Brantford Arts Block

Local Artist Spotlight

The Local Artist Spotlight features a different Brantford artist from the community each week. Featured artists showcase their work in various disciplines and share a little about themselves. Each artist gives some insight into their creative process, and discusses what arts in the community means to them. The Brantford Arts Block is welcoming of artists of any age and skill level. If you are interested in nominating an individual to be part of the artist spotlight, please visit our nomination page.

Kristina Tardelli - Artist Spotlight - Brantford Arts Block

Artist Spotlight: Kristina Tardelli

Share a little bit about yourself and what you create. My name is Kristina Tardelli, I am 17 years old. I go to North Park Collegiate and I am in grade 12. I live in the North End of Brantford with my mother and my brother. I used to live in Hamilton, but I moved [...]

Heather Vollans - Artist Spotlight - Brantford Arts Block

Artist Spotlight: Heather Vollans

Share a little bit about yourself and what you create. I am a mixed media mosaic artist working with a multitude of materials – often salvaged construction materials and concrete combined with other textures. I have been exhibiting and teaching art in the Brantford area for the past 3-4 yrs. I live near Lynden, on [...]

Jamie Clarke - Artist Spotlight - Brantford Arts Block

Artist Spotlight: Jamie Clarke

Share a little bit about yourself and what you create. My name is Jamie Clarke & I have lived in Brantford now for almost 4 years on a quiet court in the north end of the city. For as long as I can remember I have had a fascination with abandoned buildings. One of the [...]

Jennifer Budd - Artist Spotlight

Artist Spotlight: Jennifer Budd

Share a little bit about yourself and what you create. My name is Jennifer Budd. I live in Paris, one of the prettiest little towns in Ontario. I love living in Paris. I enjoy the people I have met during the 25 years our family has lived in Paris. There is a thriving arts community [...]

Mario Fera - Artist Spotlight

Artist Spotlight: Mario Fera

Share a little bit about yourself and what you create. My name is Mario Fera and I’ve always had a passion for art. As a kid I was always drawing. There was never enough paper in our home. When I ran out of paper, my mother would cut paper grocery bags so I could draw [...]

Artist Spotlight - Dave McCreary

Artist Spotlight: Dave McCreary

Share a little bit about yourself and what you create. Hi, I’m Dave. I grew up in Eagle Place and Holmedale. I left Brantford for a while, but then I came back – thankfully my wife Danielle came with me. My background is in illustration and graphic design, so not surprisingly, I pretty much draw [...]

Artist Spotlight - Celine Garneau Photography

Artist Spotlight: Celine Garneau

Share a little bit about yourself and what you create. I’m Celine Garneau, and I’m a photographer. I’ve lived in the Grand Woodlands area of Brantford all my life. I really like how quiet and hidden away the area is. I have been photographing for about 6 years now, and am just finishing up my [...]

Artist Spotlight - Lily Crawford

Artist Spotlight: Lily Crawford

Share a little bit about yourself and what you create. My name is Lily Crawford and I reside in West Brantford. I began creating stained glass mosaics, initially garden pieces set on flagstone 2 years ago during a difficult time in my life. My process has evolved to glass on glass pieces and iconic images, [...]

Aaron Robbins - Artist Spotlight

Artist Spotlight: Aaron Robbins

Share a little bit about yourself and what you create. My name is Aaron Robbins and I live in Brantford with my wife, two kids and our dog Shiloh. We moved from the coast of British Columbia to Brantford in 2007. We have a home in the Fairview district of Brantford’s north end. We were [...]

Artist Spotlight - Lukas Newhouse

Artist Spotlight: Lukas Newhouse

Share a little bit about yourself and what you create. My name is Lukas Newhouse and I front local indie-rock band Outside Voices. I’ve grown up in Brantford my whole life, and can attribute it to my love music. From the time I started going to local punk shows at J’s place or the Ford [...]

Artist Spotlight Justin Teakle

Artist Spotlight: Justin Teakle

Share a little bit about yourself and what you create. My name is Justin and I was born and raised in Brantford, where I live with my parents, brother, and Shetland Sheepdog, Lance. I grew up living in the Henderson Survey, attending James Hiller for elementary school and then St. John’s College for high school. [...]

Parker Littell - Artist Spotlight

Artist Spotlight: Parker Littell

Share a little bit about yourself and what you create. I don’t paint out of happiness or sadness– I paint out of indifference. The words I’ve always used to describe my art is beautiful, happy misery. I see things happening in the world and document them as I see them. I shed light on natural [...]

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