Karen Ball is responsible for supporting and developing the granting program and to the community of arts presenters and performers that benefit from it.

Karen's resume includes serving in the senior Administration of the Alberta College of Art + Deisgn and The Banff Centre, the creation of Arts Habitat, an artist live/work development in Edmonton, serving as the Producer of The Works Art & Design festival in Edmonton and as a curator for the Ontario Craft Council. She holds a BAA from Ryerson University.