›› Kayla Siefried
I’m writing this on a cool summer Victoria morning at the end of July, blue skies, and garden bounty harvested and set out in the Compost Education Centre’s Farm Stand. I start up the internet, and one of the tabs I have open from yesterday startles me, it maps the fires and smoke […]
›› Alieda Blandford & Travis Paterson
When people think of Fernwood, they think of an emerging patio culture in the square, a longstanding arts and theatre scene, live music, colourful character houses, community gardens, and more. Like everywhere in the South Island, Fernwood is a key piece in the housing affordability puzzle, and is at the […]
›› Lauren Gaultier
Meet your local Fernwood granola maker, Jessica, of Signing Bowl Granola (SBG). I found out she was a local after I started ordering her zero-waste bucket and couldn’t help but be impressed by delivery sometimes within hours. I caught up with Jessica to learn more about her company and community involvement.
What sets your […]
@navabear12 | nicoleneidhardt.com
Mural: Femmes Risin’
Artist Bio: Nicole Neidhardt is Diné (Navajo) of Kiiyaa’áanii Clan on her mother’s side, a blend of European ancestry on her father’s side and is from Santa Fe, NM. She has a BFA from the University of Victoria and an MFA from OCAD University. Nicole’s Diné identity is the heart of her practice […]
@leyatess | leyatess.com
Bio: Leya Tess is an interdisciplinary artist who swims out between the islands of Art/Science and East/West. She comes from a hyphenated Hong Kong Chinese-Swedish-British background and uses mark-making and intervention to bring attention to ecological structures. A former Fernwood resident, she now spends most of her time on Sla-dai-aich (Denman Island).
About the mural: Leya’s mural […]
@archipelagic | emilythiessen.ca
Bio: Emily Thiessen is an illustrator and climate justice organizer who likes creative troublemaking. She comes from Malaysian-Chinese and Mennonite roots and grew up on Lekwungen and W̱SÁNEĆ territories.
About the mural: Rock Bay Creek flows underground a block away from SOMA. This mural imagines what it might have looked like when it was above-ground and full of […]
@irislmoore | irislmoore.com
Bio: Iris Moore is a north island-born artist and living in on Lekwungen territory (Victoria, B.C). She works in a variety of mediums including painting, drawing, stop-motion animation, and tattooing. Iris has worked as a professional artist for six years, in which time she has shown her work internationally, and received 11 awards […]
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