›› 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.
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@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 […]
@caitlinmcdonagh | caitlinmcdonagh.com
Bio: Caitlin McDonagh is a Canadian visual artist and muralist who creates intricate illustrative works that are deeply inspired by folklore, symbolism, and the natural world. Inspired by where human life and the natural world blurs, her work often results in a seamless narrative of beings who show both humanistic and animalistic sides […]
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