All tagged artist perspectives
On May 1st, 2023, with little fanfare, the World Health Organization declared the end of the COVID-19 global emergency. The virus that had ravaged the world for just over three years, forced many into isolation, devastated workplaces, and took loved ones from us, has now faded to background noise of booster shots and broken trust. Should we not be happy? We made it…?
What does performance mean to you? Is a live performance for everyone? Or does the nature of live shift depending on who is in the audience?
Rukhsar Ali is an arts journalist who is fascinated with how perceptions of race and culture intersect with popular media. In this piece, she shares how cultural factors impact the relationship between creator and audience.
Did you know that Arts Commons has its own dye vat that its wardrobe teams use to create the looks you see on stage? Read on to learn more about how our custom-made equipment helps bring the stories you see at Arts Commons to life.
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.
This Feels So Real video series asks artists to turn their creative eye and ability towards this new world we live in and distill the big ideas and problems we’re now facing into something human-sized and understandable.
Born in Mexico and educated in architecture and design, Silvia Temis discovered flamenco dance and later singing (cante) while designing sets for flamenco shows. Now, Silvia is based in Calgary and after training in vocals with prominent flamenco singers, she is the lead singer of the award-winning quartet, Notas de 4.
