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The Binding of Isaac is just one of the most considerably replayable video games ever made. Still, despite having its multitude of products from DLC and also the various new mechanics presented with each significant update, the game can begin to feel stagnant after a particular factor.
The most effective means to freshen The Binding of Isaac for long-time players is to take into consideration making use of mods. The Vapor Workshop is the most effective area to download and install the best Isaac mods, but if gamers have one of the most current DLC Repentance set up, they might need to await a patch or downgrade to Afterbirth to make a lot of these mods useful. For those don’t have Attrition, a lot of mods need to work totally great.
The Binding of Isaac: Vectorized
The Binding of Isaac: Vectorized is a fan-made aesthetic enhancement to the sprites, things, as well as basic art work of the game. The Binding of Isaac has gotten lots of appreciation for its pixel art style, yet vectorized art still looks much cleaner.
This is a wonderful mod for players who desire something fresh to consider, not necessarily to play. It upgrades many versions in the game, basically giving every design the filter result. It is just one of the most effective Binding of Isaac mods for aesthetic appeals.
No More Breakfasting!
No More Breakfasting! is a basic mod that repairs among the major gripes of the game’s randomization. Too often gamers will defeat an employer, expect an item that works with their build or provides something beneficial, just to be compensated with Morning meal– a boring, dull, 1 HP up thing.
This mod gets rid of Morning meal from the thing pool, making it more likely that players will certainly discover something in fact beneficial. Having much more wellness isn’t a poor thing, but it’s simply not exciting.
Da Policies: A Sandbox Menu
Da Guidelines: A Sandbox Menu essentially transforms The Binding of Isaac into a do-it-yourself dungeon developer. It permits the player to customize policies throughout the layers of the cellar. These include how adversaries work, which products as well as opponents will show up, and also various other specific niche regulations that allow complete customization of the game.
It is just one of the most creative mods to find out for the video game. This mod essentially transforms The Binding of Isaac into a dungeon creating game, not a roguelike.
Better Colored Stat Icons HUD
Much Better Colored Stat Icons HUD is one more basic mod that makes the gamer HUD far more easy to understand. In the base game, each symbol for the gamer’s stats coincides shade, making it tough to recognize which stat the gamer is referencing at a minute’s notification.
This mod includes an one-of-a-kind color to every of the HUD icons. Gradually, it comes to be much easier to tell which symbol is which based entirely on its shade, not its sign, making it one of the most effective Attrition mods.
Much Better Personality Food Selection
Much better Personality Menu revamps the most-seen display in the game: the personality choose display. In the base game, this display includes sprites that aren’t exactly like the in-game sprites, and also every personality remains in black and white.
With this mod, however, each offered personality is given its default in-game sprite. Each shows up along with a tinted name, to make it easier to promptly choose a personality for a new run.
Encyclopedia – An In-Game Wiki
The Encyclopedia mod for The Binding of Isaac includes an in-game library of info related to whatever the gamer will come across. Explanations of enemies, levels, products, ornaments, possibilities, and also whatever in between can be found in this mod.
A major part of gameplay in The Binding of Isaac is frequently referencing follower wikis and product checklists. This mod, however, minimizes the variety of clicks needed to access the exact same info– plus, players don’t have to tab out.
Dice Room Descriptions
Dice Room Descriptions, as the title might imply, includes a description to every Dice Area the player goes into. While there are only 6 types of Dice Rooms, it’s difficult to keep in mind exactly what each one does. When going into the room, text will show up on-screen explaining specifically that.
It’s a true blessing for gamers who do not want to lose time alt-tabbing to inspect what each space does– or for those that don’t wish to take the chance of everything on the incorrect Dice Space. It’s an useful mod to have mounted for making it through the video game swiftly, making it one of the best Binding of Isaac: Repentance mods.
Exterior Product Descriptions
External Thing Descriptions is among the most helpful mods for The Binding of Isaac. This mod adds message to the display that defines the impacts of every thing in the video game– pedestal things, trinkets, tablets, cards, and also everything else.
It won’t determine tablets the player hasn’t currently grabbed. Nevertheless, it will let them know what the pill is in the Shop if it has actually been gotten, which can help save some coin. Additionally, knowing what each product does significantly affects the opportunity that players will really utilize those products. Normally, this mod tends to make a run a lot tighter in terms of time.
The Isaac of Isaac: Re-Isaac
The Isaac of Isaac: Re-Isaac is a humorous mod from the maker of the famous YouTube video of the very same name. The intro to the game is generally the “Isaac … as well as his mommy … lived alone … in a residence on a hillside.” cutscene. This mod, however, transforms every character as well as referenced object in the default introductory cutscene to Isaac.
As an example, the introductory line comes to be, “Isaac … and also Isaac … lived alone … in an Isaac on an Isaac.” It’s challenging to explain, but it’s a must-watch for any kind of Binding of Isaac fan.
