Nikki Stoyko Connections and Exchange AiR 2025 I am a self-taught artist, high school teacher, and nature lover, and one of the co-creators of Sketch Around YEG Club, an incredible community of local artists who meet monthly to sketch and connect. As a... Read Bio
Jaymie Brygidyr Connections and Exchange AiR 2025 Jaymie is one half of the Indigenous Art duo Proud Wednesday Beading Co. Together she works with her sister, Keri to share and reconnect to their families' Dene and Métis culture and beading legacy. Inspired... Read Bio
Brin Steeves Connections and Exchange Air 2025 Brin Steeves (@oilandbirch) (she/her) is a queer, self-taught artist and educator based in Edmonton, AB. She uses ceramics, digital art, painting, and other mediums to explore the intersection of art and advocacy. Her work often... Read Bio
Thomas Weir Thomas Weir is a visual artist working in a mixture printmaking, sculpture, photography and drawing to produce works which combine these varying mediums/methods at a number of different points in his artistic process, with the final result being singular artworks/objects... Read Bio Emerging Artist in Residence 2024-25
Matthew James Weigel Matthew James Weigel is an award winning Dene and Métis poet and artist born and raised in Edmonton. Currently pursuing a PhD in English at the University of Alberta, he holds a Bachelor of Science in Biological Sciences and a... Read Bio Emerging Artist in Residence 2024-25
Kaitlyn Konkin Kaitlyn Konkin is driven by her fascination with the collection of objects and images. Born in Edmonton, Alberta, on Treaty 6 lands, she studied printmaking and painting at the University of Alberta, graduating in 2024. Her work delves into the... Read Bio Emerging Artist in Residence 2024-25
Jacky Tollestrup SNAP Emerging Artist in Residence 2025-2026 Jacky Tollestrup (she/her) is an emerging interdisciplinary artist based in Edmonton. Her painting, printmaking, film, performances, scholarship, and writing consider cultural and political margins imposed on bodies. Her recent work in printmaking is inspired... Read Bio Emerging Artist in Residence 2024-25
Ambar Azcorra SNAP Emerging Artist in Residence 2023-24 Ambar Azcorra is a multidisciplinary artist from Mexico, currently based in Edmonton, Canada. She is a recent graduate student from the University of Alberta’s Bachelor of Fine Arts and Design programme. Through the practices of printmaking,... Read Bio Emerging Artist in Residence 2023-24
Cynthia Schroter SNAP Emerging Artist in Residence 2023-24 Cynthia Schroter is a 22-year-old artist and graphic designer. Born and located in Treaty Six territory, Amiskwaciwâskahikan/Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Cynthia recently graduated from the University of Alberta’s Bachelor of Fine Arts in Art and... Read Bio Emerging Artist in Residence 2023-24
Libbie Farrell SNAP Emerging Artist in Residence 2023-24 Libbie Farrell (She/They) is a white settler and Interdisciplinary artist from rural Treaty 6 Territory. She currently lives and works in Edmonton, AB. In 2023, Farrell completed their BFA in Fine Arts at Mount... Read Bio Emerging Artist in Residence 2023-24
Sam Schembri SNAP Emerging Artist in Residence 2023-24 I am a queer artist from Ardrossan, AB, and alum of Emily Carr University of Art & Design. After completing my degree I moved to Toronto and began working as an Art Installer then... Read Bio Emerging Artist in Residence 2023/24
Allison Tunis Allison Tunis (she/they) is a visual artist living and working on Treaty 6 territory, in amiswaciwâskahikan (Edmonton). Allison has a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Alberta (2008) and a graduate diploma in art therapy from The Vancouver... Read Bio In Community Residency 2023 Access Edition
Mairead Charles Mairead Charles (any pronouns) is a queer and disabled artist, caregiver, access worker, and educator living just north of Amiskwaciwâskahikan (Edmonton, AB). Their background in advocacy and education work acts as an avenue to explore dynamics of care, community, and... Read Bio In Community Residency 2023 Access Edition
Richard Boulet Richard Boulet lives and works in Edmonton. He holds a Bachelor of Environmental Studies in Architecture (1983) and a BFA (1987) both from the University of Manitoba School of Art, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, as well as an MFA (2006) from... Read Bio In Community Residency 2023 Access Edition
Sylvie Ellis Sylvie Ellis (she/they) I am a disabled, queer, Ukrainian, white settler artist currently studying in Amiskwacîwâskahikan, treaty 6 territory (Edmonton). My practice examines the intersections of identity, the body, and mental health. My creative practice speaks about personal stories, diverse... Read Bio In Community Residency 2023 Access Edition
Jason Purcell Jason Purcell is a writer from amiskwacîwâskahikan, Treaty 6 (Edmonton, Alberta). They are the author of A Place More Hospitable (Anstruther Press) and Swollening (Arsenal Pulp Press) and are co-owner of Glass Bookshop. Instagram: @jasonvpurcell Website: www.jasonpurcell.ca The In Community... Read Bio In Community Residency 2023 Access Edition
Devin Cypher My name is Devin Cypher and I am a print and textile artist. Born and raised in the Edmonton area, I come from a mixed-race family and have spent the majority of my life in rural Alberta and the outskirts... Read Bio 2022/2023 Emerging Artist in Residence
Yilu Xing Yilu Xing is an artist based in amiskwacîwâskahikan (Edmonton) in the Treaty 6 region of Alberta. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Alberta University of the Arts with a major in Printmaking and a minor in ceramics. As of... Read Bio 2022/2023 Emerging Artist in Residence