Great design transforms Canadian books into works of art When the e-book revolution began, there were dire predictions about the book industry, most heralding the imminent death of the printed book. Now, a decade on, the printed book has not only survived, it is thriving, and the reason may have everything to do with design. … Read moreAlcuin Awards for Book Design exhibit opens in FAB Gallery – curious arts
On Sunday, January 22 at Convocation Hall, saxophonist, William H. Street, and organists, Marnie Giesbrecht and Joachim Segger, kick off Canada’s 150th anniversary year with a selection of Canadian solo and duo works, including Celtic Impressions and From the Musical Memoirs of a Canadian Organist, and the premiere of Passage du Temps, all by renowned Edmonton-based composer, Jacobus Kloppers. COMPOSER … Read moreCelebrating Canada on The Casavant: Notes by composer Jacobus Kloppers – curious arts
Interview with This Wild Spirit author and curator Colleen Skidmore. You currently have an exhibition on at FAB Gallery calledThis Wild Spirit: Redux, which is based on your 2006 book,This Wild Spirit. How did this book originally come to be? When I moved to Edmonton to join the University of Alberta in 1994, and began visiting … Read moreThis Wild Spirit: Redux – curious arts
Three differences you need to know! You know that nightmare where you’re trapped in a room full of mean strangers and forced to entertain them while they stare at you coldly until even the inside of your eyeballs start to sweat? No? Good, I’m glad you’re so well adjusted. For an actor like me, this … Read moreAuditioning for Stage vs. Auditioning for Screen – curious arts
Colleen Murphy wrote the libretto for a new opera launching in Toronto in May. In this message from Tapestry Opera, they are looking for support for the new show. In May, we will bring you the world premiere of a groundbreaking new Canadian work, Oksana G. This will be the most ambitious work we have taken on … Read moreColleen Murphy’s Liberetto work in new Opera – curious arts