“I’m like, ‘I’m going to paint a really intense, touching portrait of Owen Wilson.’ And then people have to look at it and go, ‘This guy can obviously paint, he can paint whatever he wants, he’s painting Owen Wilson.’ It’s sort of funny.” Continue reading
Calgary has 200,000 manholes with about 2,000 being replaced each year, depending on wear and tear, the city said. Continue reading
Artists from around the world have come to Calgary to paint murals on buildings throughout the city’s downtown neighbourhoods as part of the Beltline Urban Murals Project. Continue reading
No matter how many combinations he might mix together, Jeff Vermeeren says there’s always one constant – “chemicals that burn.” Continue reading
A donation by Tom and Debra Mauro allowed St. Mary’s University to turn a historic building on campus into an art gallery. Continue reading
The city has launched an online survey that is meant to complement a telephone survey set to be conducted with 500 Calgarians in April. Continue reading
Alberta College of Art and Design (ACAD) students make a sweater for the chicken statue outside of Chicken on the Way, Kensington. Continue reading
As the much-maligned public art program gets a much-needed review, here’s my two cents on how to move forward: keep it simple, stupid. Continue reading
The eight men vying for Calgary’s top job shared their thoughts on the city’s public art selection process and arts funding as a whole during an election forum on the arts Monday night. Continue reading
Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi doesn’t think the new Bowfort Towers art installation is horrible, it’s just not his “favourite thing in the world.” Continue reading
