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Maker-made Event for All in planning
People make things happen in your community. People like these people. Left to right: Cam Turner (of Maker Club), and from kwartzlab, Christine Van Walraven, Neil Eaton, Agnes Niewiadomski, Matt Bells, Ben Brown, Darcy Casselman, James Bastow, and then from … Continue reading
Architect Douglas Cardinal at KPL
Arden and I are on a bit of an exploration of architect-as-career, as regular readers know. So when I saw that Canadian architect Douglas Cardinal (above) was speaking at the Kitchener Public Library on Tuesday, I signed us both up … Continue reading
Kick-ass photog Barbara Davidson rocks FLASH 2015
Friday was like a wedding: all the people you like in one place, a great party, and then it’s over far too quickly. Pulitzer prize winning photographer Barbara Davidson came all the way across the continent from LA back to … Continue reading
FLASH traffic—in the pipe, ready to rock
Tonight is, in fact, the night. We’ve got everything hooked up at The Tannery Event Centre, our headliner Barbara Davidson is in town, videos are cued up, and open call photos ready for projection. Help us increase the awesome:• Have … Continue reading
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FLASH traffic—faces of FLASH
Only two more days until the big FLASH photo show on Friday night. We are super-excited to deliver the show we’ve been working so hard over the past several months. I thought it might be a good time to introduce … Continue reading
Maker’s artist Michelle Bellemare kills at UWAG
It’s not a trick photo. It is the amazing work Casket (2006/2007) by Toronto-based artist Michelle Bellemare with my good friend Melissa Doherty’s feet in frame for scale. The opening reception at UWAG for this show When push comes to … Continue reading
FLASH traffic—got a handle on hand stamps
Anything worth doing is worth doing four more times. So fresh from my kwartzlab laser training, I was back at the lab solo yesterday to laser more FLASH hand stamps and fab some wooden handles. A few pics from that, … Continue reading
FLASH traffic—stamp of approval
Photo: James Bastow Hand Model: Darin White Subtitle: The delightful Venn diagram intersections of my life here in Waterloo Region I’m working on the big photo extravaganza FLASH while at the same time serving as artist-in-residence at the ever-awesome makerspace … Continue reading
FLASH traffic—radio check
Last night Tony Reinhart and I headed down King Street to chat about FLASH with Jen Gough (say “off” with a ‘g’, here sporting her new red rig) for this week’s New Art Radio show on CKWR 98.5FM. Tune in Thursday … Continue reading
FLASH traffic—pics picked
Hard at work, I found our FLASH 2015 curation panel reviewing open call submissions on a very frosty Wednesday night last week. From left, Catherine Bischoff, Shirley Madill, Gordon Hatt, and Mark Walton were camped out in the boardroom of … Continue reading