What an uplifting conversation with @katepepler from @thetareshop! We are so excited about her new store opening in Downtown Dartmouth this fall!
2020 has been a continual shifting and adjusting to the changes type of year. We at Brilliansea have been doing our best to ride these waves and changes.
As we enter into the Summer, we have committed to continue our socially distanced 'insta live' interviews on a bi-weekly basis and continue to share the content of the variety of women that make up the Atlantic provinces and beyond.
Brilliansea continues to seek to be a platform that creates a community of celebration and insight into the inner workings of creative and entrepreneurial women. We are always looking to find new ways to highlight your voices and are continually reassessing how we can do that better and push ourselves to think outside the box.
For Claire and I, Brilliansea is where we find solidarity and connection to something deeper than 'the hustle'.
Less of a business, more of a community.
Although many of our 'communing' and in-person work has had to be on the back burner for the last past few months, the passion for bringing people together remains our true north.
We can’t wait to be in person again and are aiming to reconvene that portion of our work after the summer and as safety measures in our studio/situations allow.
Claire sits down with local podcast creator and host Ruth McMullen from Optimistically Depressed to chat about being a creative and mother during a pandemic and what that means for productivity, work and the real-life expectations we hold over ourselves.
Amy Grace sits down with Lizane Tan, flight attendant and graphic designer of Lizane Tan to discuss how the social distancing measures have affected her work both in the air and on the ground.
Insightful thoughts, rebrands, laughter and a cat crashing the chat!
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Hannah Hicks
Artist
Hannah can be found selling and representing her art in various art shows, events and fundraisers, while also investing in her family and taking deep joy in her new role as ‘Auntie’.
Hannah is highly passionate and finds deep meaning in coming alongside others by connecting, fundraising and bolstering others through her abstract art.
She also happens to carry a joy for creativity that her passion and enthusiasm for it not only leaks out in her work, but right into every interaction she has with those around her.
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Website
https://www.hannahhicksart.com
https://www.facebook.com/HannahHicksArt/
Rebecca Thomas
Poet & Activist
Rebecca can be found focusing on trying to improve the lives of others by using her words in forms such as poetry, children’s books, advising, strategy development, and diversity inclusion practices, while also staying present in her own identity as a Mi’kmaq person.
Rebecca gives incredible insight on taking account of ones own bias, privilege and world view and is able to marry that eye opening insight with an incredible amount of wisdom in how to harness it for growth and connection with others.
She also happens to maintain a rooted presence that allows for tenderness and grace to be present as she carefully discerns her words and the words of others.
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Twitter
@beccaleat
Artists In Residence
Amy Chandler
Hand Embroidery Artist
Amy can be found creating whimsical, colourful and high quality embroidery pieces while also making space for herself and others who deal with mental illness by sharing her own life and methods of coping by ‘crafting it out’.
Amy is inspired by and finds deep satisfaction in creating a home that is reflective of her creativity, is cozy and brings her and those who inhabit her space, joy.
She also happens to lighten up the spaces she inhabits with a bright and tender atmosphere that brings us closer as people and encourages us to be tender with ourselves.
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Website / Shop
https://www.etsy.com/shop/friday55
Kaitlyn Adair
Nurse & Filmmaker
Kaitlyn can be found teaching yoga, running two film companies which focus on feminism and social justice, community empowerment and mentorship, while also working as a nurse
Kaitlyn is a woman who sees beyond the surface and reaches deep to create spaces for those she works with and the broader community to feel empowered, safe and inspired.
She also happens to maintain a personal self awareness that moves those around her to become more self aware and in turn, become more aware of others.
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WEBSITE
FEAST MEDIA
https://www.facebook.com/feastmediainc/?ref=profile_intro_card
FACEBOOK PAGE
https://www.facebook.com/creativewellnessandyoga/?ref=profile_intro_card
Élana Camille
Illustrator, Artist & Creative Content Producer
Élana can be found collaborating with brands, media publications and various companies, while also embracing and finding new ways to honour the evolution and change in her own unique journey as a creative entrepreneur.
Élana is motivated to create illustrations that connect with her clients intentions and also finds an ability to be inspired and refreshed through her love for travel.
She also happens to have a tenacious spirit that has carried her through each new step of her personal and professional life and is a carrier of enthusiasm for anyone who wants to step out and try something new.
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Website
https://www.elanacamillecreates.com
Gwyneth Christoffel
Animator, Illustrator & Film Editor
Gwyneth can be found working during the day as an editor and illustrator while also bringing smiles to faces with her creative outlet ‘Gwyneth Draws’, on instagram.
Gwyneth is driven to create inspiring, quippy and impactful work and has fully embraced her own unique way to inspire a sense of solidarity and joy through what she does.
She also happens to have a calm and joyful presence that surrounds her that makes it easy to see where all those quippy and light hearted illustrations flow from.
More Gwyneth
https://www.instagram.com/gwynethdraws/
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