"Creativity lies within all people and is best expressed through the arts."


NHCA Artist Collective
Bellemare, Paul
Clawson, Leona
Loh, Dorothy
O'Coffey, Louis

NHCA Lead Artists
Beranek, Marta
Christiansen, Brenda
Freeman, Paul
Fuhrer, Cindy
Janzen, David
Jonsson, Stephanie
Sentara, Cynthia
Seright, Susan
DOROTHY LOH   Full Artist Profile
Dorothy was born and raised in Edmonton. After spending many years on her own, including several years in Montreal, Dorothy is currently living with her parents in Edmonton.
Dorothy likes to inspire her viewers, "Because there are so many faces in the world". Her paintings include pictures of trains, imaginary places and people, and still life images.
She also likes to work in the abstract realm, using block printing and ink and markers; she creates vivid works that resemble landscapes or ancient maps.

LOUIS O'COFFEY   Full Artist Profile
Louis was born on December 27, 1937 in Fort McMurray, Alberta. In addition to his art, he is an avid outdoorsman. Louis is a selftaught painter, and works regularly at the Nina Haggerty Centre to hone his skills.
He typically works in tempera, watercolour or acrylic paint, creative vivid and colourful work that has been very popular with the public. His work has been exhibited in the Stollery Gallery and Profiles Public Art Gallery, as well as the Alberta Foundation for the Arts Traveling Exhibition Program administered by the Edmonton Art Gallery. He is committed and proud of what he can do for himself and for others through art.
Most recently, Louis the 2008 recipient of the 2008 Jane Cameron Award, read more about his achievement in the May 2008 edition of the Nina News.

BRENDA CHRISTIANSEN   Full Artist Profile
Brenda has her BFA fron Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University and an MFA from the University of Alberta. Her work is an interpretation of Alberta’s changing landscape, documenting the areas of Alberta’s wilderness that have become indelibly marked by signs of human imposition due to burgeoning economic development and the increased pursuit of leisure activities.
PAUL FREEMAN
Paul Freeman, a graduate of Alberta College of Art & Design, is a practicing artist with 11 years of residential, vocational and recreational experience in rehabilitation.
DAVID JANZEN   Full Artist Profile
Born in Toronto, David completed his formal art education at the Alberta College of Art in Calgary in 1979, and now lives and works in Edmonton, Alberta.
CYNTHIA SENTARA   Full Artist Profile
Cynthia biography info.