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The Magical Paper Creations of Elly MacKay

Elly MacKay makes magical, atmospheric worlds – enchanting images that tell stories, and portray quiet moments in nature and childhood. Creating tiny drawings, she positions them in layers, skillfully lights and photographs them, producing scenes with captivating depth and emotion. After university (she has a Bachelor of Fine Art from the Nova Scotia College of […]

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Julie McIsaac: The “Ordinary Days” of a Director

Multi-talented. It’s definitely a word you could use to describe Julie McIsaac. Currently directing Relephant Theatre’s Ordinary Days in Vancouver, she also shares musical direction credit and joins the cast on stage each night, playing the show’s piano accompaniment. In addition, her talents include playwriting, song writing, singing, and she also plays oboe and violin. […]

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Danielle Daniel: Storyteller

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 […]

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Alison MacDonald: “Joseph’s” Friendly Narrator

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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Elly Green: Clothing Brand Experiment

Clothing Brand Experiment is the creation of Elly Green. She’s gone from sewing hoodies in her apartment to a successful Toronto-based company, producing high-end unisex clothing. CBE is committed to sustainable and ethical production, with all products made in a 50 km radius of the company’s downtown studio. Since emerging in the Toronto fashion scene […]

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Melanie LeBlanc: Ethically-sourced and Keeping it Real

As soon as I saw Melanie LeBlanc’s jewellery, I knew I wanted to interview her! Melanie has been creating organic, tactile and utterly unique pieces for the past nine years. Influenced by nature and the environment around her, she incorporates found objects, discarded and ethically-sourced metal and stones. Metal is no longer cold or mechanical […]

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Erica Ehm: Yummy Mummy

One of Canada’s most recognized personalities, Erica Ehm began her career as the first female VJ on MuchMusic in the 1980s. In addition to two decades on television she is also an award-winning songwriter and an accomplished author, playwright, actor and journalist. After becoming a mother, Erica was looking to connect with women going through […]

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Sidney York: Band Geeks are Cool

Sidney York is a trio of self-described “former band geeks” from Vancouver, Calgary and Toronto. Together they create indie pop incorporating oboe, bassoon and horn. If you haven’t heard them yet, you soon will. The talent and hard work of singer Brandi Sidoryk, oboist Sheryl Reinhardt and bassoonist Krista Wodelet have earned them awards such […]

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Caroline Larsen: Weaving with Paint

Caroline Larsen is an emerging Toronto-based artist. A graduate of the University of Waterloo, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts as well as the Fine Arts Memorial Award, she has been exhibiting in group and solo shows since 2010. She was recently awarded the 2012 Emerging Artist Grant from the Ontario Arts Council. I […]

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