Content about Feature Artist

This month's featured artist shares his journey with writing through a short story written specifically for the Fix!

Courtney Baker is the new administrator at the Arts Station, and a long time Fernie resident... that loves to run, especially when it's freezing! Learn more about Courtney and her role at the Arts Station.

Leah-Rose Traverse, painter is this month's feature artist.

Rory Hinds of MINE FILMS shares his journey into the world of cinematography!

James Keelaghan is teaching at this year's Fernie Writers' Conference and gives us an intimate look at his writing and teaching techniques!

My journey into cake decorating began from a desire to make my friend’s birthdays special by baking them a cake. I couldn’t remember the last time I had received one for my own birthday which inspired me to reintroduce the custom.

While I’m out in Vancouver pursuing my dream, I feel so proud to be from Fernie and am grateful to have so many people reaching out and enjoying the music I have produced. The feedback and support from the community has been amazing, and through Internet networking I have been able to reach a wide base of fans much more easily than would have been previously possible.

For me, photography is something that has just kind of happened. Sure, I used to flip through old National Geographic magazines and think how cool it would be to take the photos I saw, or wonder how I could get into Powder Magazine, but that was because I wanted to be a professional skier; I never really thought of being a professional photographer.

Every band remembers their first gig. Most bands park their van in a dingy back alley, unload their instruments through the back door of a local bar, do a sound check, and nervously get through a well rehearsed set for very little money. For our first gig, we unloaded our instruments onto a chairlift and played 6,316 feet above sea level.

When I asked people this question their answer was often “no”. Even people who have lived in Fernie their whole lives. Outside of Fernie, people had never even heard of the Flathead.