The FPS Setting mod is among the most unique mods ever to be launched for The Binding of Isaac– or undoubtedly, any kind of 2D video game. The mod turns the game into a first-person shooter, but it’s not a long-term effect. The player can toggle it on or off while playing the game.
For players who’ve wished to play The Binding of Isaac as a DOOM-like video game, this mod lets them do exactly that. It’s surprisingly without pests, and entirely revamps how a gamer makes it through a run.

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Title: Oozing shield vs prime tower, which is better for two color 3D printing on Sovol SV04 IDEX printer?. Watch on youtube: https://youtu.be/SjGjpXwBzQo
Sovol SV04 IDEX 3D printer is my favourite machine if I need two color PLA object. Compared to Bambu Lab AMS, the SV04 don't have waste materials, but the quality is not on the top. I tried if I can improve the quality using Ooze shield or Prime tower.
SV04 review video: https://youtu.be/pbrUtCJyCFg
#sovol #idex #sv04
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Many people do not know that cancer can arise form the mouth. Oral cancer is among the 10 most common cancers worldwide and its incidence is on the rise. There is 32% increase of incidence over the last 10 years. There are approximately 5000 new cases per year in UK.
This type of cancer still has high mortality and high morbidity. Generally speaking the earlier the cancer is diagnosis the better is the prognosis. Public awareness of oral cancer is low, patients of- ten delay to seek professional advice. We should minimise time from onset of signs or symptoms to diagnosis.
Early signs or symptoms of oral cancer are:
– ulcers or sores of the oral mucosa persisting for more than 3 weeks
– lumps and bumps in the oral cavity or on the neck persisting more than 3 weeks – white or red patches of the oral mucosa
In case you have noticed any of the above please do not hesitate to seek professional help. Dental practices or general medical practitioner are a good starting point.
Oral health care professional including dentists, hygienists and therapists are trained to recognised suspicious lesions or signs and act accordingly.
Oral cancer is multifactorial disease with some well established risk factors. The key messages for primary prevention of oral cancer are:
– Quit smoking or the use of any form of tobacco
– Keep within recommended guideline for alcohol consumption – Eat plenty of fresh fruit and vegetables
Dental practices provide a great opportunity to initiate discussions and advice about smoking ces- sation, reduced alcohol consumption and the benefits of good nutrition. During your routine oral examination your mouth will thoroughly assessed and receive a cancer screening.
Dr Ciro Gilvetti DDS, MFDS, AFHEA, MClin OS, Dip OM
Specialist Oral Surgeon
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Queen Victoria Hospital
Associate Clinical Lecturer
University Collage London

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HUMBOLDT PARK — A new café in Humboldt Park’s historic boathouse is open to the public, just in time for a summer day beside the water.
The Boathouse Café hosted a soft launch for friends, family and passersby July 4 and is offering full service at the Humboldt Park Boathouse, 1301 N. Sacramento Ave.
The café is a longtime dream of Erica Serrano, a Humboldt Park native, who got the idea to try to locate in the city landmark with the help of her father while training for a marathon in the park in 2010.
Serrano said the opening drew “a good crowd and good flow.” The low-key opening was designed to attract local residents, and close friends and family could be seen congratulating her throughout the weekend.
The 3,300-square-foot cafe seats around 30 people on two floors inside and 130 people on an outside patio, which will also host live music events Serrano said. That's in addition to plans for cooking classes and partnerships with local schools.
The Boathouse Cafe currently serves a variety of menu items, including bistro-style sandwiches, coffee and salads, and plans to expand to dinner plates are in the works for the coming days and weeks. The restaurant will serve alcohol, including beer and wine, pending a liquor license approval, but operators will also focus on healthy food as an alternative to food trucks that are already operating in the park, Serrano said.
“We’re not a bar but it’s a place where people can enjoy an amazing craft beer or a delicious glass of wine,” she said in January. “It’s a really big deal to have liquor, especially in Humboldt Park with the history it has, but Humboldt Park has changed so much.”
“It’s important to me, especially as a Puerto Rican Latina, that we change the perception of Humboldt Park — I really think that we could with the space there,” Serrano added.
Visitors to the new eatery sat on the boathouse patio to eat while watching families fish in the Humboldt Park lagoon and a group of children launch boats from shore. Serrano pointed out where plans for live music and a jazz brunch would take place while her business partner, Silvana Botero, served up some of the shop’s offerings.
The community has been “extremely supportive” of her and the café, Serrano said — it’s a dream come true, and “we’re excited because our anniversary will now be every Fourth of July,” she added.
Check on updates from the Boathouse Café on its Facebook page.
