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Calgary's RAZA is a multi-medium, high-impact artist collective formed by sisters Valentina and Laura Alejandra. Their recent audiovisual work, Lasers of Sentiment, just completed its exhibition period at Arts Commons in the Ledge gallery. They sat down with Arts Commons to talk about how art can bring attention to social issues and further political discussion.
We’re stepping foot into June and one of the most vibrant months of the year: Pride. It is—among many other things—a celebration of what it means to be a part of a community that embraces the courageous, the colourful, and the collective journeys of LGBTQ+ individuals. To kick off Pride month, we conversed with artist Amy Webber on her experience as a bisexual woman and how she believes inclusion can be nurtured in today’s climate.
I recently had the pleasure of sitting down (virtually) with botanical artist, photographer, and performance artist based in Mohkinstsis/Calgary, Rocio Graham, to talk about her art practice and her latest work. As she joined our zoom-rendezvous, I notice her virtual background of choice is a gorgeous high-resolution picture of her photograph titled When I think of Home #8 one of my favorite pieces by Rocio. I also notice the occasional disembodied hand of her son appearing through the virtual background while we chatted and as he played with the effect, making it spooky and very appropriate for our discussion all things death, rebirth, spirits, and garden funerals.
Born and raised in the small town of Bashaw, Alberta, local non-binary artist Kyle Simmers focuses their work on creating connections between the disparate worlds of queer and rural identity.
