Emma FitzGerald

EMMA FITZGERALD was born in Lesotho, a small mountainous kingdom in Southern Africa. Her early travels have given her a large appetite for adventure. Combining her interest in people and places, Emma followed a career path that was part architecture, part art. She received her BFA in Visual Art at the University of British Columbia, spending her third year at Lâ??Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris, where she honed her drawing skills. She then completed her undergraduate and masterâ??s degrees in Architecture at Dalhousie University in Halifax. She has worked in architecture offices in Johannesburg, South Africa, and across Canada.

While working in Gambia, Emma took students onto the streets of their own communities, using sketching as their primary learning tool. When she returned to Halifax, drawing became an act of connecting with the many stories and unofficial histories of the area, a custom during her travels, but never before in Halifax. This laid the groundwork for her new book.

Books by Emma FitzGerald

Hand Drawn Victoria

When the Ocean Came to Town

Everybody’s different on EveryBody Street

EveryBody's Different on EveryBody Street

Two Crows

City Streets Are for People

Sur la rue de Tout-le-Monde

Hand Drawn Vancouver

A Pocket of Time

Sketch by Sketch Along Nova Scotia's South Shore

Hand Drawn Halifax: The Colouring Book

Hand Drawn Halifax