StrideFest

Join and award-winning poet Cynthia Sharp to explore ekphrastic art and turn your verses into visual art! ✂️🎨

Cut, paste, and rearrange your poetry directly onto paintings donated by New West artist Candice James as our base. It’s tactile, it’s creative, and it’s for everyone. We provide the paintings, the glue, and the inspiration—you provide the spark and your imagination!

Come celebrate local creativity and build something beautiful together. 🤝✨

📍 Wed, March 25 from 6 pm - 7:30 pm at McGill Burnaby Public Library - Community Room

🎟️ Link in bio to register or 👉 https://bpl.bc.ca/events/stridefest-mixed-media-poetry-collages!

We’ve got 30+ local artists taking over your favorite shops and streets! 🎨 While you’re hitting up your go-to spots, don’t forget to look up—there is art tucked into every corner.

Our local businesses are pulling double duty as our neighbourhood-turned- gallery this week, so you can support local creators and your favorite shops in one go! ☕ 🖼️

Don’t just look at the art—experience it. From photography to sculptures and everything in between, is bringing diverse art to the most unexpected places.

Perfect weather, beautiful art, and great company. See you in the Heights! ✨

𝐅𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬 & 𝐋𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬:

📍 Cheuk Pan (Ben) Lee | @ Prpic Eyecare Centre

📍 Marika Morissetta | @ Christine Sinclair Centre (Lobby)

📍 Kingphaka Chompooja | Optical

📍 Calm Bloom Art Society | @ Cedar Chiropractic & Physio Therapy

📍 Jillian Chateauneuf | @ CIBC (4101 Hastings St.)

📍 Gayatri Yelegaonkar | @ Fortuna Bakery

📍 Bahar Vaghari Moghaddam & Eilidh Keegan-Henry | @ McGill Public Library