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Kara Joseph is the winner of the first annual Cherry Prize. Named for Prairie Theatre Exchange’s former general manager, Cherry Karpyshin, the award will be presented annually to a Manitoban, early-career or aspiring arts manager.<\/p><\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n
“It’s wonderful. It also means I’m able to continue my own education and strengthen my work as an arts manager. Because I’m new to the field, there are still skills I need to develop. I’ll be able to take some courses in financial management, business skills and leadership, to set myself up for success.”<\/p>\n
A self-described “wearer of many hats,” Joseph credits early opportunities in REC’s band and choir programs, as well as a supportive and creative family, with instilling and encouraging her passion of performing arts.<\/p>\n
“My journey started in that I loved performing,” Joseph said. “But I also wanted to do something I was passionate about, but could find that sustainability piece.”<\/p>\n
In 2020, Joseph undertook a residency with One Trunk Theatre, where she was introduced to the arts management side of things.<\/p>\n
“I really fell in love with the process, because it opened my eyes to everything that goes on when you’re putting a production on stage or putting on an exhibition,” she said.<\/p>\n
“But it was also the idea that I could create and develop work that I was really passionate about, and help put people like me on stages and give voices to under-represented communities. That has been a huge driving force in the work I do now.”<\/p>\n
Working for the past year and a half with Creative Manitoba, Joseph has had the opportunity to not only foster her own creative growth, but those of others, as well.<\/p>\n
“(It) has been probably one of the best jobs I’ve ever had, as I get to meet so many creative and talented people, while working in arts management to help incredibly talented artists make their way up,” she said.<\/p>\n
On top of that, Joseph also sits on the boards of The Village Conservatory for Music Theatre and Canadian Artists’ Representation\/Le front des artistes canadiens (CARFAC) – Manitoba, while still finding time to teach both music and acting classes. She is also involved in an upcoming production with her brothers (who run JHG Creative) of a pop-punk musical entitled Breaking Up With Me<\/em>, and will be working behind the scenes as an assistant director this summer on Rainbow Stage’s upcoming production of RENT<\/em>.<\/p>\n “There are so many opportunities available to artists and supports that really should be shared more widely within the community,” Joseph said. “There are a lot of talented people who deserve the spotlight. I hope this award allows me to give the spotlight to those people.”<\/p> If the whole world is a stage, Kara Joseph’s star is rising.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":600006393,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"_classifai_error":"","_classifai_text_to_speech_error":"","apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"education-subject":[],"media-literacy-topic":[],"post_topic":[],"content_type":[24],"class_list":["post-600006392","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-east"],"acf":{"short_title":"","seo_title":"","deck":"","story_tag":"","byline":"Sheldon Birnie STAFF REPORTER","updates":null},"apple_news_notices":[],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/winnipegfreepress.com\/our-communities\/east\/2023\/04\/12\/in-the-spotlight-3","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"In the spotlight","url":"http:\/\/www.winnipegfreepress.com\/our-communities\/east\/2023\/04\/12\/in-the-spotlight-3","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/www.winnipegfreepress.com\/our-communities\/east\/2023\/04\/12\/in-the-spotlight-3"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.winnipegfreepress.com\/our-communities\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/04\/1276637_web1_sb-K.-Joseph---Headshot.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/www.winnipegfreepress.com\/our-communities\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/04\/1276637_web1_sb-K.-Joseph---Headshot.jpg"},"articleSection":"Free Press Community Review: East","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"laurieb"}],"creator":["laurieb"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Our Communities","logo":""},"keywords":[],"dateCreated":"2023-04-12T07:00:09Z","datePublished":"2023-04-12T07:00:09Z","dateModified":"2023-04-12T07:00:09Z"},"rendered":"