Featured Artists 2023 – We Are Burnaby

Featured Artists

Sana Goel

I am an experimental multidisciplinary artist with a passion for using traditional mediums in new ways and for representing the dynamics and connections between art and culture.

Andrea Hedley

I’m an explorer of fabric art that focuses on reconciliation, gift-making and community-building.

Culture Chats

We are a not for profit community based association that aims to bring together residents of the local community across different cultures to engage with, experience, and enjoy literary arts and other arts.

Leith Davis & Rob McGregor

We are one half of The Sybaritic String Band, a Vancouver-based quartet that hosts monthly contradances at St James Community Square.

Dorothy Doherty

I am a multidisciplinary artist.

Maria Janicki

I am an academic, teacher, photographer, artist, gardener, chocolate-loving dancing gal.

Jennie Johnston

I am a visual artist working in textile based mixed media, my work bridges art and craft offering an intimate experience of stitch and fabric.

Philomena Jordan

I am an Irish storyteller.

Hanieh Khakbiz

I am a visual artist with a passion for expressing feelings with colours and forms which are hard for me to demonstrate with words.

Karen Klapstock

I am an artist exploring the many avenues of artistic expression, with personal passions for painting, poetry and storytelling.

Nina Koba

I am an artist.

Peter Lattey

I am a sculptor working in wood to explore the varieties and expressions of the Human Face.

Nickie Lewis

I am a joy initiating eco-artist with a flair for the whimsical and a passion for sustainability.

Sabrina Modder

I am an empath who seeks to represent the quiet or forgotten, as well as moments of solitude, through painting and drawing with colour and compassion.

Marika Morissette

I am a visual artist specializing in acrylic pour paintings that are unique and intriguing, going deep into the space of creativity and hopefulness.

Marilyn Noort & David Holloway

We are musicians and have been playing Irish traditional music together for the past ten years.

Yunuen Perez Vertti

I am a filmmaker and digital media artist.

Peter Perry

I am a visual explorer hoping to heighten our sense of the every day as well as discover over looked corners of our world.

Donna Polos

I am a watercolour painter who paints in three mediums, paper, canvas and fabric.

Kristen Reiner

I am an emerging abstract artist who draws inspiration from the Abstract Expressionists. My pictures are external representation of my inner world.

Amie Rimmer

I make one of a kind handcrafted pebble and twig home Decor designed with natural wood, pebbles and semi precious stones.

Ninna Snider

I am a mixed media artist that loves mixing things like clay, found items and paint together to make fun and creative works of art.

Bill Thomson

I am a multimedia artist with a passion for photography, assemblage sculpture and creative processes that bring visual explorations and joy to my life.

Keri Uken

I am a classically trained flautist who enjoys exploring a diverse range of jazz, celtic and fusion music.

Grant Withers

I am a playful multidisciplinary artist with a passion for photography and for elevating curiosity and creativity in all our lives.

Wenyan Xu

I am a landscape artist with a passion for promoting the beauty of nature and the values of art.