Executive
Kim Schneiders - Executive Co-ordinator
Kim was Arts Co-ordinator at St Georges Special School working with students with intellectual disabilities for six years. Kim won a National Excellence in Teaching award, acknowledging the high standard of these programs. Kim also held the position of Senior Curriculum Officer for the Arts in the Esk District.
Initially she conducted a state of the art survey for the Department and in the following 3 years was involved in a number of arts and community projects, most notably Streets Alive Youth Arts festival, Media Postcards, CarPark Cinema and the Musical Playground at St Georges School. At Launceston College she headed the media department.
She has been an executive of each Streets Alive and is currently Youth Project Officer at the Queen Victoria Museum. Kim is interested in youth arts and is currently on Stompin Youth Dance Company's Board. Kim is president of Interweave and has worked on all three past Streets Alive festivals.
Jen Sherman- Executive Co-ordinator
Jen Sharman is excited about being on board for Streets Alive 2010. For the past three years Jen has been living in Castlemaine, Victoria where she worked for the local council as the Community Arts Facilitator and as the Community Engagement Coordinator for the 2009 Castlemaine State Festival. Previous roles have included working for Tasmanian Regional Arts as their Network Development Officer and establishing Arts Roar Accessible Arts Project. Jen is a great believer in the arts as a vehicle for social change and is looking forward to assisting develop a strong hip hop focus for Streets Alive 2010.
Shweta Dakin- Marketing Manager
Shweta is an arts and entertainment marketing professional with over eleven year’s work experience in film, television and events in India, UAE and London. She believes in the power of the arts in its various forms as an effective communication tool and is a medium which excites her as a marketer.
Shweta relocated to Launceston from Mumbai, India in October 2008 to join her husband who has been born and brought up in Northern Tasmania. She has a Postgraduate degree in marketing from India and a Graduate certificate in Arts from University of Melbourne. Her diverse work experience has included working in organizations ranging from Film studios in Bollywood to television channels like MTV India and Channel V, brand marketing and event management companies.