Region Category: All of Manitoba

Chris Foster is a Canadian artist who turns memories, places, and fleeting moments into layered, playful paintings. From her SheShed at Lake of the Woods to streets and sunsets around the world, she blends bold color, delicate line work, and storytelling to create work that makes you linger, smile, and maybe even recognize a piece of yourself.

Her landscapes, cityscapes, and florals begin with real locations, but she does not chasing strict realism. She's drawn to light, atmosphere, and the way a place lives in your memory after you’ve gone.

Also , visit her custom fine art Paddle Collection at CFosterART- where - every piece transforms a traditional symbol of Canada’s waterways into a collectible work of fine art.

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Nora Decter is a writer and educator who grew up on Treaty 1 Territory in the North End of Winnipeg. She is the author of two novels: How Far We Go and How Fast (Orca Book Publishers, 2018) and What's Not Mine (ECW Press, 2024). In 2019 she was the recipient of the Kobo Emerging Writer Prize in literary fiction.

Nora has been teaching writing at post-secondary institutions in the U.S. and Canada for the last ten years. She was honoured to serve as the 2024-2025 writer-in-residence at the Winnipeg Public Library, where she worked with a record number of writers from across Manitoba.

She lives in Winnipeg, near the foot of Garbage Hill.