Following the power of music… I am Shumaila, a second year PhD student in ethnomusicology in the University of Alberta’s Department of Music and I come from Karachi in the Sind province of Pakistan. As a teenager, music was a very close and trustworthy friend during the very difficult moments when society and family pressure … Read moreHow Shumaila Hemani discovered Ethnomusicology – curious arts
UAlberta artists Liz Ingram and Jason Veldstra represent but a drop in the bucket of a growing number of artists from all over the globe wading into issues of water and sustainability in their creative practice. Post-UAlberta Water Week and as Earth Hour on March 29 approaches, Curious Arts writer Jacques Talbot looks back at … Read moreDonald and Millar – curious arts
Film Composer For film composer and University of Alberta arts alumna Amritha Vaz (‘97 BA, ‘02 LLB), the journey from Edmonton to Hollywood has been like an epic, silver screen score of its own. It began on the violin, with Vaz as a promising B Mus student at the U of A in the early … Read moreAmritha Vaz – curious arts
U of A Designers’ Blue Denim Pine Chairs Over the past 10 years, students from the University of Alberta’s Industrial Design program have attended the Interior Design Show (IDS) in Toronto for their educational and professional development. As a part of this enhanced learning and out-of-classroom activity, not only do students design, build and transport … Read moreToronto’s Interior Design Show 2014 – curious arts
Sketches, Plans, Models For his MFA Theatre Design thesis project at the University of Alberta, Sean McMullen is designing the sets, costumes and lights for U of A Studio Theatre’s Blood Wedding. Sean says he conceived of his design concepts from the ground up, first digging deeply into Federico García Lorca’s text, translated by Caridad … Read moreDesigning Blood Wedding – curious arts