We’re Dawn and April, two friends—that call themselves grandma—that like to make art together! We have been working together as the artist duo popo and lola since 2020. Together, we have worked on two large scale public mural projects for the City of Richmond: one for Thompson Community Centre, and another for Westwind Elementary School. We’re based on the unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh peoples.

//Po4Po2//• Grandma in Cantonese
Dawn Lo is a local illustrator. Born in Hong Kong, raised in Richmond, BC. Her work has appeared in picture books, stationery, greeting cards, public art installations, murals and more! She aims to create works that are high-spirited and whimsical while retaining a certain degree of simplicity and humour. Most of her work is inspired by little everyday moments and mix-culture experience. You can visit Dawn’s solo website here.

//lo‧la //• Filipino for Grandma
April dela Noche Milne is a Filipino-Canadian illustrator and writer. Raised in Vancouver, she works with a mixture of traditional and digital mediums. She illustrated the graphic novel, The Blue Road: A Fable of Migration and contributed to the Cloudscape comics anthology The Witching Hours. April’s also had her work appear in a few public art installations, as well as various publications. Her work is often inspired by grief, memory, and the humour of everyday life. You can visit April’s solo website here.