Category: People
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A Public Art Tour of Ottawa’s Light Rapid Transit (LRT) O-Train Stations
I’m walking past Pimisi Station on LeBreton Flats wondering why I’ve waited so long to explore the treasure trove of public art in Phase 1 of Ottawa’s LRT O-Train stations. (Oh, right, there’s been that year of Covid and all). A few days later, on the coldest day of the year, I buy my first… Read more
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Rites of Passage
A set of ritual markings tattoo the asphalt of an expansive parking lot that teeters on the top of the north face of Burnaby Mountain, at the easternmost edge of the City of Vancouver. It’s a flat bit of land carved out of steep slopes populated with warning signs about the dangers of stepping out… Read more
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Kingston Pen: The Original Social Distancing
I was going to refer to incarceration as the “ultimate” social distancing. But it’s not. Death is the ultimate social distancing. Prison is purgatory, a reduced state between life and not life that, hopefully, ends in a return to some kind of normal. In the meantime, the Correctional Service of Canada battles Covid-19 outbreaks in… Read more
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The Public Art of Susan Point
I bought my first copy of People Among the People: The Public Art of Susan Point in the fall of 2019 from Iron Dog Books, a charming fixture on Simon Fraser University‘s Burnaby Mountain campus. It was tagged as a City of Vancouver Book Award winner and highly recommended by owner, Hilary Atleo. I knew… Read more
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If I Wake – A Photographic Exhibition by Andrea Cordonier
I trust Freud less and nature more You are invited to the launch of my latest photographic exhibition, If I Wake. The exhibition explores the absolute effect on creativity, mental health and well-being of simple and direct exposure to nature. As for Freud? I can have no dream more wondrous than what I see with my… Read more
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Mid-Century Modern Ottawa: Briarcliffe
Briarcliffe’s twenty-three houses represent mid-century modern domestic architecture at its best… This is one of Canada’s first protected heritage areas of midcentury modern architecture. ~ Exploring the Capital: An Architectural Guide to the Ottawa-Gatineau Region I turn left off Montreal Road and onto Blair, coast down the hill, brake and turn into the wooded subdivision.… Read more
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Kent Monkman: Shame and Prejudice
EXHIBITION: Shame & Prejudice: A Story of Resilience by Kent Monkman 06 January – 08 April 2018 @ the Agnes Etherington Art Centre at Queens, Kingston, ON It’s interesting, artist Kent Monkman said. When he posts a new painting to social media the predictable response is around 500 likes. But this one, he said gesturing… Read more
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Invitation: ELEMENTAL Photographic Exhibition
After more than 30 years of shooting and nearly 125,000 images, I’m pleased to announce the opening of my first solo exhibition. The invitation is below; I hope you have the opportunity to stop by. For complete information on the exhibit, visit www.elementalphotographic.com Read more
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A Psycho House on Top
While most people who drive the I-81 through Syracuse, New York are focussed on the gargantu-signs that foretell their arrival at the state’s largest shopping complex, I am fixated on another architectural curiosity: a decrepit Victorian house on top of an abandoned warehouse. Read more
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Nicolas Cage Returns to Burritts Rapids
Also see the Facebook Page: Nicolas Cage in Burritt’s Rapids ***** In 1986, a 22-year-old shirtless Nicolas Cage starred as world-champion sculler Ned Hanlan in the Canadian film production of “The Boy in Blue,” partially shot in the village of Burritt’s Rapids, Ontario over eight days in September 1984. On Wednesday, April 19th, 2017, Cage… Read more