Lorraine sees Opportunity like an artist, understands space like a designer,
and interprets CONTENT like a storyteller.

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Lorraine is a content director whose exhibit development practice creates approachable, moving experiences for the visitor. Using her formal education in fine arts and design (BFA, MFA), she synthesizes complex information into emotionally and intellectually engaging experiences rooted in inclusivity. 

As an experienced researcher, content developer, and interactive designer, she crafts human-centered experiences built upon a core "big idea" and structured themes, subthemes, and stories. Her interdisciplinary approach combines creativity with narrative thinking translating complex information into accessible and appropriate content. Driven by her enthusiasm for continuous learning and collaborative partnerships, she works seamlessly within teams to ensure the design remains content-driven, delivering a cohesive and meaningful visitor journey from start to finish.

Lorraine has worked with a variety of clients including government entities, BIPOC partners, and institutions, working with clients across North America and Australia. Lorraine is also a practicing artist whose work has been featured in galleries and public installations, and has appeared as a speaker and panelist in multiple fine arts and design conferences.

Lorraine is driven by curiosity and creativity. As an interpretive manager, she is like a theatrical director; she provides a vision of what the project will do for its audience and orchestrates the work of all those concerned to realize that vision. As a creative director, she inspires her team to look a little closer, dig a little deeper, try something new, and take a leap of faith. Her methodologies are founded on inclusive research and storytelling. Lorraine takes great pleasure in consulting with subject matter experts, conducting interviews, and uncovering the most obscure and fascinating material. Her formal education and continuous artistic and design practices contribute to Lorraine’s unique perspective, attention to detail, and ability to synthesize large amounts of cultural, historical, and natural information into something that can engage exhibit visitors emotionally and intellectually.

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She has a degree in Graphic Design (Dawson College), a Bachelor of Fine Art (Concordia University) and a Masters of Fine Art (NSCAD University). Lorraine has worked as a designer in Brisbane, AUS, as well as Vancouver, Montreal, and Halifax. In 2017, she was a panelist at the International Council of Fine Arts Deans (ICFAD) conference in Halifax and presented a paper on alternative art pedagogies at the Universities Art Association of Canada (UAAC) conference in Banff, AB. The following year, Lorraine co-facilitated a round-table addressing Land & Treaties at UAAC in Waterloo, ON. She has been a scholar at the Centre for Art Tapes (Halifax), and participated in the Plug-In Institute of Contemporary Art Summer Session on Indigenous Architecture in Winnipeg, MB. She has most recently completed a writing residency at Ross Creek Centre for the Arts (NS). Her work has appeared in festivals, venues, galleries, and at various sites in Canada and Australia, including “Steps Forward,” a permanent installation on the Skyline Trail in the Cape Breton Highlands National Park (NS). 

She currently works at GSMº Project, and previously worked at Fathom Studio as an interpretive planner, exhibition planner and designer, and researcher, and takes on the odd consulting and design contract when she can. Contact her directly for a chat and to see her design portfolio.
 

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