About

After almost 18 years in Winnipeg,  Artist Becky Thiessen has settled once again in her birth province of British Columbia and is calling Nanaimo home  As a recent graduate of the Master of Community Planning program at Vancouver Island University (VIU) she hopes to encompass all that she has learned to help create and design places that inspire creativity and community. Eighteen years of dynamic community development work and as an Arts Educator, she has compiled a unique set of leadership, facilitation, art and design skills.  Her work has ranged from women’s advocacy, family and community outreach and child and youth arts education.  Her work has taken her across Canada to the high Arctic with Statistics Canada and in various rural, coastal, northern and inner city communities as an Arts Educator with the Nanaimo Art Gallery, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Art City, Manitoba Arts Council, Winnipeg Arts Council and several other arts and community organizations.  Her art practice is diverse, always exploring new techniques and practices, currently her work is focused on upcycling textiles and reusing any material that she can get her ands on. She is constantly envisioning ways where she can incorporate more art in her community.