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…
Before becoming the Arts and Heritage Coordinator for the City of Abbotsford, Outstanding Arts Advocate Arty Award nominee Tamaka Fisher owned her own studio art gallery on the Stevenston waterfront…