The City of Edmonton is shifting its public art policy from a 30-year practice of tying funding to specific capital projects to a new funding reserve. Council's executive committee agreed to the shift at a meeting Monday. The change means, starting in 2023, the city will transfer an annual amount into a single reserve pool for the public art program. Since 1990, the city's per-cent-for-art policy ...
Rebecca Thomson lives in the Scottish seaside town of Kirkcaldy, near Edinburgh. Not exactly a hockey hotbed — but Thomson has been taking in the game for most of her life.“My granddad’s a massive ice hockey fan so he’s been watching hockey in Scotland since I was tiny,” said the 22-year-old. “And well before that, when my mom and dad, uh, my mom was tiny. ...
An Edmonton artist has taken the anxiety he’s been feeling over the COVID-19 pandemic and channeled it into an art series that capture what a post-apocalyptic YEG would be like.“I think it shows the collective anxiety and dread we’re all going through,” said artist Mike Roshuk.“Sometimes it almost feels like — when you watch the news or see what’s going on — it feels ...
If you're on staycation and you like to mix art and nature, here's seven Edmonton art parks you don't want to miss. ᐄᓃᐤ (ÎNÎW) River Lot 11∞ The first part of the name ᐄᓃᐤ (ÎNÎW) River Lot 11∞ means "I am of the Earth" and is an ode to the ancestral lands of the Cree. River Lot 11 is a nod to Joseph McDonald, a ...
