Boostani promotes a handmade lifestyle with items that are ecofriendly, fair traded and biodegradable. They work mainly with an underprivileged community of gifted artisans from the Akamba tribe in Kenya to keep their crafts alive http://boostani.ca
Pearl Low is an Afro-Asian Oscar Winning Story Artist, Illustrator and Comics Artist based in Vancouver, BC. Most of her works are rooted in themes of self-love, acceptance and Chinese-Canadian and Caribbean-Canadian experiences.Twitter: @Fumi_chun
Linnea Perry is a mixed race interdisciplinary theatre artist currently living and working on unceded Coast Salish territories. At her apprenticeship at Pacific Theatre, Linnea has had the honor of assistant stage managing Kim’s Convenience.
Vanessa Richards is an artist with a foundation in music, performance, creative writing, and socially-engaged practices. She has been an active member of the City of Vancouver’s Black History Month Citizen’s Advisory Group.
At Arts New West, we live and work on the unceded, traditional territories of the Coast Salish peoples of the QayQayt Nation as well as all Coast Salish Nations.
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