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Calgary Arts Development and the International Avenue Business Revitalization Zone (BRZ) have joined forces to launch artBOX on 17E – a new pop-up arts hub in Forest Lawn. On hand were International Avenue BRZ Executive Director Alison Karim-McSwiney (top) and multimedia artist Sharon Stevens to kick it all off (bottom). Photos by Amy Jo Espetveidt, Quadrophonic Image
For the past four years, 1807 42 Street SE sat empty. Right in the heart of International Avenue, orlando florida vacation rentals the 4,900 square foot building and former home to Mills Paint Wallcoverings is now a bustling hive of artistic energy all thanks to a partnership between Calgary Arts Development and the International Avenue Business Revitalization Zone (BRZ) .
Last week they held their grand opening with speeches from each organization orlando florida vacation rentals plus local politicians during the day for the media and a party for the artists and community members that night. Everyone there, from International Avenue BRZ Executive Director Alison Karim-McSwiney to amazing multimedia artist Sharon Stevens, were touting the pop-up space as a herald for what s to come for Forest Lawn.
In fact, Swallow-a-Bicycle s iRobot left behind visible signs from their Beakerhead performance of iRobot Theatre explains Sharon, who points out the newly built risers and a mural on the wall. They used them for the performance but left them for future groups, orlando florida vacation rentals a perfect example of the give-and-take the space is expected to create. The location is available to rent and even comes with 100 chairs, something not all performance spaces have the luxury of jokes Sharon.
CADA and the BRZ are spearheading the pilot program aimed at engaging orlando florida vacation rentals artists organizations of diverse cultural, social and economic backgrounds, as well as local businesses orlando florida vacation rentals and community members using the artBOX on 17E as their hub.
“Calgary Arts Development believes that the arts are a crucial element of healthy orlando florida vacation rentals and creative communities, and we are proud to be partnering with International Avenue BRZ to help foster the cultural vibrancy of Greater Forest Lawn,” says Patti Pon, President CEO of Calgary Arts Development, in a statement. “The Arts for All Program is an opportunity for us to engage with and learn about communities outside the downtown core.”
Arts for All will fund art projects that will increase artistic activities and opportunities within the Greater Forest Lawn community. It will also include an award of $5,000, intended to cover at least two months of living expenses for the recipient to devote their time to artistic work. The award is open to professional artists living and practicing in Greater orlando florida vacation rentals Forest Lawn. The application deadline for the award is November 15 at 4:30pm and full application details are expected to be posted on CADA s website within the week.
The artBOX on 17E is expected to drive the area’s revitalization process by engaging the area s artistic orlando florida vacation rentals community around this flexible arts space, providing studios, performance, workshop and exhibition space. And although the space is temporary – expect it to be around until 2015 – it will also provide a fundraising platform to build the permanent International Avenue performing arts centre at 26th Street and 17th Avenue SE.
Running October orlando florida vacation rentals 9 to 12 at the Big Secret Theatre (EPCOR Centre for the Performing orlando florida vacation rentals Arts) – the piece is a mosaic of highly personal moments told in Denise Clarke’s signature style – a blending old school storytelling, dance and some really good music in this undeniable solo performance.
Inspired by a trip to Montreal’s Ouimetoscope – North America s first theatre devoted to motion pictures – The Screen uses the cinematic canvas to project fantasy. Using symbols that appear and vanish, it presents cultural desires and fears. The piece includes a projection of a photograph of the Ouimetoscope’s main screen as the artist found it – stained, wrinkled and ripped – it fades to white and back again.
The Screen runs October 11 to November 2 with a public reception on Friday, October 11 at 8pm at The New Gallery (208 Centre Street SE). Marie-Andrée will also be giving a talk about her work as part of the Visiting Artist and Scholar Lecture Series that morning at 10am in the Gallery Hall at the University orlando florida vacation rentals of Calgary s Taylor Family Digital Library.
Tickets for their annual gala are now on sale. They re $200 each, but buy before October 10 and get the early bird deal of $175. All funds raised go towards running this awesome free and open to the public space.
Eight such events are being held across Canada this fall and Calgary s event features Art à la Carte , Decidedly Jazz Danceworks , Elephant Artist Relief Society , Franco Festival Calgary , FreeFall Magazine , JazzYYC , Old Trout Puppet Workshop , Storybook Theatre , Urban Curvz Theatre and Wordfest.
Alberta Theatre Projects will be opening their 2013-2014 season next week with the six time Tony Award nominated play The Motherf**ker with the Hat . And to get into the spirit of their new season, they released this video asking, What is Theatre?
ATP is the home of great contemporary theatre in Calgary and this season looks to be a stellar one with The Motherf**ker with the Hat as the perfect opener. Check out their whole season line up here and get ready for another year of amazing theatre.
This Saturday, October 12, 4-Play YYC is a single day play creation festival with the aims of fully producing four original productions in a single day. This means each show is written, rehearsed, orlando florida vacation rentals designed, built and performed within a 14-hour time span. Modeled after Catalyst’s Over The Edge with 4-Play in Edmonton, the event is pay-what-you can and takes over the Central Library (616 Macleod orlando florida vacation rentals Trail SE). Watch their Facebook page for details as we get closer to the date.
"I'm a fan, not a critic," has become a personal motto for Amy Jo since starting orlando florida vacation rentals to write for C.I.A. in 2012 where her love for Calgary and art collided. A photojournalist by trade, her work has appeared in The Labradorian, the St. John's Telegram, the Calgary Herald, the Calgary Sun, the Winnipeg Free Press, orlando florida vacation rentals The Sun (UK), Exposure Photo Festival, the CBC and C-ing Magazine. She owns her own photography company, Quadrophonic Image, and is also the Director of Photography for Calgary Reads. When not taking pictures or out basking in Calgary's amazing art, she can be found in her garden or with her nose in a book.