community arts
N.A.I.S.A’s Soundhackers Intensive
I recently participated in N.A.I.S.A‘s Soundhackers Intensive, a two and half day workshop that explored a range of tools and approaches to creating sound work. N.A.I.S.A. cleverly coordinated a well choreographed intensive that overlapped the expertise and sound making practices of Nicolas Collins, Peter Bosch, and Dafydd Hughes. These three artists led separate step-by-step hands-on learning seminars that covered open source software/tools […]
Read moreA Handmade Assembly
A Handmade Assembly Organized by Struts Gallery & Faucet Media Arts Centre with the Owens Art Gallery and Thunder & Lightning Ltd, A Handmade Assembly invites artists, curators and others from the region and away to lead discussions, facilitate workshops, initiate projects, open exhibitions, and share in a common thread, the handmade. Now in its […]
Read moreSteven Laurie @ Cataraqui Centre, Kingston
Larger image link: Donut Machine xcurated website
Read moreMichael Schoner – Boombench
boombench from michael schoner on Vimeo. Excerpt from Michael’s website: The Boombench was a part of an exhibition of urban installations curated by Scott Burnham and organized by Droog Design, NL architects. The bench pieces and accompanying installations were shown for six weeks as a part of the Experimenta Design Amsterdam 2008 (EXDA). Link to […]
Read moreLife on Skid Row
Article written by Joanne Kerrigan Excerpt: Sixteen years ago, Ariella Pahlke moved out of her small Canadian city, Halifax, into a nearby rural community. With work and friends still in the city, the filmmaker began a routine of regular commuting on a route that offered not much variety in scenery. But something on the road […]
Read morePower Tool Drag Racing – Toronto SUN and Star articles
http://www.torontosun.com/news/torontoandgta/2010/05/23/14055761.html http://www.parentcentral.ca/parent/education/schoolsandresources/article/813467–playing-with-power-tools-teaches-students-that-trades-can-be-fu
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