Meet Our Gallery Team
Jane Walker
Gallery Director
Jane Walker is a visual artist and arts administrator from Newfoundland. She has been involved in the visual arts initiatives across the province including Union House Arts, VANL-CARFAC, Bonavista Biennale, Quidi Vidi Village Artisan Studios and Business and Arts NL. Since 2024, she has served as Director of Grenfell Art Gallery and Curator of the Grenfell Campus Permanent Collection.
Abby Strowbridge
Gallery & Collections Assistant Memorial Undergraduate Career Experience Program
Abby is an Artist currently in the third year of her BFA at Grenfell Campus. Her practice is very experimental, but some recurring themes are societal pressures, the passing of time, and how bodies are perceived by oneself. She is interested in all art mediums, but has a special place in her heart for ceramics. Abby is interested in curation and hopes to use her experience from the Grenfell Art Gallery to help create more opportunities for artists in the future.
Beau Mouland
Gallery & Collections Assistant Memorial Undergraduate Career Experience Program
Beau is a historical researcher in her fourth year completing a BA in Historical Studies with a minor in Art history. Although she is not an artist, she has a history of museum work and began work with the Grenfell Art Gallery to gain more experience in storing and displaying various precious works. Beau aims to continue this work following the completion of her degree and has her sights set on pursuing a career in curatorial and archival work.
Camryn Nichols
Gallery Assistant & Technician Memorial Undergraduate Career Experience Program
Camryn is an artist hailing from Edmonton, Alberta, and is in their 5th year of study as a Visual Arts Major. Currently, he is exploring Scenic Art in theatre as a career option, utilizing his previous interest in the physicality of mediums in response to physical disability as the lens in which he works. After taking a workshop for Gallery Technical work at the Society of Northern Alberta Printmakers (SNAP), he gained a new love for behind the scenes work in gallery spaces, and hopes to take this experience at the Grenfell Art Gallery with him through his future careers.
Destiny MacDonald
Gallery & Collections Assistant Memorial Undergraduate Career Experience Program
Destiny MacDonald is an emerging artist in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador. Currently a student completing their BFA Visual Arts program at Memorial University of Newfoundland, Grenfell Campus, Corner Brook. Her main art media of acrylic painting and digital editing/drawing focuses on her development as a person and as an artist, diving into topics such as childhood memories, personal conflicts and understanding emotions. She has showcased her works at the Gibberd Gallery, Harlow, England ; Grenfell Art Gallery, Corner Brook, NL ; and Struts Gallery, Sackville, NB.
Zara Hoyles
Gallery & Collections Assistant Memorial Undergraduate Career Experience Program
Zara is a multimedia artist currently in their 4th year studying visual arts at Grenfell Campus. She works primarily with mediums such as digital drawing, video editing, and multiple methods of printmaking. Zara is interested in working for artist-run centres and in art education after finishing her studies.