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Taliban insurgents are posing as attractive women on Facebook to befriend coalition soldiers for gathering sensitive intelligence about operations in Afghanistan,an Australian government report has warned.
The dangers of social media have been pointed out in a federal government review of social media and defence,which was finalised in March but has not been acted upon,Defence sources said. The review found an overt reliance on privacy settings had led to a false sense of security among personnel.
The review warns troops to beware of fake profiles,media personnel and enemies create fake profiles to gather information. For example,the Taliban have used pictures of attractive women as the front of their Facebook profiles and have befriended soldiers.
Australian soldiers are now being given pre-deployment briefings about enemies creating fake profiles to spy on troops.
Personnel are also being warned that geo-tagging,a function of many websites that secretly logs the location from where a post is made or a photo is uploaded,is a significant danger.
Family and friends of soldiers are inadvertently jeopardising missions by sharing confidential information online,Australias Daily Telegraph reported.
Three Australian soldiers were this month murdered inside their base,allegedly by an Afghan Army trainee. Many of the 1577 Defence members surveyed for the review had no awareness of the risk,it said,adding 58 per cent of Defence staff had no social media training.
Surveyed troops said social media opens a whole can of worms when it comes to operational,personnel and physical security. Many individuals who use social media are extremely trusting, the review said.


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16-year old Jazz Jennings is the star of the reality series, “I am Jazz”. Jazz knew she was a girl when she was a toddler and began to dress as such and transition shortly after. Jazz is an activist in the LGBT community, a YouTuber, model, author of two books and is having a doll modeled after her (!!!!The first trans doll!!!) Jazz is also a Human Rights Campaign Youth Ambassador. Talk about a résumé!
Check out Jazz’s YouTube channel here
And look out for her doll this summer!

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Our financial industry has been plagued with financial crimes like phishing, fraud, critical data leakage, security lapses and anti-money laundering experiences. Cyber security has become an extremely important challenge for the banks. Failure in cyber security not only impacts operations, reputations and core processes, but public’s confidence in financial services also gets hampered. The […]
A recent Healthcare Edition of the 2016 Vormetric Data Threat Report (DTR) observed that despite feeling vulnerable to data threats, IT security leaders are prioritizing and focusing more on Compliance. 96% are already bracing for an attack on the personal information, and almost 63% of them experienced a past data breach, with nearly one […]
Are your employees aware of the potential security risk they pose to your company or business?
It does not matter how much money and time a company spends on protecting itself from hackers, viruses, and malware. If employees are unaware of the methods that hackers can access a system, then your business is a potential […]

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INNOVATION & RESILIENCE
IN CANADA’S CULTURAL SECTOR
IN CANADA’S CULTURAL SECTOR
Afros In Tha City
Discipline(s): reading, writing, publishing
The goal of this project is to amplify Black voices in Calgary, AB. The Afros In Tha City collective a collective of 5 writers (primarily). We aim to highlight local stories, events, and platform the expressions of Black Calgarians. Our website has had visits from Japan, Switzerland and Ireland. We are being heard locally and around the world.
We strive to create a sustainable network of Black artists, writers, activists and other professionals locally, as well as, across Canada. Here are some of the organizations that have reached out to us within less than a year of our formation:
- The organizers of the Montreal Black Film Festival to participate in the inaugural Calgary Black Film Festival.
- The organizers behind the proposed Canadian Institute for People of African Descent to announce the findings of their study
- Sasha Holtz publicity to request an interview for a client (although we were not able to fufill this request due to time contraints)
Some on-going community partnerships/collaborations include:
- The Sprawl for journalism mentorship and events
- The Canadian Association of Black Journalists (CABJ) for editorial training and as a resource for employment opportunities
- Shayna Jones at We Are Story Folk to promote the Black and Rural Project (which is to unite Black Canadians who live in rural areas, promoting solidarity through storytelling)
- Avenue Magazine, who offers internship and writing opportunities for the Afros In Tha City crew
While the plan for Afros In Tha City, inc. was to develop an artist run center (we currently have a space in partnership with Superblend in Ramsay, Calgary), the COVID-19 pandemic meant that AITC operations had to be mostly online.
Of the challenges we have faced, some are due to the isolation of being quarantined and resulting mental health effects. During this time, we have strived for consistency (we are a monthly publication with accompanying online events, such as panel discussions), balancing a structured and forgiving environment with flexible deadlines. This has contributed to our sustainability.
Some challenges are due to the uprising of the Black Lives Matter movement last summer and the racism that it uncovered (while we have also seen tremendous support). As a collective with a common goal, we provide eachother support and encouragement to persevere.
Afros In Tha City is the first Black media collective of its kind in Calgary, AB. While we are not currently able to fufil our mission of a physical space, our media collective has been a conduit of connection among Black communities across Canada and allies. Our digital publication as well as overall mission of care, justice, and community building will outlive this pandemic.
