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Women-Art Events at the Vancouver Islands School Art including exhibition openings, artist talks and lectures, fundraisers and Open Houses Sara Robichaud & Rachel Whiteread Create your future COURSES & WORKSHOPS

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Discover Tamara Bond's background and education. Biography Tamara Bond was born in Prince George BC and received her BFA from Emily Carr University in 1999. Her work has been shown in commercial and public galleries and Artist run-centres across Canada. Bond is represented by Madrona Gallery in Victoria, BC. She is a recent recipient of an Explore and Create Canada Council Grant (2021) to create a graphic memoir and another (2022) to create a series of large scale, mixed media paintings. Bond’s studio practice involves storytelling with many mediums including collage, painting, mixed media and drawing. She attempts to draw everything that her mind considers, and combines them all to create narratives from. Currently, this includes her own psyche, mad identity, nature, animals, her chickens, motherhood, menopause, dreams, and the principles and elements of design. tamarabondblog.ca Tamara Bond Education BA Visual Arts, Emily Carr University of Art + Design Tamara Bond Create your future COURSES & WORKSHOPS

Discover Regan Shrumm's background and education. Biography Regan Shrumm is a visual and social practice artist and a curator, who has been living on Lekwungen territory for the last eleven years. Shrumm received their MA in Art History and Visual Studies from the University of Victoria. Shrumm's focus is using embroidery and textile to inspect aspects of their family history and trauma. Their work also incorporates building community through non-traditional art practices in order to create spaces for learning and growing. Shrumm has received grants for their projects through the BC Arts Council and the Capital Regional District. They have been in residency through the Salt Spring Arts Council on Salt Spring Island, BC and through the Micro Community Living in Victoria, BC. reganshrumm.com Regan Shrumm Independent Curator Education MA University of Victoria Regan Shrumm Create your future COURSES & WORKSHOPS

Discover Debbie Bortolussi's background and education. Debbie Bortolussi is a highly accomplished professional with expertise in marketing, education, and entrepreneurship. Currently serving as a Board Director for the Vancouver Island School of Art, she shapes the institution's vision and brings valuable insights for effective governance. With a strong marketing background, Debbie has led impactful campaigns and founded a successful management consulting firm, driving growth and fostering collaboration across industries. Debbie has also dedicated time to teaching as a part-time professor, inspiring students to explore their creativity and pursue their goals. With her diverse skill set and commitment to excellence, she continues to contribute to the arts, education, and business communities. Debbie Bortolussi Create your future COURSES & WORKSHOPS

Discover Neil McClelland's background and education. Biography Neil grew up in Quebec and received his MFA from the University of Victoria in 2014. He has had solo and group exhibitions in BC, Alberta, Ontario and Quebec and has worked as an art educator in a wide range of institutions, including the University of Victoria and the Art Gallery of Alberta. Neil draws on personal experience, memory, imagination, art history and cinematic influences to make paintings that engage narrative and symbol in the exploration of the quest for perfect happiness, the search for paradises on earth, and human relationships to nature. His paintings are in private and public collections including the Alberta Foundation for the Arts and the Colart Collection. He is a 2016 and 2020 grantee of Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation https://neilmcclelland.com https://www.instagram.com/neil_mcclelland/ Education MA-Integrated Studies, Cultural Studies Athabasca University MFA University of Victoria BEd University of Toronto BA Honours Music University of Ottawa Neil McClelland Create your future COURSES & WORKSHOPS

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