shyra.desouza

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  We need CRITICAL art writers!

  There are few to no arts writers in Calgary! I am talking about CRITICAL art writing, not PROMOTIONAL art writing. This is a serious issue in this city. Arts writers are an important element to a healthy arts sector because it provokes discourse and communication about ideas, artistic processes, theories, and the connection between the arts and life. It promotes critical thinking skills in society. Many artists have ...more »

  There are few to no arts writers in Calgary! I am talking about CRITICAL art writing, not PROMOTIONAL art writing. This is a serious issue in this city. Arts writers are an important element to a healthy arts sector because it provokes discourse and communication about ideas, artistic processes, theories, and the connection between the arts and life. It promotes critical thinking skills in society. Many artists have been trying to fill this gap for a long time now. Artists cannot fill the roles of artists, art professors, art administrators, AND critical art writers too!

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  Sculpture park & green space for our less attractive areas

  Sculpture park & green space for our less attractive areas. Functional bike paths can also be easily incorporated. Seattle did it. So can we.

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  Neato Bike Racks!

  Bike racks that are both functional and visually stimulating. Similar to what David Byrne did for New York. Could be commissioned work for local artists to design them. This would both promote local art and artists, and promote more bicycle use!

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  Art in our green spaces

  I would like to see our green spaces used more for temporary art installations. Our current green spaces are seriously underutilized. This would provide more venues for exhibitions, and more art encounters for people using or passing by those spaces.

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  Studio Crawls

  More studio crawls during various arts festivals in the city. We need to bring our audience into the production end of things where artists can talk to their audience about their processes and ideas, not just end products.

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  Visual Arts Production Space

  Calgary is in desperate need of more visual arts production spaces. A city that exhibits work is only end-product oriented. Providing affordable production space keeps the creative wheels turning in the communities where those studios are located. More production spaces also provides a space where participants can visit the artist in their work environment and learn about the creative process. This contributes to ...more »

  Calgary is in desperate need of more visual arts production spaces. A city that exhibits work is only end-product oriented. Providing affordable production space keeps the creative wheels turning in the communities where those studios are located. More production spaces also provides a space where participants can visit the artist in their work environment and learn about the creative process. This contributes to an educational element of city-wide arts promotion.

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  Street Performers

  I would like to see areas in the city that enable activities such as buskers, street musicians, street dancers and short plays and happenings where they won't be harassed by authorities. These could be administered areas designated for this type of use. For example, out front of the Plaza Theatre in Kensington. There is lots of sidewalk space there where people could accumulate to watch. Creating these designated ...more »

  I would like to see areas in the city that enable activities such as buskers, street musicians, street dancers and short plays and happenings where they won't be harassed by authorities. These could be administered areas designated for this type of use. For example, out front of the Plaza Theatre in Kensington. There is lots of sidewalk space there where people could accumulate to watch. Creating these designated areas in the business district of downtown (along 6th avenue) would also help to integrate this overwhelmingly concrete area with the more colourful Beltline and Prince's Island Park areas.

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  Art Fairs!

  Commercial galleries take the work of their artists' all over the world to art fairs where they are exposed to serious, potential new buyers. We should have the same in Calgary. Over time it would bring buyers, artists, and representatives from contemporary galleries from all over the world! Exhibiting the work of local artists is very much needed, but art fairs are one way to inject our artistic pride into a larger ...more »

  Commercial galleries take the work of their artists' all over the world to art fairs where they are exposed to serious, potential new buyers. We should have the same in Calgary. Over time it would bring buyers, artists, and representatives from contemporary galleries from all over the world! Exhibiting the work of local artists is very much needed, but art fairs are one way to inject our artistic pride into a larger art scene.

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