My name is Johnny Tai, I’m a totally blind, partially deaf martial-arts instructor living in Richmond, BC. I have recently concluded an Arts Residency with Vancouver’s Grunt Gallery (concluded April 15th, 2023), have recently participated in a “Disability Arts Market” at the BMO Theatre (February, 2023) and will be taking part in a group show on the theme of […]
Alberta born of Métis and Celtic roots, this history, as well as a love of nature, color and the delight in the muse, influences my work. My traditional homeland is Mahaska, Alberta, which is part of treaty 6, and 8 and also the home of the Anishinaabe, Dene-zaa, Nêhiyawak, Secwépemc, Stoney Nakoda, and Métis. I […]
I’m a self-taught action painter with a mental illness. I studied Willem de Kooning and other abstract expressionists. Spirituality, emotion and colour are essential to my work. I studied drawing at Langara College. At the Art Studios, I was trained in pastels, watercolour, drawing, and acrylics. Since 2008, I”ve taught myself oil painting techniques and […]
Artist Statement Lawrence Shapiro is a validated Deaf and Disability Artist with the Canada Council for the Arts and a past grant recipient from the B.C. Arts Council. A dancer for over a decade Lawrence has performed in London, Vienna, New York, Toronto and Vancouver at dance festivals and for commissioned choreography. One of his […]
In 1964 jerry the faery was formed in Canada. A mental health consumer who requires a steady dose of art as medicine. A multi-disciplinary artist currently working on live performances. Attended Media Arts, at Sheridan College, specializing in Advanced Film Studies Partnered with Bruce La Bruce, role of cinematographer for TIFF selected 16mm films. Attended […]
I hold a PhD in Education from the University of British Columbia, and undergraduate and Masters degrees in Piano and Composition from the University of Victoria and University of British Columbia. As a disabled scholar, educator, and musician, my work engages performance and reception as relational encounters that offer educative possibilities and limits for challenging […]
Matteo Esposito has been wanting to write, produce and direct a play all his life…and he finally got his chance. His first play, will you be my valentine, got published in a high school magazine called Literary halton teens. He then staged it at two places in halton with his own theatre group Take Flight […]
Hello I’m Howard Naylor and I was born with congenital deformity to my hands and foot. I’ve learned to play piano well enough using a songwriter keyboard that has allowed me to write songs. I received a grant from Canada council for the arts for people with disabilities and I just finished my CD “Possibilities” […]
Born in small town rural Ontario, Karen Colville obtained her BFA at OCAD. Since graduation, she has facilitated workshops, group and solo exhibits in North America and internationally. Intrigued with the natural and super-natural spiritual energies of the West Coast, she calls Vancouver her home and creative hub. She has returned to creating her visual […]
sylvi macCormac received international awards including Honourable Mention for ‘Waves of Kokoro’ in France 1999 and Remarkable Woman, Vancouver 2012. Published in collections as Canadian Music Centre, with commissions from CBC Radio and National Film Board, credits include documentary film Patience & Absurdity 2012 and Uts’am/Witness CD 2004 with artists including Buffy Sainte-Marie and Barry Truax. Creator of WHEELS […]