Kit Grauer and Peter Scurr are Canadian artists, educators, collectors, and longstanding advocates for collaborative art practices around the world. Their respective careers span decades of teaching, research, and community engagement, with a shared commitment to supporting artists, educators, and creative inquiry across generations.

Grauer is Professor Emerita of Art Education at the University of British Columbia, where her work has encompassed teacher education, museum education, and arts-based research. Scurr is a retired art educator whose independent creative practice includes drawing, photography, and printmaking.

Together, they established Galiano Relief Retreat, an ongoing collaborative printmaking initiative based at their studio on Galiano Island, British Columbia. Bringing together artists, educators, scholars, and participants from adjacent disciplines, the initiative produces collective works assembled from individually carved linoleum blocks.

Their establishment of Beta Cottage extends these commitments beyond the studio and classroom. Privately supported by Grauer and Scurr, Beta Cottage often provides opportunities for creative professionals to undertake independent work, research, and extended periods of study.

Informed by their longstanding interests in collecting, education, and cultural preservation, Beta Cottage is developing as a place for artistic inquiry, collaboration, and the stewardship of creative knowledge.