We are excited to kick off our spring and summer program with a marvelous exhibition of 6 visiting artists that explore their connection to the land in a very intimate way. Don't miss the exhibition tour and get the opportunity to see their sketch books and other process materials in a very fun and intimate way.

Presenting Artists:

Brandi Rawluk is a Vancouver born multi-disciplinary artist, specializing in narrative, iconographic and storytelling art. She draws inspiration from nature, botany, folklore, ritual, Elder-magic, and from her own mixed European and Romani heritage. A dive into Brandi's work will send you on a visual journey which exalts the side of beauty that is rarely celebrated. 
 

Emily Pickering is a queer artist of settler descent born and currently living in Mohkinstsis, Calgary, Alberta. In 2021, her debut film, Static in My Skin, was screened at both Montreal’s FNC festival and home province’s WIFTA film festival. In 2022 they were selected to write for the Illingworth Ker Galleries Emerging Art Writers program.
 

Rose L. Williams is a Montreal born, Caribbean-Canadian mixed media artist working with nature’s chemistry based in Vancouver BC & a graduate of the University of Fraser Valley, Langara College and Emily Carr University of Art & Design. An early career in photography provides the grounding for her mixed media nature themed paintings and textiles.
 

Bethany Pardoe left Nelson BC in 2021 to attend Emily Carr University of Art and Design, that passion has transformed into the sapling of a professional practice. These days, Pardoe is interested in anything and everything story and has made it the centre of her creative exploration.
 

Miriam Fabijan is a Canadian multidisciplinary artist, author, and independent curator. She currently lives and creates in Calgary/Mohkinstsis, Canada. She is a graduate of the University of Calgary (BFA) and NSCAD University (MFA). She was twice an Artist in Residence at the Banff Centre for the Arts. Her artwork has been exhibited extensively across Canada and in Europe and can be found in several public and private collections in Canada, the US, and Europe, including the Canada Council Art Bank and the Walter Phillips Gallery for Contemporary Art. 
 

Vanessa Bolinger a queer artist from the southern Alberta prairies currently living in British Columbia, on the unceded territories of the Squamish, Musqueam and Tsleil-Waututh nations. My interest lies in pursuing an Interdisciplinary art practice which examines familial heritage and relationship to land. Through the repetitive motion and meditative qualities of drawing and metal working, I seek to elicit the transcendence of vast environments and the beings which rely on them.