“…Mr. Sharpe photographed local residents and posted huge prints of their eyes on dumpsters. “Steve’s photographs are beautiful,” says Ms. Morin. “They communicate so much more than simply putting up a sign threatening fines for dumping.”
The project wasn’t only about reclaiming and beautifying space to combat dumping. “It also built relationships,” Ms. Morin explains. “People in the neighbourhood saw the police not only in the role of enforcer but also as creator.” Dumping and calls to the city for service in the alley declined.
For Ms. Morin, the success of the project is an illustration of what creative skills can achieve when brought into typically non-artistic venues, like government bureaucracies. “We usually only tap into our creativity, whether it’s musical talent, or visual arts or whatever, in our private lives at home. We need to ask people to bring their art into their workplaces.” …
Congratulations to all the Arts on the Ave membership! It’s with honour that we received this award from the Mayor himself on April 2nd, Mayor’s 25th Evening for the Arts. Come by for coffee and see the trophy posing proudly on the top of our piano at the Carrot Coffeehouse.
On April 2nd, Join Mayor Stephen Mandel and the Professional Arts Coalition of Edmonton (PACE) at the 25th Annual Mayor’s Celebration of the Arts. Let’s celebrate some of the best artistic talents our city has to offer, in an evening of awards and performance from some of Edmonton’s most talented artists.
Our very own Arts on the Ave and Wendy Hollo, Executive Director of the Nina Haggerty Centre for the Arts here on 118th Ave have both been nominated for the John Poole Award for Promotion of the Arts!
Featuring performances by Tommy Banks, Christian Hansen and the Autistics, Colleen Brown, Citie Ballet, Sandro Dominelli and the cast of Caution: May Contain Nuts.
Proceeds in support of the Rock and Roll Society of Edmonton Centre for Arts and Music.
“Sand and Sea” – the first single released featuring the Alberta Avenue Choir has been nominated for “Best Single/non album” by the 2012 MTC Namibian Annual Music Awards (NAMA). The song, written by Garth Prince, and recorded by Chris Wynters, is Garth’s personal reflection on missing his homeland of Namibia…”where the desert and the ocean meet”. The Alberta Avenue Choir was formed by music-loving community members to make the project come to life. Congratulations everyone!
Thanks to another Deep Freeze story from The Edmonton Journal, you can get a sneak peek at the weekends snow sculptures, made with more than a little machine-magic-snow. Read the article, Deep Freeze Festival Celebrates Winter, online here …
