Culture Fancier is a growing arts and culture blog that was founded by Glodeane Brown in March 2016. Glodeane is an arts management professional. She has a background in interior design and has always been passionate about arts and culture. Culture Fancier was created to educate, entertain, and inspire. In 2017, 2018, and 2019 Culture Fancier was shortlisted for "Best Local Writer" in the Community Edition's Best of Waterloo Region. Glodeane has been featured in "Our Ink Our Stories" a collaboration between The Community Edition and Kitchener Public Library, the Spring/Summer 2019 issue of In Touch, Kitchener Public Library’s magazine, The Community Edition, The Community Edition, Todd's Cafe., and in this video interview with a CAFKA.18 artist. She is a Director at Arts Awards Waterloo Region. She was previously a Director at CAFKA (Contemporary Art Forum Kitchener & Area) for two and a half years before moving into staff roles in the organization (a year as Programming and Operations Coordinator, followed by a year as General Manager). During her time at CAFKA she oversaw and facilitated public art programming. She currently works as the Public Art Coordinator for an Ontario municipality.
She has written blog and newsletter content for artists, moderated arts and culture panels, is the guest curator at Mind’s Eye Studio Art Gallery and Yoga Studio, and was a local arts and culture contributor for Explore Waterloo Region, the recognized Destination Marketing Organization for the Region of Waterloo. In 2020 she received an Arts Awards Waterloo Region award for her contribution to the local arts community. In 2021 she was contracted by Wilfrid Laurier’s Women Entrepreneurship Centre (part of the Lazaridis School of Business and Economics) to write a series of profiles about graduates from their programs.
For inquiries regarding hiring me for freelance blogging assignments, interviews, content creation, advertising, sponsored posts, or brand partnerships, please email culturefancier@gmail.com
Glodeane is also available for remote work.