All in AC@Home
Fueled by the whimsy of childhood imagination, Avril Lopez evoked a child-like state of imagination with her exhibition in the Lightbox Studio in Arts Commons. Six months later, we catch up with Avril Lopez as she takes her practice all the way to Ontario.
Keith O’Rourke is a man of many musical talents, and now he can also call himself an entrepreneur. His jazz trio was set to perform in the Jack Singer Lobby for the Arts Commons Presents TD Jazz Series: Jazzmeia Horn concert on May 26th, before it was forced into cancellation. Click to learn about his unique new project. Here’s a hint! It’s called “Bread for Jazz”.
Shakespeare on the Bow has a long tradition (32 years and counting) of taking the bard outdoors each summer in Calgary, sharing accessible theatre to anyone ready to roll out a picnic blanket and enjoy. This year,, Theatre Calgary Artistic Director Stafford Arima wants to be sure that the tradition continues – online.
In this episode of This Feels So Real we speak with Harpreet Dayal, author, poet, spoken word artist and the creative force behind Love Notes, an event gathering artists and audiences to promote empathy and love. In this conversation Harpreet speaks about vulnerability and connecting to oneself and others through writing.
This installment of Notice. Wonder. Make. gives you the tools to explore your home, neighbourhood park or backyard with your young learners and discuss what colours, symbols or images you can use to sketch a “map” out of nontraditional materials.
Our doors may still be closed and our physical artist exhibitions might be postponed, but our incredible artists in our RBC Emerging Visual Artists Program are still hard at work at home. What does that look like? We caught up with several of our artists about what their physical space looks like, and what their personal experience has been.
Dynamic duo Rachel Ziriada and Mikhail Miller make up the artistic partnership NASARIMBA who were scheduled to display their art in the Ledge Gallery this summer. Both painters and mixed media sculptors by trade, Rachel and Mikhail have taken their talent to the streets painting murals.
Uma Samari is a poet, spoken word artist a Masters student in Educational Leadership and a Kindergarten teacher. She has been featured in both the Love Notes cabaret and We Gon Be Alright cabaret at Arts Commons. In this conversation Uma speaks about rest, Ramadan, and re-setting while she’s at home.
