Meet The Team
The Cogs in the Wheel
Susan L. Greig
Owner/Founder
Susan L. Greig is the founder and creative mind behind the unique business model of 100 Braid St. She has been a life-long artist and entrepreneur – this is her fifth successful business. Her “why” is to help people live lives of courage in harmony with their values through creativity.
Susan is a contemporary landscape painter. She loves to paint life along the Fraser River and West Coast landscapes. Influences that can often be seen in her work includ the Group of Seven artists, Ted Harrison, Dard Hunter, antique block prints and stained glass. Susan has indigenous ancestry and is currently exploring and inspired by her Métis culture. Her work hangs in private collections in BC, USA, Mexico and at BC Children’s Hospital.
As the Owner & Founder of 100 Braid St, Susan handles many aspects of the business from Event Planning & Management to mentoring the artists in the studio.
Ailyn
Virtual Assistant to Susan L. Greig
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Carla Thompson
Paint Night Management
Bookkeeping
Carla has been part of 100 Braid St for four years; she started as a teaching of needlework but her skills in management became clear very early on. Now she assists owner Susan L. Greig in many capacities including event planning and on site mangement, staff scheduling, and bookkeeping. As an artist she is a third generation needleworker – she specializes in counted cross stitch, lace work crochet and amigurumi critters.
Ceci Lam
Paint and Sip Teacher
Ceci has been creating since her mother first put an embroidery needle into her at the age of six, and now she is in a euphoric dance with colour, painting in what she describes as interpretive realism. Her subjects range from abstractions, landscapes, florals, portraits, and animals, and her primary medium is oil, traditional and with cold wax medium. She also paints in acrylic/mixed media.
Lillian Black
Paint and Sip Teacher
Lillian is a published, international selling artist & has been involved in numerous exhibitions, independent shows and events. Her work has been exhibited in national and international venues and galleries and can be found in many private collections. Lillian received her BFA from Concordia University, a nAEC Degree)in Graphic Art & Design from Academie Des Arts. Lillian is also a graduate of the Interior Design Institute & is a juried member in The Federation Of Canadian Artists. Lillian was a resident artist at 100 Braid St 2018-2019.
Deanna Fligg
Paint Night Teacher Assistant
Deanna Fligg is an artist of many forms. She expresses her ideas creating paintings, illustrations, photographs and jewelry. She has a Fine Arts Certificate from Kwantlen Polytechnic University and a Management Certificate in Interior Design from BCIT. The majority of her inspiration is derived from living organisms and especially bees.
Chris Wu
Paint Night Teacher Assistant
On Site Event Management
Tania Navarro
Paint Night Manager
On Site Event Manager
Tania is a passionate event planner with over 20 years experience. Her own company TNT Event Planning has worked with the Burnaby Board of Trade, The Make a Wish Foundation as well as other national organizations. She keeps up with new trends in the industry and is an innovative thinker who thrives with new technology and always seeks to create team efficiencies.
Darian Vincent (Dizz McGruber)
Event Set Up & Take Down
Dizz is not only a handy guy but he one of the leaders in the world of Canadian and International Glitch Art. Most of his work uses “sonification” which is defined as the use of non-speech audio to convey information or perceptualize data. Auditory perception has advantages in temporal, spatial, amplitude, and frequency resolution that open possibilities as an alternative or complement to visualization techniques. He also uses text and hexadecimal editors to either add, remove or replace data in different ways.
