Q & A with exhibition curator and UAlberta design studies prof Aidan Rowe With files by TJ Jans. Feature image from an Edmonton Wayfinding Society Project, photo by Louise Asselstine. As part of the 50th Anniversary celebration for the University of Alberta’s Department of Art & Design, the FAB Gallery is showing Design Latitudes until … Read moreDesign Latitudes – curious arts
Can we work with words differently, so that the world can be a better place? Christine Stewart Christine Stewart is a co-founder of Writers Revolution in Place (WRIP) whose participants include members of the Boyle Community, the Edmonton Learning Centre Literacy Association, and students from the Write 494 class this Winter 2015 term. “I am … Read moreUse poetry for political engagement – curious arts
But not farewell I enjoy being the Lee Playwright in Residence here at the University of Alberta. The Department of Drama is a serious but friendly place richly stocked with interesting professors/theatre practitioners, students and staff. This week, I return to Toronto for my ‘gap year’ – a year to write a full length play … Read moreSo long Edmonton… – curious arts
Bachelor of Design 2015 graduate show Fearless exploration of design is a running theme in Running with Scissors. Everyone appreciates good design in their life. Whether it is that comfortable and stylish piece of furniture that makes your house a home, or the well thought-out wayfinding in a large building that helps you find the … Read moreRunning with Scissors – curious arts
Q & A with Heather Leier A dystopia is not a welcoming place. It suggests an unhappy, discomforting environment that is built within the limitless realm of our nightmares. Concepts of ‘right’ and ‘wrong’ do not exist; any conscience is worn down and jaded. Destabilizing a dystopia is a process that disrupts the nightmare… Does … Read moreDestabilizing Dystopia: art exhibition & artist talk – curious arts