bridget macintosh (she/her)

Practice Name: Bridget MacIntosh

Role: Cultural Strategist and Creative Producer

Bio:  An award-winning Cultural Strategist and Creative Producer, Bridget has held senior municipal management positions across the Greater Toronto Hamilton Area (GTHA) with dynamic portfolios spanning arts, cultural policy, grants, public art, placemaking, and festival producing ranging from small-scale activations to production of major cultural events such as Nuit Blanche Toronto. With roots as an independent theatre producer beginning at Toronto’s Fringe Festival, Bridget was the co-founder and inaugural producer of the Fringe’s curated Next Stage Festival and was instrumental in successfully shifting the Fringe organization from a summer-based to year-round programming model to respond to the needs of the independent artists and audiences. Bridget has continued to build on her foundational work in the performing arts and cultural public service sectors and is recognized as a respected arts leader, consultant, knowledgeable advisor and trusted strategic voice. She collaborates cross-sectorally with arts organizations, academia, design studios and municipalities across Canada and internationally – engaging, questioning, facilitating, collaborating and designing programs and new ways of thinking to build resilient cities, communities, networks and cultural organizations to navigate unprecedented change.

Areas of Interest: 

  • Arts & Events Management 

  • Cultural Policy & Planning 

  • Placemaking & Public Art 

  • Evaluation & Engagement 

  • Strategy & Research 

  • Government Relations 


Things you want to learn: I openly seek to expand and leverage my networks to build a community of practice, to share stories and be inspired, to mentor and be mentored and ultimately to support, connect and collaborate with other ambitious changemakers who want to make an impact with their work. Culturescape is that community of practice and I look forward to collaborating with this incredible cohort.  


Things you want to see changed in our sector: Overall, I want to see a greater acceptance of the importance of work-life balance, improved working conditions and sufficient investment in the arts sector to allow creatives to be properly compensated for their work and to ensure sustainable operations.