Director of the Victoria Emerging Art Gallery, Ellen Manning brings her international experience in contemporary art to this vibrant gallery in downtown Victoria, BC. Not only a place to discover art by emerging as well as international artists, the gallery hosts a variety of workshops and, as a rental venue, is a unique space for [...]
A few months ago I came upon Lisa Hebden at the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria’s “Paint in the Square” event in Centennial Square. A large painting of a swimmer, dappled with reflected light on water, caught my eye. On a warm summer day, it conjured the refreshing coolness of being in water. Lisa is [...]
Carole Epp is a ceramic artist whose work includes lines of functional as well as sculptural objects, and has been exhibited in Canada, Scotland, Australia and the United States. Her art and writing have been published in magazines, web sites and books. She is editor of Musing About Mud, a blog showcasing upcoming events, calls [...]
Born in Calgary and based in Vancouver, Lucia Frangione is an internationally-produced playwright and actor. She studied playwriting at the Rosebud School of the Arts in Alberta, and acting at Langara College in Vancouver. She published her first poem at 17 and produced her first play at 18. One of BC’s most respected writers, she [...]
A contemporary artist based in Saskatoon, Jan Corcoran is curious, intuitive and strongly influenced by music. Educated in BC and Saskatchewan, she earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts with Great Distinction from the University of Saskatchewan in 2007. Jan’s work has been shown in group and solo shows since 1996, and is in private collections [...]
This week’s Creative Canadian Woman is the fabulous Maureen Washington. If you haven’t read her interview yet, check it out here. I love giveaways… and Maureen is giving two of her CDs! First up is Blues in the Night. This album is a collection of Maureen’s mother’s favourites… maybe some of them will be your [...]
Paper Thin Portraits are personalized works of art that offer a tantalizing glimpse at the lives of those fortunate enough to own them. Jamie Hamilton, based in Vancouver, has turned her love of words, details, and what makes people unique, into beautiful works of art. As her web site states: “Through her paper thin portraits, [...]
Danielle Daniel, a mixed media artist and writer based in northern Ontario, portrays the spirit of her Métis background and story telling through her art. Her representational and whimsical paintings have appeared in various group and solo exhibits, and in magazines like Somerset Sew, Somerset Apprentice, Artful Blogging and Simplified Living. Danielle is currently writing [...]
Laura Kenney creates hooked rugs with whimsical designs, featuring everyday objects. She has an appreciation for the traditions of rug hooking in the past, when people made them with what they had at hand, and incorporates second-hand wool clothing into her designs. “When you see a bolt of new wool, there’s no personality to it. [...]
Alison MacDonald is a Jessie Award-winning performer, currently playing The Narrator in Andrew Lloyd-Webber’s Joseph and The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at the renowned Chemainus Theatre Festival. This self-described Alberta girl was born in Newfoundland, has lived in the Northwest Territories and BC, and is currently based in Toronto, but is happily spending the summer performing [...]
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