on the road with Leona

Finally, the day had arrived!  September 22 – the road trip to Grande Prairie.  Van loaded, Rona Fraser, Leona Clawson and I were ready to embark on another Nina adventure.  Leona’s exhibition, Wooooodland, was being...

just like my friend’s house…

We received this beautiful letter from Frank Zotter today – an awesome guy, actor and busy community builder who brings so much life to the Ave. When I was young, I remember having a friend whose mother was “artistic.”  She would sculpt, paint and...

it started with a quilt

Inspired by the visual impact of driving through the Scottish highlands last year, Leona Clawson began a series of embroidered panels that she planned to use for her latest project, a hand sewn quilt.  Any concrete memories of the trip had already slipped...

the Scotland experience is now on video

In March 2015, two artists from the Nina Collective and three Nina staff were able to travel to a disability arts summit hosted by Project Ability in Glasgow, Scotland.  Filmmaker Yvonne DuBourdieu travelled with them and has recently posted a 17-minute film...

annual report 2016

Our annual report is now available – another action packed year at the Nina!  Please download this PDF-version for a bird’s eye view of...

making music and loving it

With a lot of help from our friends at ATB, Nina artists are busy writing songs, recording music beds and creating story boards for the next phase of the project – music videos! The project will produce six original songs written by artists in the Nina...