Sergio Elmir

Background

About Sergio Elmir

Sergio Elmir is an Arts & Culture manager with over a dozen years of experience working on large and small scale projects for major Arts institutions. In 2017, he worked as a programming supervisor as part of the City of Toronto's Official Canada 150 celebrations, which spanned four days over four different sites. Prior to working for the city, Sergio spent 4 years as an artistic associate at Harbourfront Centre, working on idea-based, multi-arts, year-round programming. Most recently, Sergio launched Futuro Libre Creative Agency which uses a social enterprise model, built on the framework of fair compensation, safe spaces, mentorship and allyship to support artists and audiences that identify as Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour (BIPOC) in both creative and business ventures. In 2019, Elmir was selected to the ISPA Fellowship Program, Folk Alliance Business Accelerator Program, Manitoba Music's Passport Music Program and the TAC Cultural Leaders Lab. Elmir has also been invited to Guest Lecture at Berklee Global Entertainment and Music Business Masters Program. In 2020, Elmir continues expands his portfolio by developing International market development in Latin America - consulting for the Indigenous Music Alliance, the International Indigenous Music Summit, the Indigenous Performing Arts Alliance and a number of artist management companies.