Colleen Murphy Alison Yanota is a theatre designer who believes in the performance space as a form of interactive sculpture. Alison Yanota A lot of her theatre design inspiration comes from installation art. It makes sense. Before she pursued technical theatre training at Mount Royal University and went on to complete her BFA in Theatre Design at … Read moreQ & A with Dream designer Alison Yanota – curious arts
To play great work that thrills the audience — that’s always the goal for Trio Voce, a spectacular piano trio. All three members, pianist Patricia Tao, violinist Jasmine Lin and cellist Marina Hoover are established performers who have studied with the great masters and played in world-class concert halls such as Carnegie and Kennedy Center. … Read moreTrio Voce at the Pinnacle – curious arts
January’s been a bit dreary, but at Rutherford Library, the University of Alberta’s Humanities and Social Sciences library, three exhibits have brightened the month. You might say flat is the new black. The exhibits contain woodcuts and lithographs, quilts and conference posters. Like the quilts on display, the exhibits viewed together are a sampler; they … Read moreRutherford Library: three exhibits in two dimensions – curious arts
Collaboration with Workshop West Theatre embeds playwright in an unlikely U of A community Guest post by Jennifer PascoeThis story was originally published on the University of Alberta’s Faculty of Science website Workshop West Playwrights’ Theatre is embedding eight playwrights in distinct Edmonton communities for This Is YEG: New Plays for a Changing City. One … Read moreKenneth T. Williams tells the story of math – curious arts
Feehan believes community-building is as important as artistic expression Latex balloons, reflective spray paint and silver tape. These are the raw materials of Michael Feehan’s now infamous 2015 Halloween costume – the Talus Dome. The costume was both a satirical riff on the much-maligned piece of public art and a cheeky homage to its balls-out … Read moreMichael Feehan champions alternative art scene