meet the team.
DARLENE MCCONNACHIE
Centre Manager
Darlene has over 15 years administrative experience working for well-known companies like Chiquita, Bacardi-Martini, and a small long established family dairy Steen's Dairy in Erin, ON.
In 2007 she and her husband relocated to Southampton where she worked with McIntee Real Estate as an Office Administrator, and then as a Real Estate Agent, before finding her home at Southampton Arts. Starting out on the Southampton Arts board, and then moving on to work as the School Director from 2013 to 2017, when she left to become a snow bird and travel. She returned to Southampton Arts as the School Coordinator in 2021.
She has been linked to the creative community through the Shoreline Artist group, where she sat on the executive committee as Vice President and President, as well as chairing other committees.
Over the years she has been honing her creative skills through a variety of art mediums, focusing most recently on her love of Bookbinding. Her unique creations, sold through Darlene’s Creative Studio, can be seen at Shoreline Artist events and online. Darlene sees creativity as a powerful force for emotional healing and bringing inner calm to the soul.
NEVE SCULLINO
Gallery Coordinator
Neve brings a strong foundation in museum project management, curatorial work, and research, supported by a Master’s degree in Art History and a BFA in Fine Art, where she specialized in sculpture. While sculpture remains a passion, her appreciation for the arts spans all mediums and disciplines.
Before joining the team, Neve worked as a Museum Assistant at the North Huron Museum, where she played a central role in developing and implementing deaccessioning policies for over 12,000 artifacts. She also led the planning and execution of a major online auction of deaccessioned items. Where She photographed and cataloged artifacts, crafting compelling descriptions, coordinating the auction platform, and managing bidder engagement from start to finish. These experiences have equipped her with the organizational and interpretive skills needed to thrive as a Gallery Coordinator.
Having spent her childhood weekends and holidays in Bruce County, Neve is thrilled to now contribute professionally to the region’s cultural life and help foster creative engagement within the community.
LINDA SPRUCE
Funding Development Coordinator
Linda Spruce is a lifelong cottager in Southampton, and has countless happy memories of the beach, the town and of the people who also love this place. When the opportunity arose to make a fresh start, where else to relocate but in Saugeen Shores? Now the trip to the family cottage takes only a few minutes!
Leaving a career at McMaster University, both as a chemical analyst and as an academic advisor, Linda is pleased to be connecting with the artwork and artists at SAC. Creating art through various mediums has always been a part of life for her – painting, jewelry design and knitting are just a few of Linda’s interests. To be surrounded by the ever-changing gallery space and people who share the passion for art is another perk for committing to this community.
In her role addressing communications and fund development for SAC, Linda plans to forge further links and relationships with the greater Saugeen Shores region.
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