Author Archives: J Peachy

The young artists had the opportunity to put some of the teachings about animals into their own puppet creations. Through a collage activity and their sketchbooks they were challenged to pick one puppet character to focus on and then we assembled at the art cart to work on their puppet creature. They were challenged toContinue reading “Nature inspired puppetry and story”

We had our classes migrate over to Garden City Park and the natural areas that are on the West side of the small lake in the Park. Each team was divided into groups where they were given a plant or tree to identify and investigate. They interviewed the plant or Tree and shared with theContinue reading “Zooming in on Plants and Trees”

Because of the BC Government Health Authority restrictions many of our workshops had to be facilitated virtually. However being far away from class didn’t prevent us from focusing on the tiniest of creatures, including Pollinators. Here Tiffany, JP and Rayden a youth Red Fox Healthy Living Society gather virtually to share our artistic ode toContinue reading “Virtual Creative Pollinators”

After the recent news of the discovery of young children buried at the Kamloops residential school, our artist team was called to act in creative response. Many of our friends and artists are indigenous and work closely within the indigenous community and so this is an artist act of solidarity and an opportunity for youngContinue reading “Orange Hearts, Remembering the ones who were lost.”

According to the City of Richmond Community Wellness strategy that was adopted by City Council in 2018 a My Health My Community survey said Richmond ranks lower compared to other BC municipalities for three specific lifestyle practices that are strongly linked to health and wellness, these include physical activity, healthy eating and social connectedness. NatureContinue reading “Supporting Wellness”

“Everything has to eat” Puppet Red Harry has a curiosity about how all the creatures and life on the planet sustain themselves. In Red’s storytelling adventures he seeks out people who know about human food, plants and animals