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CTV News
12 hours ago
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- CTV News
New art installation along riverwalk celebrates the stories of Calgary's rivers
A new art installation of works by Calgary artist Alex Kwong is on display along Calgary's river walk in the East Village. There's a new art installation along the river walk in Calgary's East Village. 'What Sustains Us' is the work of Calgary artist Alex Kwong. He says the work is based on stories people told him about their personal relationships to the Bow and Elbow rivers. A Blackfoot Elder and a Calgary fly fisher are some of the people featured. Kwong said it was a profound experience made even richer by the conversations he had with people passing by while he was painting. 'This is impacting their visual landscape,' said Kwong, 'so you want them to feel as involved as possible, and be able to enjoy it every day. Alex Kwong Calgary artist Alex Kwong, whose work is on display along the East Village river walk, said it's based on stories people told him about their personal relationships with the Bow and Elbow rivers. (CTV Calgary) 'It's like that little bit of impact that I can make on someone's day might make a bigger impact down the road,' he added. The art can be found on the bridge abutments and other structural surfaces along the riverwalk. It will remain there for three years. After that, a jury of community volunteers will choose another local artist to feature.
CTV News
4 days ago
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- CTV News
The Works Art and Design Festival returns for its 40th anniversary
An art installation at the Works Art and Design Festival in Edmonton on June 23, 2025. (CTV News Edmonton) For the next 11 days, more than 100 artists will transform indoor and outdoor spaces around Edmonton into galleries as a celebration of design and creativity. Each artist will create vibrant, colourful and interactive art exhibits that will be on display at Churchill Square and surrounding areas. 'You're going to see a lot of tree sculptures, some flower sculptures, some garden pieces and a lot of very nature-influenced work,' said Amber Rooke, the festival's executive artistic director. The festival has partnered with more than 18 galleries, venues and events including the Ortona Diaspora group exhibition, Co*Lab and SNAP. This year features returning artwork and the addition of 13 new projects. Exhibits are intended to engage people's senses, including sight, sound and smell. The festival will also host food and art venders, exhibitions of all sizes, interactive workshops and live music performances. The event is free and it runs until Canada Day.
South China Morning Post
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- South China Morning Post
Write a funny caption for this giant pencil
When is a pencil more than just a pencil? When it's the 20-foot tall (about six metres) LOTI Pencil on John and Amy Higgins' lawn in the US state of Minnesota, which attracts over 1,000 people for its annual sharpening. Created by sculptor Curtis Ingvoldstad, the giant pencil is sharpened with a special four-foot wooden sharpener that he and his friend John Daugherty hoist up. Tribune News Service Would you like to use a pencil of this size? Send us a funny caption by emailing us at editorial@ or filling out this form . The deadline is at 12pm on June 25. We'll publish the best ones next week. Last week's top caption A boy kicks a football along the banks of the river Ganges on a hot summer day in Varanasi, India. Photo: AFP Jack Yuen Chun-Kit (aged 9), Creative Primary School: Why am I playing football in the middle of the ocean with no shoes on?
