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Stones in a Box: Each One Labeled “Parable of Success”
Artist and writer Nic Wilson offers an essay about art, success, and how the two collide — in a form true to Nic’s practice. One day, God told them to “make an index of everything. And I mean EVERYTHING. If you leave anything out, I’ll know …” In their way, they made a miniature of…
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The Embodied Practice of Weaving: an Interview with Jessica Fern Facette
The Embodied Practice of Weaving: an Interview with Jessica Fern Facette A full room of supporters crowded into the Alberta Craft Council’s Edmonton gallery on a hot afternoon in late May for Jessica Fern Facette’s opening of Symptomatology, an exhibition of weavings and textiles. I recognized a few people from workshops and drop-in weaving sessions…
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Community Thread One: ‘The Prairies’
Community Thread One: ‘The Prairies’ This month, we want to talk about ‘The Prairies’ what we mean when we say it, what it evokes, and how those outside of this place might misrepresent or misunderstand it. What do you think of when you think of this place? What makes it unique? What do you think…
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Taking Care
Zachary Ayotte, Christina Battle Since the beginning of our friendship, we have exchanged emails—long, meandering emails that rarely feel conclusive and are always part of one ongoing conversation we are having about everything from art to politics to the bad streaming television we sometimes watch. When it came time to decide how best to introduce…
