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ArtsCommon 118 kicks off with a bang Party introduces hub design and programming to the community
Our community is an Instagram hot spot Check out these local places for beautiful photo opportunities
Photographer captures a shot of our past Streetscapes and local entrances showing at art gallery
Local artist makes jewelry for peace of mind Susan Allebone uses her craft as a form of meditation
Local art centre helps level playing field The Nina Haggerty Centre for the Arts helps people express themselves
SkirtsAfire celebrates female-centric work Annual festival brings audiences together to enjoy art
Actor Annette Loiselle has always intuitively known that women were at a disadvantage in the arts, but it took her some time to really pin it down.
“I don’t know if there was a specific point, because when I was in theatre school it didn’t even occur to me that things are stacked against us,” Loiselle said. “Even though, when I auditioned for the BFA program, one of their stipulations when they were putting together a class for that year [was] it had to be two-thirds men and one-third women.” Continue reading SkirtsAfire celebrates female-centric work Annual festival brings audiences together to enjoy art
Used materials get a second life as art Kaleido Festival to roll out tire sculptures along the Ave
At this year’s Kaleido Family Arts Festival, you might find an alligator lurking along Alberta Avenue. Moulded out of old tires, the treaded reptile will be one of a handful of community art projects created from reused and recycled materials. Continue reading Used materials get a second life as art Kaleido Festival to roll out tire sculptures along the Ave
Great public art inspires and becomes iconic Become involved and educated before forming an opinion
Recently, Bowfort Towers, a piece of public art installed in Calgary, caused an uproar. The first theme of criticism was that the cost, $500,000, was wasteful in this economic downturn. The second was aesthetic and cultural, that the art was unattractive. A secondary argument to that was that it resembled Blackfoot burial structures, and that a non-indigenous American artist created this work using indigenous influences without understanding the symbolism. Continue reading Great public art inspires and becomes iconic Become involved and educated before forming an opinion
