Cemre Demiralp (she/her) is a transdisciplinary project manager and programmer whose passion lies within building community and ecosystems. Through her career, she has collaborated with a diverse roster of arts and culture organizations worldwide and worked alongside emerging and established artists including Kerry James Marshall, Yoko Ono, Solange Knowles, Ian Wallace, Simon Starling, Lara Favaretto, Vik Muniz, Jonathan Borofsky and Ken Lum to name a few. At Emily Carr, she spearheads collaborative programming and partnership opportunities with a variety of stakeholders from non-profit organizations to technology startups. The programs she co-designed include the Art Apprenticeship Network (with Kate Armstrong), Fibreshed Field School (with Emily Smith, ​Hélène Day Fraser and Kate Armstrong). Outside of Emily Carr, she is the chair of the Vancouver Art Book Fair Board of Governors. Cemre holds a double major in Art History and Political Science from the University of British Columbia and is pursuing an MBA in Sustainable Innovation from the University of Victoria. The anglicized pronunciation of her name is “gem (like the stone) – ray”.