Kevin Harrison - director

Kevin joined the organisation fourteen years ago and was previously Arts and Wellbeing Manager with Sense Scotland since 2006, supporting a Scotland-wide participation in the arts for disabled people with communication needs. Kevin managed the development of a range of arts projects including Threads and Found in Translation, projects exploring cultural diversity and disability, and Leaving New Craigs, a life history project in Inverness for people leaving the last long stay hospital in Scotland. He managed a national arts and wellbeing team and supported the establishment of a strong creative programme in the TouchBase, a new inclusive base for people and communities supported by Sense Scotland in the south side of Glasgow.

Hazel Ritchie - OPERATIONS MANAGER

A graduate of Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, Hazel’s career has taken her into both professional and educational practice. Lecturing at both Cardonald and Clydebank colleges within their Creative Industries departments. Professional roles in the textiles sector include time spent as Studio Manager of Scottish Design brand Timorous Beasties then working internationally for lace manufacturers MYB textiles developing relationships with design houses in Russia, China and Japan.

David McQuatt - FINANCE & general manager

David McQuatt has worked with Artlink Central since 2011. He is an accomplished and highly experienced manager and has worked extensively in management positions in both retail and arts and healthcare; specialising in Finance, Strategy and HR.  David also possesses a strong background in visual arts practice, gaining his BA(Hons) in Drawing and Painting from Edinburgh College of Art, travelling on a scholarship via the Andrew Grant Bequest Travel Scholarship for Humanities to Amsterdam and undertaking an Erasmus international exchange award to the Akademie der Bildenden Kunste, Munich.  He maintains a lifelong learning and development approach and during 2023 gained Post Graduate Certification in Arts & Culture Management from Queen Margaret University; allowing him to expand on his fundraising, governance, leadership and finance knowledge.

Silvia Sinibaldi – Visual Arts Curator & Program Coordinator

Silvia Sinibaldi has a diverse background in creative industries and cultural heritage. As part of the Artlink Central team, Silvia’s main focus is on Scene Stirling, Stirling’s Place Partnership (Programme Coordination), Our Connected Neighbourhoods, in partnership with the University of Stirling, and the NHS Forth Valley Wellbeing Through Arts programme (Visual Arts Curation). Silvia’s key interests are arts, travel and cultural connections, explored through a life-long personal and professional practice. She brings to the team a combination of creative sensitivity and strong organisational skills with a genuine drive to make things happen.

Aya Iguchi-Sherry - Development Artist & Project coordinator

Aya is one of Artlink Central's Developing Artists and a Project coordinator.
She has worked with Artlink Central as a freelance visual artist since 2003 on numerous projects and has worked with a wide range of audiences and settings.
Aya has a vast experience working as a creative educator and project manager for different organisations such as Arts development officer (Moray Council), Audience development officer (Historic Environment Scotland), Outdoor event project manager (Vision Mechanics), Community liaison officer (Architecture Design Scotland) and Visual Artist for Macrobert Arts.

Alan Bryden - Development Artist & Project coordinator

Alan has been facilitating community music and visual art workshops in Central Scotland for nearly two decades. His practice involves working with a wide range of real instruments alongside music technology and finding new and engaging ways to enable all kinds of different client groups to create, play and record music together.

Alan works with numerous community arts organisations including Artlink Central in Stirling, and Common Wheel and The Glad Foundation in Glasgow.

Joanne Boyle- Development Artist- OCN Coordinator & Facilitator

Joanne has been a freelance photographer for numerous years since graduating from Glasgow School of Art in 1999 Ba Hons Visual Communications.

Joanne loves to engage with people as a community educator and since working with Artlink Central initially as an artist. She has been able to encourage and involve participants through various projects. From school holiday clubs, Eastern village projects and more recently as an Active travel coordinator and then our OCN project coordinator & facilitator. Joanne works closely with individuals living with Dementia and their care partners, with the aim to help make small changes to people's everyday lives. Utilising tools created by Stirling University Dementia Research Dept.

Outside of Artlink, Joanne is a practising surface pattern designer, photographer and artist.

Zephyra Durkin - administrator

Zephyra is one of the first points of contact for someone approaching Artlink Central, as well as a key player behind the scenes. Assisting with programme and event planning, social media profiles, and community engagement, they have a wide selection of skills honed in previous creative organisations.
As a freelance photographer and filmmaker, they have been working with arts organisations and nonprofits since Lockdown, and have supported and documented the resurgence in community arts in Stirling over the past few years. They have been attached to GMAC and The Stirling Photography Festival in various roles and as now part of the Artlink team supporting creative projects with Scene Stirling and in the NHS. 

Cara Fraser - administrator

Cara is a graduate from Edinburgh College of Art with a Master of Fine Arts in Textiles. In the past Cara has worked in various management roles within the John Lewis Partnership; this experience provided her with a wealth of knowledge ranging from recruitment, leadership training and financial acumen. Having always loved the arts and missing her arts background, Cara joined the organisation in 2023 as an Arts Administrator. As part of the Artlink admin team, Cara is involved in finance, funding applications, marketing, and media, as well as gallery administration tasks. Outside of work Cara is a practising artist and print designer.