| |||||||||
Chris and her family live in Chemainus BC. While raising children, she has been constantly creating, whether it be dabbling in arts and crafts with her kids, making candles, or creating journals and collage art. She has shown her art work in galleries in BC and in Japan. After having a friend create this website in 1997, she taught herself html and took over the website creation on her own. It continues to evolve and change as she learns new things. Education Fine Arts program, Emily Carr Institute of Art & Design. Certificate in Liberal Arts, Simon Fraser University. Diploma in Interior Decorating Sculpture classes with sculptor Emily Morgan www.emilymorgan.org Exhibitions Joint exhibit at the Gibsons Art Gallery. Remember was created in honour of West Sechelt Elementary School teacher Lee Brown Commitment & Renewal and Believe have been in seperate showings at the Sunshine Coast Art Gallery in group exhibitions entitled Friends of the Gallery. Cycle of Life was part of the All NATIONS ART EXHIBIT II in the fall of 2003 at the VISAC Community Art Gallery in Trail, B.C. This piece was also the second prize winner at the Coho Festival in North Vancouver, B.C. in 2003. Commitment & Renewal and Power & Commitment were part of the Wolf Art Exhibitions in Mitsumine, and Osaka, Japan in 2002 - 2003 Sun Mask was part of a group exhibition of artwork created from recycled materials at the 2002 Annual Green Millennium Fashion Show in Vancouver, B.C. Canada. Earlier pieces were shown in the Simon Fraser University Gallery and at the Beanstalk Coffee House in Williams Lake, B.C. Canada. Like so many others, Chris and her family have been touched by cancer, so profits from PINK journals are donated to cancer research in the hope of creating a healthier world for our children. She also supports the Foster Parents Plan of Canada & the Global Movement for ChildrenThe BC Wildlife Federation, & The Heart and Stroke Foundation of BC & Yukon "Growing up in a less than ideal situation, I turned to art as a refuge. Then it became a passion. I have since expanded that passion to all aspects of my life. I hope to inspire others to have the same passion as I do in all aspects of their lives." - Christine Hardacker-Allan Click here to return to art gallery |
||||
| Home | ...About... | Contact |