Axé
WorldFest.
Admin and artist liaison at Axé WorldFest, an Ottawa world-music non-profit since 2019 — plus a website rebuilt to win grant funding.
hours a week, hybrid, mostly working independently
pages rebuilt for the website proposal
public funders the website was written for
languages planned — English and French
A small team putting world music on Ottawa stages.
Registered in Ottawa on 28 March 2019, Axé brings local and international artists together, focused on BIPOC artists, newcomers, 2SLGBTQ+ people, artists with differing abilities and others facing systemic barriers. Its work: a World Music concert series, the EWIMI conference with the National Arts Centre (since 2022) and Global Cultural Connections.
Clean records are what keep a non-profit funded.
- RecordsOrganisational records in Excel, including expense tracking and event documentation
- ReceiptsProcessing, filing and reconciling receipts and supporting documents
- FilingDigital and physical filing systems kept current and easy to search
- EmailCorrespondence with staff, performing artists, vendors and community partners
On show days, the artists are my clients.
During the festival I run artist liaison and the green room: schedules, hospitality and whatever comes up. Most of the job is anticipation, so when the schedule moves the room is already ready.
A website built to win grant funding.
Axé’s site runs on Wix. I rebuilt it in code for its funders — the Ontario Arts Council, the Canada Council for the Arts, Canadian Heritage and the City of Ottawa: six pages, a French version set up, clear impact numbers and a page for partners. It’s a proposal, not live yet.
Arts organisations run on trust and paperwork.
A non-profit lives on its funders’ trust, and that trust is built in the details: receipts that match, records anyone can find, emails answered on time. I’d bring the same habits to any team.