She currently works as Graphic Designer for The Rooms, and as a freelance artist.

Ting Ting Chen

Ting Ting Chen is an award-winning visual artist. She specializes in both fine art landscape photography and fine art portrait photography. Her landscape artworks reveal the rhythms and moods hidden in the natural sceneries. Her fine art portrait photography explores the relations between people and their environment, life experiences, and identities. 

Ting Ting’s works have won multiple prestigious international art awards, including Overall Winner in the 18th Julia Margaret Cameron Awards and the 1st Place Winner in the 9th Fine Art Photography Awards. Her works have been displayed in solo and joint exhibits in Spain, Germany, France, Hungary, Japan, and the US. In 2024, Ting Ting received the Emerging Artist Award from the Newfoundland and Labrador Arts Council as part of the Newfoundland and Labrador Arts Awards.

Ting Ting came to Canada in 2018. She has found her new home in Newfoundland and her muse. Robert Tilley, a true and born Newfoundlander, becomes her best friend and eternal muse. Robert and Ting Ting have traveled to most parts of Newfoundland taking photos, and he appears in many of her photos as a model. Ting Ting’s portraits of Robert are a unique demonstration of their precious friendship.

Carmen Munoz

“An accountant by profession, but an artist through and through, I carry a lineage of creators flowing through my veins. During a critical accident, I found myself in the void—and it was there that I became captivated by the boundless world of color. Thus began my creative journey. I was born and raised in Paraguay, a landlocked country nestled in the heart of South America, to Spanish parents. Later, my husband, children, and I relocated to California, where we lived for many years before ultimately choosing to immigrate to Canada. Today, we are settled in the breathtaking landscapes of Newfoundland.”

“Each of my paintings reflects fragments of my cultural heritage and treasured memories, intricately intertwined with the landscapes and traditions of my birthplace. Drawing deeply from both Paraguayan and Spanish cultures, I weave symbols, colors, and motifs into my work—each stroke a tribute to the roots that shaped me and the journeys that continue to inspire me.”

Pamela Mackenzie

Pamela Mackenzie is an art historian and musician from St. John’s, NL, creating music and publishing articles about the intersection of art and science. She is currently on maternity leave from a SSHRC postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Cambridge. Mackenzie has an undergraduate degree in studio art from Concordia University and a PhD in Art History from the University of British Columbia. She is also a member of a former featured HOLD FAST arts collective, Idlefield Art Lab, and has a longtime involvement with the local arts scene in St. John’s.  As an international researcher she has many years of experience working in a team, organizing inclusive arts-related events and conferences, publishing and editing for journals, and applying for funding and grants. She has recently returned to St. John’s and is excited to rejoin the local arts community.

Raine Klassen

Raine is a conceptual artist with a focus on sculpting with recycled materials. They graduated from the Yukon School of Visual Arts in 2022, and has been building a practice on the basis that art should, and can, be accessible to everyone since. Following the completion of their program, they spent some time in their rural community assisting in an art therapy program for people living with disabilities and teaching a conceptual arts class in a small school. They moved to St. John’s in 2024, and now works at The Gathering Place where they help to bring accessible art to the community there.

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2020-2021 Board of Directors

Michelle LaCour • Nasim Makaremi Nia • Luke Barry • Neddal Ayad • Larry Weyand • Jennifer Young • Drew Pardy • Lily Taylor • Chrissy Dicks • Jonny Lush • Ethan Murphy • Emily Finch • Jenne Nolan • Nicole Boggan • Shelby Millwater • Graham Cox • Devin Shears • Matthew Hollett • Emily Pittman • Joel Finnis • Gobhina Nagarajah • Diana Chisholm • Mia Penney • Liam Penney • Jason Wells • John Weber • April White • Gloria Hickey • Kailey Bryan • Jesse Wardell • Louis Atkinson • Andrew Harvey • Graham Kennedy • Mireille Eagan • Todd O’Brien • Virginia Mitford • Kyle Bustin • Dona Bulgin • Susan Eddy • Anne Fagan • Candace Fulford • Sarah Hillock • Sarah Laing • Jillian Murphy • Craig Francis Power • Leisha Sagan • Michael Waterman • Jennifer McVeigh • Tia McLennan • Charissa Reeves • David Kaarsemaker • Kay Burns • Ingrid Mary Percy • Cyril Butler • John McDonald • Zea Cline • Darren Whalen • Rachel Harding • Anne Fagan • Robbie Thomas • Norah Pendergast • Sarah Hillock • Maris Murphy • Sarah Joy Stoker • Marilyn Koop • Sharon Puddester • Rhonda Buckley • Mandy Jones • Chandra Chopra • Michael Venart • Audrey Hurd • Amanda Larner • Patti Broughton • Roberta Thomas • John Haney • Christina Steele • Corey Gorman • Peter Wilkins • Michelle Bush • Kym Greeley • Karen Channing • Jennifer Dyer • Andria Hickey • Monique Tobin • Kate Wolforth • Susie Taylor • June Walker-Wilson • Pheilm Martin • Mike Flaherty • Elayne Noble • Laura Sheppard • Judy Taylor • Debbie Collingwood • Greg Bennett • Will Gill • Kelly Bruton • Gabrielle Kemp • Beth Stewart • Glen Bartlett • Janet Peter • Joan Fitzgerald • Ilse Hughes • Jeff Boone • Joan Blackmore – Thistle • Jack Eastwood • Jennifer Pohl • Helen Gregory • Joan Thistle • Grant Boland • Francis Lyons • Tara Bryan • Joanna Strong • Di Dabinett • Bonnie Leyton • Ned Pratt • Jim Ellison • Beth Oberholtzer • Debra Kuzyk • Jeanette Laaning • Mona Rossiter • John Trahey • Roberta Buchanan • Christine Koch • Aileen Gamberg • Katherine Pittman • Jennifer Clouter • Jay Barry • Kathleen Knowling • Janice Udell • Don Wherry • Heather Moore • Mannie Buchheit • Doug Townsend • Steve Payne • Gerald Pisarzowski • Caroline Stone • Peter Walker • Susan Wood • Julia Pickard • Marlene Creates