CTV News
7 days ago
- Entertainment
- CTV News
Fredericton artist gives home a ‘facelift'
It isn't the first eye catching art installation on his Fredericton property, but Brian MacKinnon's latest endeavour might be giving his home the biggest 'facelift' yet. The semi-retired physician's most recent project features around 250 people he has met over the course of his life. He has painted their faces all across the sides of his house and has 'jazzed up' what he believes are that person's biggest characteristics. He calls it: 'All Words Start with Love.' 'I wanted to make a really powerful work about a lot of people in my life presently and in the past,' MacKinnon said. 'I just kept going from one face and mask to another and the way I wanted to express it most powerfully was to make my house an artwork.' It took about 18 months from the time MacKinnon first came up with the idea to get the wrap around his home. The wrap itself is paint and ink baked into laminated vinyl, which is then backed onto an aluminum composite product, the artist says. The faces on the house aren't necessarily close friends of MacKinnon. They could have been a co-worker, a distant relative, or even simply someone he saw taking the bus every day. Brian MacKinnon's House Artist Brian MacKinnon's house in Fredericton features around 250 unique faces. (Avery MacRae/CTV Atlantic) Friends of MacKinnon have pressed him to see if they made the cut, but he isn't giving anything away. 'If it's an adult, I can shut them down,' MacKinnon jokes. 'If it's a child, I try to say, 'Well, possibly you're up there, but I can't say.' I like the mystery and the surprise, and the part of the mystery is, hopefully, if they look at it again in a few months or next week they'll see something they're not seeing now. I think strong works do that, that you don't pick up everything right away.' He calls the work a 'private-public' installation of art. While the display is on his private property, he invites the community to come right up the house and get a close up look themselves. He hopes to take away the intimidation some people may feel when going to traditional art galleries or museums because they may not know much about art. Despite the fact the display has only been up for a little less than two weeks, word has travelled around the capital city quickly. 'It is just so much more detailed than I thought,' said Emma Boucher, who along with her sister, came to see the house themselves after seeing photos on Facebook. 'He let me step up and take a proper look at it not from just my car, and I'm thoroughly impressed. It is beautiful and they're all people that he knew, which I did not know. I think that's even more special.' Brian MacKinnon's House The faces on Brian MacKinnon's house in Fredericton are all of people known by the artist, with their biggest characteristics 'jazzed up.' (Avery MacRae/CTV Atlantic) The community support has been heartwarming for MacKinnon, who has even heard from old acquaintances who have either seen or heard about his home. He said he is humbled and honoured by all who have and will continue to stop by and see the work themselves. 'I want the work to mean something to the people who see it,' MacKinnon notes. 'I want it to evoke some emotion and if it doesn't, then it doesn't work for that person. I don't really care what the emotion is as it'll be different for each person.' MacKinnon isn't sure how long the faces will remain plastered along his home. 'They're mystified by how this is done, and if they come and see it up close, they'll get a better idea of what it's actually made of.' For more New Brunswick news, visit our dedicated provincial page.
Telegraph
19-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Telegraph
Blenheim Palace replaces stolen gold lavatory with £10 substitute
Blenheim Palace has replaced its stolen golden lavatory with a replica with which visitors can pay £10 to take a selfie. The historic country house, which was the birthplace of Sir Winston Churchill, is planning to put the attraction in the Water Terraces. It comes after the original £4.75 million golden lavatory artwork, named America, was stolen from the Spencer-Churchill's family home back in 2019. Five men broke into the palace using sledgehammers, before ripping out the solid gold lavatory and fleeing in a stolen Volkswagen. The working lavatory, plumbed as part of an exhibition by the Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan, had been on display for just under a week before it was taken. James Sheen, 40, Michael Jones, 39, Fred Doe, 36, and Bora Guccuk, 41, were accused of being part of a gang who planned and carried out the 'bold and brazen' burglary of the Oxfordshire stately home. Sheen was jailed for four years after pleading guilty to burglary and transferring criminal property in 2024, while Jones was found guilty of burglary in March 2025 and sentenced to 27 months. Doe, from Windsor, was convicted of conspiracy to sell the stolen gold and given a 21-month-long suspended sentence in May, while Guccuk, from west London, was cleared of the same charge. The golden lavatory was probably melted down after it was stolen and has not been recovered since. Blenheim Palace said the replica, which has been spray-painted gold and stuck to an old pallet, is 'aimed to be a fun focal point for visitors to sit down for a selfie with a difference.' A spokesman for Blenheim Palace said: 'We take the theft of any property extremely seriously, but with the incredible global interest in the golden toilet theft and the recent court case coming to a conclusion, we thought some light hearted amusement with a budget alternative in our gardens would raise a smile and become an unlikely new stop-off point for visitors to our stunning gardens.'
