Trying new mediums is equivalent to being the proverbial kid in a candy store for 2-D Visual Arts Arty Award Nominee Joy Roberts. Acrylic and oil paint, charcoal, pencil, henna,…
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Did you know that Literary Arts Arty Award Nominee Jim Williams has taught English to over 2,000 Abbotsford students? Jim also taught in China where he wrote short stories that…
Have you ever witnessed someone make a woodcarving with a chain saw? That’s how 3-D Visual Arts Arty Award Nominee Jonas Melan creates life-sized (or bigger) woodcarvings of animals, which…
Between being married for 12 years to his wife Angie and rearing five children, Outstanding Artist in the Performing Arts – Music Arty Award nominee Jared Fowler has found time…
Not only does Outstanding Youth Artist (Secondary School) Arty Award nominee Tiera Murray like to create art cards and do face painting, she uses her artistic talents to raise money…
Following retirement from a 30 year career with the City of Abbotsford’s Park, Recreation and Culture Department, 2-D Visual Arts Arty Award Nominee Betty Johnston now takes pictures at many…
Outstanding Artist in Performing Arts – Music Arty Award Nominee Kristal Barrett released her very first music video in 2011 for her song “Girl in a Car,” all of which…
UFV Visual Arts Faculty Member and Outstanding Arts Advocate Arty Award nominee Grace Tsurumaru’s goal this year is to establish a scholarship of $1,000 to a deserving Bachelor of Fine…
Outstanding Artist in the Visual Arts Video/Film Arty Award Nominee Win Wachsmann and his wife created a TV pilot for the History Channel entitled Military Miracles, which chronicles the…
3D Visual Arts Arty Award Nominee Lonnie Jackson spent years travelling to many tropical paradises and fell in love with the cultures, colours, music and people in the warm, sun-drenched…