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Shane Appleton, 1532 Pandora Ave

@shanus.uasl

Bio: Shane Appleton is a local indigenous manipulator of paint. Bringing his graffiti upbringing to stages, sets, walls, and canvas to uplift communities and bring the paint to life.

 

 

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

Expel, 1532 Pandora Ave

@x_spells

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

Fernwood Mural Festival – June 26, 2021

Saturday, June 26, explore the neighbourhood & visit over 10 new murals

›› Mila Czemerys

Fernwood NRG and FernFest bring you the new Fernwood Mural ­Festival. We are creating large-scale murals that transform public space and ­celebrate art and community. We are ­organizing over 10 murals ­throughout Fernwood, North Park, Oaklands, and South ­Jubilee in partnership with […]

By |June 10th, 2021|Events, Village Vibe|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

June garden workparty – June 17, 2021

Want to get your hands in the dirt and give a ­little love to some ­deserving gardens?

›› BrontË Elphick-Miner

Fernwood NRG will be hosting a garden workparty on Thursday, June 17th between 1pm and 4pm. The workparty tasks will focus on giving the community orchard a post winter rejuvenation.

Tasks will include: weeding, sheet mulching, and refreshing […]

By |June 9th, 2021|Events, Village Vibe|0 Comments

A transition, but not an end

Stadacona ­Neighbour Support Network update

›› Andrew Kerr, Stacie Swain, James Davis, and Alieda Blandford

Stadacona Park has seen a lot of changes over the last month. For one, you’ll likely notice less tents. Some unhoused ­neighbours have moved into temporary shelters while ­others, because of the lack of adequate housing options and ­reinstatement of bylaws, are […]

By |June 9th, 2021|Buzz|0 Comments