Me and My Plinth
I spent the day at the Confederation Centre Art Gallery preparing for the Plazes demo this evening. It was mostly a day of banging my head against intractable firewalls, trying to get iChat AV to talk,...
View ArticleThe Secret Library
During our firewall hacking journey yesterday we happened upon a secret library, far beneath the Confederation Centre of the Arts. My helpful operative took photos, which you can view here.
View Article45s at the Art Gallery
Oliver and I had more fun at the Confederation Centre Art Gallery on Sunday morning than I’ve ever had in an art gallery before, and here’s why:The installation, from Instant Coffee, a self-described...
View ArticleHolman on Homburg
Alan Holman weighs in on the renaming of the Main Stage at Confederation Centre. He makes some excellent points.Related Posts: Charlottetown, by Homburg
View ArticleWordy Dodos in Charlottetown
I have a soft spot in my heart for Shauna McCabe and her wordy crew of cultural warriors (see also Contemporary Psychogeographies).I don’t understand most of what they write — I’m certain it’s...
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Mr. Tumnus Plays Piano
There is a man I know only from his slipper-selling-stand at the Charlottetown Farmer’s Market. I don’t know his name, or what he does other than make very nice slippers, and so in my heard I think of...
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Truth be told, we never loved you...
The Charlottetown Festival announced yesterday that it’s cutting the size of its orchestra from 19 to 13. My friend Dale eloquently dicusses all of this from the point of view of a musician in the pit,...
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In a bid to learn more about the Confederation Centre of the Arts’ history, I sought out Frank MacKinnon’s book Honour the founders! Enjoy the arts! : Canada’s Confederation Memorial in Charlottetown...
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Maquette
One clear signal that you hanging out with an art-insider crowd is overhearing frequent use of the word maquette, a word almost never heard elsewhere. If you’re an art-outsider, dropping an m-bomb...
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Catherine's Show at Confederation Centre Art Gallery
Catherine and I started off as neighbours on George Street in Peterborough. I remember clearly the first time I laid eyes on her: she was wearing clothes covered in paint. Over the months of that...
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Changing Environs in Metal
Catherine’s show, Changing Environs, has been open at the Confederation Centre Art Gallery since the beginning of the month; it’s really quite wonderful, and one of the highpoints of my day is...
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Changing Environs in Ink
Remembert this? Well, today it became these, invitations for Catherine’s Confederation Centre Art Gallery show, which opens on February 24, 2013:The Prince Edward Island letterpress cut was a loan from...
View ArticleEric Moschopedis and Mia Rushton
Pan Wendt, Curator at the Confederation Centre Art Gallery, tumbled into me at Youngfolk & The Kettle Black the other day and introduced me to Eric Moschopedis and Mia Rushton, current...
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