The author shares experiences as a first-year Bachelor of Fine Arts student at Alberta University of the Arts. Exciting and challenging, the environment invigorates creativity and offers opportunities for personal growth and artistic expression. The author enjoys engaging with younger peers, adapting to a busy academic schedule, and embracing the freedom to create meaningful art.
” Through opening myself up to expressing my pain and vulnerability, my artwork began resonating with others in ways I never thought possible. “
Let’s Meet the Artist! I’ve known Susan for approximately fifteen years. I used to walk my giant dog, Ty, in Bloor West Village in Toronto. Susan, her late husband Mike, and I would chat whenever I caught them hanging out on their front porch – which was generally any evening
I was an artist from the time I was small. I know that I drew from the time I could toddle, but my first clear memory of my own art is when I drew paper dolls. They weren’t regular paper dolls. The dolls were Inuit people. Without knowing anything about