Sara Diamond is a television and new media producer/director, artist, curator, critic, teacher and artistic director who has represented Canada at home and internationally for many years. Diamond is responsible for developing the artistic and professional development direction of Media and Visual Arts, developing Banff New Media Institute research perspectives, think tanks, co-productions, artists' residencies and partnerships, and work study opportunities in key areas. She is also responsible for the publishing initiatives of Media and Visual Arts and the Walter Phillips Gallery as well as collaborations with the Aboriginal Arts program and other departments of the Banff Centre for the Arts. Email: Sara_Diamond@BanffCentre.CA.