I have done many years of community art facilitation with Magpie’s Nest Community Art Space. Magpie’s Nest holds the belief that we are all creative beings with an ability to express ourselves through art.
Art from Nature, all ages workshop at the Pacific National Exhibition Admin Building.
Art from Nature, all ages workshop at the Pacific National Exhibition Admin Building.
Art from Nature, all ages workshop at the Pacific National Exhibition Admin Building.
Art from Nature, all ages workshop at the Pacific National Exhibition Admin Building.
Art from Nature, all ages workshop at the Pacific National Exhibition Admin Building.
Art from Nature, all ages workshop at the Pacific National Exhibition Admin Building.
Art from Nature, all ages workshop at the Pacific National Exhibition Admin Building.
Art from Nature, all ages workshop at the Pacific National Exhibition Admin Building.
Fabric Collage Workshop all ages workshop at the Pacific National Exhibition Admin Building.
Fabric Collage Workshop all ages workshop at the Pacific National Exhibition Admin Building.
Fabric Collage Workshop all ages workshop at the Pacific National Exhibition Admin Building.
Fabric Collage Workshop all ages workshop at the Pacific National Exhibition Admin Building.
Fabric Collage Workshop all ages workshop at the Pacific National Exhibition Admin Building.
Upcycle all ages workshop at the PNE admin building.
Upcycle all ages workshop at the PNE admin building.
Telus Employee Appreciation workshop at the Astorino's Ballroom.
Telus Employee Appreciation workshop at the Astorino's Ballroom.
Telus Employee Appreciation workshop at the Astorino's Ballroom.
Flower Printing all ages workshop at Britannia Community Centre. We printed on both fabric and paper.
Flower Printing all ages workshop at Britannia Community Centre. We printed on both fabric and paper.
Flower Printing all ages workshop at Britannia Community Centre. We printed on both fabric and paper.
Flower Printing all ages workshop at Britannia Community Centre. We printed on both fabric and paper.
Magpies Nest at Artful Sunday, Britannia Community Centre.
Detail of a mobile sample I made for a workshop.
Mobile making all ages workshop at Artful Sundays, Britannia Community Centre.
Mobile making all ages workshop at Artful Sundays, Britannia Community Centre.
Positive message all ages card making workshop at Hastings Community Centre.
Positive message all ages card making workshop at Hastings Community Centre.
Positive message all ages card making workshop at Hastings Community Centre.
Positive message all ages card making workshop at Hastings Community Centre.
Block Print Your Neighbourhood all ages workshop at Kiwassa House.
Block Print Your Neighbourhood all ages workshop at Kiwassa House.
Block Print Your Neighbourhood all ages workshop at Kiwassa House.
Block Print Your Neighbourhood all ages workshop at Kiwassa House.
Yarn Bombing on Hastings Street.
Summertime Community Garden Workshop on Hastings Street.
Summertime Community Garden Workshop on Hastings Street. We made transparent "stained glass" images from tissue paper and white glue.
Outdoor Mono Printmaking workshop at Britannia Community Centre.
Upcycled Garden Flower workshop, using discarded plastic bottles, Artful Sundays, Britannia Community Centre.
Upcycled Garden Flower workshop, using discarded plastic bottles, Artful Sundays, Britannia Community Centre.
Collaboration with Art for Impact for "Communities of Isolation", an interactive multimedia art event. People contributed to our collage sculpture, "The Monster of Isolation".
My contribution to the "Monster of Isolation".
Feather mono printing workshop with 6 to 8 year old children at the Hastings Branch of the Vancouver Public Library.
Feather mono printing workshop with 6 to 8 year old children at the Hastings Branch of the Vancouver Public Library.
Samples I did of feather monoprinting with some added drawing.
Samples I did of feather monoprinting with some added drawing.
Sketching all ages workshop at Britannia Community Centre.
Sketching all ages workshop at Britannia Community Centre.
Sketching all ages workshop at Britannia Community Centre.
Sketching all ages workshop at Britannia Community Centre.
Little Library built by neighbours and funded by a Neighbourhood Small Grant from the Vancouver Foundation. I painted the mural on the back.
Little Library built by neighbours and funded by a Neighbourhood Small Grant from the Vancouver Foundation. I painted the mural on the back.
Magpie's Nest did 4 years of monthly affirmative art journaling workshops at the Hastings Branch of the Vancouver Public Library.
Affirmative Art Journaling at the Hastings Branch of the Vancouver Public Library.
Affirmative Art Journaling at the Hastings Branch of the Vancouver Public Library.
Affirmative Art Journaling at the Hastings Branch of the Vancouver Public Library.
Affirmative Art Journaling at the Hastings Branch of the Vancouver Public Library.
Affirmative Art Journaling at the Hastings Branch of the Vancouver Public Library.
Affirmative Art Journaling at the Hastings Branch of the Vancouver Public Library.
Affirmative Art Journaling at the Hastings Branch of the Vancouver Public Library.
Affirmative Art Journaling at the Hastings Branch of the Vancouver Public Library.
Magpie's Nest did 4 years of monthly affirmative art journaling workshops at the Hastings Branch of the Vancouver Public Library.
Bev with her envelope art journal made with me in a Zoom workshop.
Magpie's Nest summertime art supply swap.
Magpie's Nest summer workshop at the Britannia Plaza Festival Market, making mini-zines with Dada found poetry. This is my friend and co-Magpie, Dawn Livera.
Dada Found Poetry in a mini-zine.
Dada Found Poetry in a mini-zine.
Dada Found Poetry in a mini-zine.
Dada Found Poetry in a mini-zine.
Lift Drawing Monoprinting and Collage from a Zoom workshop.
Lift Drawing Monoprinting from a Zoom workshop.
Lift Drawing Monoprinting from a Zoom workshop.
Pop up sample card for a Valentine's Day workshop for teenagers at Tommy Douglas Library, Burnaby.
St Paul's Foundation's "Lights of Hope Campaign" Christmas card making tent. This is their biggest fundraiser of the year for their good works. I have facilitated the car making for the past three years.
St Paul's Foundation's "Lights of Hope Campaign" Christmas card making tent. This is their biggest fundraiser of the year for their good works. I have facilitated the car making for the past three years.
St Paul's Foundation's "Lights of Hope Campaign" Christmas card making tent. This is their biggest fundraiser of the year for their good works. I have facilitated the car making for the past three years.
St Paul's Foundation's "Lights of Hope Campaign" Christmas card making tent. This is their biggest fundraiser of the year for their good works. I have facilitated the car making for the past three years.