I first met Vicky Fang in early 2017. We were beginner writers at our very first Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators conference in Pacific Grove, California, each looking for someone to befriend, so […]
Liesl Lafferty has always been a storyteller. It’s been fun having a front row seat to her craft for the last twenty-five years. As the youngest of five, she would put on shows for her […]
Caitlyn Baird was born and raised in Climping, UK, where her love for sewing took root at an early age. This grew into a lifelong craft, and she went on to study Fashion Design at […]
Tasha Faye Evans is an artist, creator, mother, and lover of the cedar trees whose work is rooted in story, movement, and land. For more than three decades, she has cultivated a multidisciplinary artistic practice […]
I have had the pleasure of knowing Roan Shankaruk for pretty much my entire life, and throughout that time, what strikes me again and again is just how prolific she is. Roan is an incredibly […]
Lyana Patrick is a dynamic, dedicated and delightfully funny person. I met her (what seems like) a long time ago, when she responded to my email about an initiative at UBC’s medical school. After that, […]
Dana Irving is an artist, painter, singer, dancer, costume maker, musician. All the artsy stuff. Trained in traditional life drawing and painting at Victoria College of Art and Emily Carr University. Studies included photography, graphic […]
Maddy Phillips is a graphic designer, mural artist and communications professional. She co-founded Phil Phil Studio alongside our sister Erica Phillips. Phil Phil Studio specializes in mural-based artwork and public art, in addition to graphic […]
Born in Victoria and raised in Vancouver, Madison Simms is a triple-threat performer and dedicated arts educator. She trained at the Caulfield School of Dance in Port Moody, spent time at SFU’s School for the […]
My mom, Karen Bagayawa, has always been a relentless collector first, a curious experimenter second, and a meticulous artist third. She grew up in the humble suburbs of Cambridge, Ontario, always with an easel in […]
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