Aba Garbrah is a versatile and highly skilled artist. Much of her work in fused glass, printmaking, painting, and sculpture portrays Black figures from her personal life, history, and media who she admires.

Aba has shown her work in a solo exhibition at Gallery U as well as in several group shows in the Stollery Gallery. A selection of Aba’s monoprints were included in “Because of Her, I Am”, the 2019 visual art exhibition of the annual Skirtsafire Festival.

Aba has written and published short stories and participated in the Nina’s digital storytelling project. She bowls competitively, and enjoys participation as a Toast Master and has been a volunteer at the Strathcona Place Seniors’ Centre for twenty years.

In 2019, Aba’s dedication to community involvement in the arts and beyond was recognized with the Rotary Club of Edmonton Northeast CONNECT Award.

“Mostly, I work in clay. I make miniatures of things that I see on the sidewalk –fire hydrants, a paper box, a pop machine. I make things with moving parts—a windmill and a wishing well, clock and compass faces. And I make monster faces and creatures with the head of one animal and the body of another. I like detail. Also, I like letters and making signs. I’ve made many signs for my brothers and sisters and my home, and I’ve made my small signs into magnets. My colours are mostly bright. At home, I make a lot of things too. I do a lot of collage with whatever pictures I like to fill the page and pencil crayons to fill blank space.”

In addition to his ceramic and printmaking work, Jamie has created amazing sculptures with glass, many of which hang in the permanent installation at the East Edmonton Health Centre.

Joel has been a member of the Nina Collective since 2020.

HeIf is always excited to try out new mayerials and techniques in his work. He has explored weaving, ceramics, painting, linocut, monoprint, and sewing. Keen to learn, he always brings an optimistic and warm attitude to the studio.

When he’s not making art, Joel can be found working, volunteering, or spending time with his cat.

Amynah Pirani is interested in exploring the tactile nature of art. She works predominately with textiles, clay, and mixed media assemblage though she recently began pushing herself to develop and capture texture with paint. Amynah’s process relies heavily on experimentation and she allows her compositions to come together organically and often unfold to create open narratives. Her work is frequently figurative and at times includes text that she hopes will connect with viewers and leave them with uplifting messages.

Amynah aims to create bold and captivating work that gives viewers insight into who she is as an artist and as a person. Her cultural background influences her formal decisions and Amynah mixes Swahili & English text to further establish both cultural and personal links in her pieces. She enjoys collaging textile pieces to create larger integrated work and has been experimenting making three dimensional sculptures out of clay, fabric and found materials to make dimensional and meaningful works.

Victor's love of art is genuine and self-developed through several years of participation in Nina Haggerty's Arts Program. In addition to Arts drawing, Victor also enjoys Special Olympics sports and visiting museums.