I first met Léa Taranto at UBC in 2014 when we took an undergraduate workshop together in fiction. We bonded immediately over our shared Sino-diaspora heritage and love of speculative fiction. Since then, over the […]
Melanie Papalia, born and raised in Vancouver, Canada, has been a natural performer since she could walk and talk. From an early age, she was staging mini dance recitals for family and crafting homemade commercials […]
Richard Wolfe is a Vancouver-based theatre director and dramaturg who has directed, developed and produced a wide variety of live art in a wild selection of venues, often in sticky circumstances (and that doesn’t only […]
For nearly a decade, Andrew Wade has been at the heart of Richmond’s arts scene, advocating for local artists and fostering creative opportunities. As the Executive Director of the Richmond Arts Coalition (RAC), Wade leads […]
Alexis Fletcher grew up in the Comox Valley, tumbling between dance, gymnastics, musical theatre, and horseback riding. But everything clicked when she joined the youth company Dancestreams—at 14, she knew dance was it. She pursued […]
I met Tom Wayman in the early 1980s when he was teaching English and writing at David Thompson University Centre in Nelson. DTUC (1979-84), a joint venture between UVic and Selkirk College, was the provincial […]
Karen Marki has loved art her entire life, but her many years of working in the non-profit sector in both San Francisco and Vancouver postponed her desire to paint. Little did she know that the […]
Explore! Experiment! Be open! Take risks! Spread joy! These are Tamara’s mantras. They express her creative spirit, her voice and her path as an artist. It is not surprising to learn that Tamara Grand has […]
Tiffany Blaise is a Vancouver-based Canadian contemporary landscape painter of Chinese and French descent, whose artistic practice centers on capturing the atmospheric and emotive essence of coastal landscapes across the West Coast and beyond. Her […]
Suzie LeBlanc has been the Artistic and Executive Director of Early Music Vancouver since 2021, becoming the first woman to lead the organization since its founding in 1970. A celebrated soprano, early music specialist, and […]
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