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Expel, 1532 Pandora Ave

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Bio: Expel is a self-taught traditional artist born in Victoria, BC. His fine art includes caricature portraits done with marker & ink. He does large-scale community projects with spray paint, hoping to enhance the already rich surroundings with his colorful works.

 

By |June 11th, 2021|Artist's Aside, Murals|0 Comments

City ArtWorks, 1871 Fort St

@cityartworksvictoria | cityartworks.ca

Bio: Francisco Munoz and Dean Simpson from City ArtWorks are glass artists and painters residing in Victoria, BC. They have been working together for many years designing nature-based art. Using stained glass in a creative way allows them to “paint with glass” resulting in unique and contemporary works of art. The beauty and flow of […]

By |June 11th, 2021|Artist's Aside, Murals|0 Comments

Tiny Fernwood Gallery by Pandora Arts Collective, behind 1923 Fernwood Rd

Bio: The Pandora Arts Collective Society is a caring, open community of people whose mission is to join together around the creative arts as a healing process. The Panodra Art Collective operated out of the Fernwood Community Association building at 1923 Fernwood Road.

About the project: You may be familiar with Little Free Libraries around the […]

By |June 10th, 2021|Artist's Aside, Murals|0 Comments

Calling all artists

›› CarrolAnn Smedley

The 2021 Fernwood Art Stroll will be held on June 12 & 13, 2021 in our Fernwood community.

If you are interested in opening your yard, or studio for showing, or selling your work, or if you are a performance-based individual or group, we would love to hear from you.

To join, visit ­fernwoodartstroll.­ca/membership. The […]

By |February 3rd, 2021|Artist's Aside|0 Comments

A Fernwood Story

›› Susan Sanford Blades

My debut novel, Fake It So Real, was ­conceived around the same time I moved to Fernwood nine years ago and I think this is no coincidence. How could I not be inspired to create in this land of painted hydro poles; this place where a man is lauded simply for blowing […]

By |December 1st, 2020|Artist's Aside|0 Comments

Calling all Fernwood-based artists and artisans

›› CarrolAnn Smedley

The Fernwood Art Stroll Group has begun organizing for the 2021 Fernwood Art Stroll.

It will be held during the month of June in our Fernwood community. If you are interested in opening your yard, or studio for showing, or selling your work, or if you are a performance-based individual or group, we would […]

By |December 1st, 2020|Artist's Aside|0 Comments

Community within a community

›› Mike Emme & Beth Threlfall

The Pandora Arts Collective Society (PACS), a Fernwood fixture for nearly 15 years now, offers a twice-weekly facilitated open studio focused on community, ­creativity, and mental health.

When the COVID-19 lockdowns began in March, the PACS studios in the ­Fernwood Community Association temporarily closed; in response, PACS—a registered non-profit and charity—shifted […]

By |August 4th, 2020|Artist's Aside|0 Comments