Julie Ann Kate Boorman (’00 BA, ’04 MA) wrote Winterkill, the young adult (YA) novel nominated for the Alberta Readers’ Choice Awards, in a month. It was during National Novel Writing Month, and by the end of November 2012, she had written a 70,000-word manuscript. “I mean, it was a steaming trash pile, don’t get me wrong,” … Read moreKate Boorman’s Winterkill – curious arts
Sculpture alumna the second UAlberta artist in two years to win prestigious award from the International Sculpture Centre Kasie Campbell (’15 BFA) explores the paradoxical attraction and simultaneous tension between what we think is beautiful and what is grotesque. Campbell’s sculptures demand consideration. They are fleshy, sexual, tactile, grotesque, and utterly compelling. No one walks … Read moreKasie Campbell: Scopophilia – curious arts
At the core of Nicolás Arnáez’s sound installation series, Composiciones Colectivas, is a driving impulse to create interactivity with music and sound. Nicolás Arnáez The sound artist, technician and graduate student studying composition at the U of A, has created five installations in the series to date. All the pieces demand the interaction of people … Read moreNicolás Arnáez: Kitchen bells – curious arts
How do you write a bicycle-themed piece of music? Start by sounding a bike bell. Edmonton musician bikes to the symphony. Photo supplied from C’Mon Festival. Taran Plamondon, a third-year French horn performance student at the U of A, was asked by the C’mon Music Festival to compose a new work that combined Edmonton’s love … Read moreTaran Plamondon’s Tandem Bike Rondo – curious arts