artist

Shannon Wallace Ross, Earth and Shore

 

Shannon grew up where the mountains meet the
ocean in Deep Cove, North Vancouver, BC.

Shannon enjoys wild places and making art

from the beauty she finds.

Each unique expression is an offering 
at the altar of new earth.

 

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Shannon has a background hiring, training, and placing young professionals in local community organizations,
managing employment programs for youth at risk, being a vocational counselor for the local
health authority and the national mental health association, and as a mentorship
interviewer, matchmaker and advisor for women and girls. 

 

Shannon has held classes & circles with a focus on botany, meditation, yoga, dance, creativity, the chakras,
the seasons & elements, the moon, and crystals. She has taught how-to workshops on jewelry making,
watercolor painting, macrame wall hangings & plant holders, flower crown creations, mandala
drawing & painting, and weaving in Vancouver, California, Guatemala, and Costa Rica. 

 

Education

BA, Major in Social Justice, Minor in Environment Studies, University of Victoria

Counselling certificates, Vancouver Coastal Health & the Canadian Mental Health Association

2D Design & Watercolour Painting, Emily Carr University of Art and Design

200 hr Yoga Teacher Training, Semperviva Yoga College

Metal Smithing, Vancouver Community College

Earth & Shore