Mentorship Spotlights

Chris Foster creates semi-representational landscape and flower paintings in oil, acrylic and watercolour that use expressive colour and light … sprinkled with a touch of whimsy.

Chris has always been an admirer of the brushstrokes and techniques of Chinese/Japanese art and will often incorporate some line work influenced by those cultures.  A more recent discovery has been creating collage and mixed media pieces....again embracing line work and shapes.

​Growing up on the Canadian prairies  -Chris now spends 5 months every year in the beauty of the forests and lakes of the Canadian Shield.  This has provided her with landscapes that offer a kaleidoscope of colour and amazing light which provide never ending inspiration.  This home turf coupled by some amazing cultural world trips have become her painting catalogue.

Jordan Miller, a Winnipeg artist, graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of Manitoba in 2002. She holds a diploma in Arts and Cultural Management from the University of Winnipeg. She was the founder and owner of Cre8ery Gallery & studio for 18.5 years before closing May 1, 2025 to become a full-time artist and mentor.

​Jordan was the recipient of the 35th Annual Woman of Distinction Award in the Arts Category (2011). She was one of three finalists for the Future Leaders Of Manitoba Awards (2015).

​​Jordan has exhibited at Pulse Gallery, Birchwood Art Gallery, Fleet Galleries, cre8ery, Gallery Lacosse, Urban Shaman Gallery, Gallery 111, outworks, Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba Gift Shop, Gallery in the Park, Prairie Fusion, 210 Gallery, Wasagaming Community Arts, and Golden Prairie Arts Council.

​​Jordan is a member of Creative Manitoba, Manitoba Arts Network, Artists AccessAbility Network Manitoba and Mentoring Art for Women’s Art (MAWA). She is a mentor with MAWA's Mentor on the Fly Program. Jordan is collected across Canada, the United States, and in several countries around the world.  She is collected by the Province of Manitoba and by Winnipeg incorporated businesses.

Angelle Holmes is the eye behind AH! Photos Winnipeg, a Winnipeg-based freelancer where curiosity meets storytelling. She’s a funny, friendly, and relatable photographer who cares deeply about securing and normalizing authentic representation in modern media. Her work is colorful, approachable, and grounded in the everyday. Her work is described as feeling familiar yet exciting.

Right now, Angelle is freelancing with Getty Images, using its worldwide reach to represent Winnipeg’s diverse communities on a global stage. She puts out casting calls and creates opportunities for people from all walks of life to be seen, with a focus on fairness, safety, and accurate representation.

Her photographs (featured in campaigns for Microsoft, Adobe, and the Royal Bank of Canada, and in publications like Parents, Men’s Health, and Buzzfeed) aim to show that every person is unique but also connected. We share qualities, we share experiences, yet no two people experience them in the same way. With advanced DEI training through Getty, Angelle captures these truths with honesty, warmth, and a touch of humor.

Whether she’s building a set or catching natural light in a fleeting moment, she’s busy making images that not only look good but feel like something real, and invite everyone to see themselves in the story.