Rebekah manages the Community Arts Investment Program and is responsible for pursuing and securing all of LAC’s project, program and operational investments through grant applications, corporate sponsorships, in-kind donations, and community partnerships.
Meet Rebekah Morrison-Wize
Rebekah Morrison-Wize, since returning to her hometown of London in 2003, has dedicated herself to the London arts community within her position as Officer, Development, and Investments with the London Arts Council. Rebekah holds a BFA Honours Degree in Dance from York University.
Living 20 years in Toronto, Rebekah worked with the Dancer Transition Resource Centre, Canada’s National Ballet School and Canadian Stage Theatre Company.
Rebekah manages the Community Arts Investment Program and is responsible for pursuing and securing all of LAC’s project, program and operational investments through grant applications, corporate sponsorships, in-kind donations, and community partnerships.
Rebekah and her husband Glen, have two beautiful daughters and two spoiled cats. She is a voracious reader of historical biographies and through the pandemic has discovered the joy of bird watching.
Ask Me Anything - with Rebekah Morrison-Wize
What is your artistic background?
I began dance at age three with traditional Highland Dance and competed for several years. At eight, I began formal training in classical ballet, jazz and later the modern techniques of Limon and Graham. I hold a Honours Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance Performance from York University.
Do you have any skills or talents that most people don’t know about?
I can pinch with my toes.
Name some favourite films/books/albums/works of art. I have a very eclectic selection of favourite films. The Lion in Winter I think tops the lot. Katherine Hepburn, Peter O’Toole, Antony Hopkins, Timothy Dalton, good Lord! Dr. Zhivago, another classic. But I also love We Bought a Zoo, Spirit-Stallion of the Cimarron and absolutely anything with Ryan Reynolds.
Music, can’t even begin the list of favourite albums, but artists – Annie Lennox, P!nk, Lady Gaga, always the Beatles, Bowie, Prince, Dave Matthews and Dave Grohl.
Ayn Rand’s We the Living is a favourite novel and the entire Asian Saga series by James Clavell.
What are you happiest doing, when you’re not working? Our family loves to escape by canoe to do some interior camping in Algonquin Park. From an early age, my daughters and I love sitting at the dining room table painting, colouring and doing puzzles together.