Create with Me - The World Around and Inside Us
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Emily Picard is a multimedia artist, working in both dry and wet mediums. Often a focus on portraiture, she enjoys working with a range of materials from acrylic paint and ink, to resin and spray paint. Her work allows her to interact with both alternate realities and our own; bringing a part of these worlds into form on our side of existence. These “worlds” can be a certain time, location, an entire plane of existence, or even a culture. Drawing from the worlds learned about through a multitude of forms, Picard brings narratives into her body of work to span these different planes.
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Making things with her hands has been Bethany Pardoe’s greatest passion for as long as she can remember. Since leaving her home town of 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. During her time in Vancouver, Pardoe has been an active member of the art community. She has participated in events such as Art Battle and BC Culture Days, exhibited paintings at locations such as POMO Arts, and won a handful of scholarships including the BCAC Scholarship in 2023. Along with Pardoe’s many creative goals and ambitions, she is currently developing her first ever hand-drawn graphic novel. You can find more about Bethany and her work on Instagram, where she regularly posts new art, sketches, works in progress, and art videos.
Paper, rescued. Mixed media. Collage. Watercolor. Inks.
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I am an artist of “ opportunity “. I create with found and rescued materials and garage sale supplies. These finds determine what I create. Books of fabric samples become handbags, totes and gift bags. Old linens and laces become children’s dresses and headbands. Boxes of matrix papers become gelli prints which can turn into collage paintings ,hand made paper beads, and mixed media cards. Old packaging, file folders,buttons, vintage and tacky jewellery , acetate food containers, aluminum cans, all have found a second chance in my artistic meanderings.
For this event I will be offering up my mixed media cards and fabric gift envelopes.
The cards are all floral as I miss my garden in the winter and find joy in making paper gardens.