We have learned to accept and pivot to a primarily digital space. We have also learned that facilitating online events increases accessibility and offers all community members (with internet access) the possibility to jump on a call and participate in an event. This has removed the space barrier and has helped us connect with artists from outside of Calgary.
Members of this collective have grown in their respective writing careers. For example, our Editor-in-Chief, Tomi Ajele has been published by the CBC and HuffPost Canada within 6 months of our formation.
This time last year we were (mostly) strangers, and while some of us haven't had the chance to meet in person, we have built a solid team with the potential to establish a lasting Black led, media organization, here in Calgary.Equity seeking: Racialized, 2SLGBTQIA+
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April MacDonald Killins and the YEG Performing Arts Accessibility Ad Hoc Group
Discipline(s): reading, writing, publishing, theatre
This was an equity-in-theatre themed research project completed between February 2020 and February 2021. It was designed by April M. Killins and done in partnership with 36 high profile performing arts organizations in Edmonton that make up the YEG Performing Arts Accessibility Ad Hoc Group. The goals of the project were to examine access and equity in the pathways artists take to gain credibility in a professional theatre practice. It was originally planned to use theatre-based research methods but had to adjust to virtual mediums due to the pandemic. In the end, recommendations were provided and adopted by organizations to help them come out of the pandemic with more inclusive practices to stimulate diversity onstage and backstage, and to improve access for artists from all backgrounds,
abilities, and/or other forms of social difference that are poorly represented in the industry.
This project was innovative because it was community-based in its approach and completion. It pulled together the voices of 135 artists, 36 arts organizations and 17 theatre-training pathways to facilitate safe and productive lines of communication. It offered some financial supports to artists in a pandemic-paused field in the form of reimbursement for their participation, and its findings were presented as a visual report and public (virtual) presentation. Presentations of findings from this research have been programmed into local festivals such as Chinook 2021 and Found Festival 2021 as well as by the Citadel Theatre at their series of exchange panels, marking an innovative approach: programming arts content that focuses on the building and renovating of community networks.
This project impacted many organizations that set the context for theatre practice in Edmonton, Alberta. It resulted in tangible commitments from theatres and institutions such as the Citadel Theatre, Theatre Alberta, Catalyst Theatre, MacEwan University's Drama Department, The University of Alberta's BFA program, and others.
The short-term impacts have been the creation of new mentorship programs for racialized and otherwise marginalised artists, and the adoption of a more collaborative approach to community building and inclusion. Expected medium-term impacts include a higher level of accountability from institutions to establish positive working conditions for the artists they train and/or employ. Expected long-term impacts include an increase in diversity onstage and on creative teams, and policy changes that support artist wellbeing embedded in local theatre practice across the community.
The collaborative, community-based approach of this project and its framework could be adopted in other centres and other artistic disciplines to foster a more inclusive return to post-pandemic art-making, as we all address the racial reckoning that expanded in 2020 with the BLM movement and apply those learnings to our field and sector.
This project also adapted from planned arts-based, in-person research methodologies and was forced to replace those methods with virtual data collection and dissemination. The result is still creative, effective and accessible to the community it meant to communicate with. It also took advantage of the downtime experienced by creatives to engage them in these conversations and financially compensate them for their time while they were unemployed. Reframing the project within the limits of pandemic-ready engagement strategies also allowed the researcher to successfully leverage circumstances that initially appeared to be a barrier.Equity seeking: Indigenous Peoples, Racialized, 2SLGBTQIA+, D/deaf, disabled, or live with difference, Members of official language minority groups
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Vancouver Arts Colloquium Society, Keiko Honda
Discipline(s): media arts, reading, writing, publishing, multidisciplinary, community arts
The project Terakoya is an intergenerational learning and collaboration that is a unique approach to bridging the generational gap. Students (high school to university) and older adults to get a chance to form connections through shared experiences and projects. Older adults will play a vital role by sharing their wisdom and life stories, while students will learn valuable practical and emotional skills from working with older adults, such as group co-leadership, self-confidence, and emotional maturity. The older adults may also learn social networking skills and etiquette from the students.Special impacts:
After harvesting the goodness and challenges of 2020 and this year, I would like to keep coming back to Goethe’s participatory method that allows us to see a thing that is perhaps hiding in plain sight all along. And go out to nature more. Our true legacy for further generations is to leave nature accessible to the next generations so that they can actively participate to come into being. And in that, I see what is art for.Equity seeking: Indigenous Peoples, Racialized, 2SLGBTQIA+, D/deaf, disabled, or live with difference, Members of official language minority groups
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Casa Mexico Foundation
We are very glad to report that The virtual Latin American Festival 2020 it was a great success and completely exceed our expectations. The Festival included a virtual art exhibition and a series of cultural activities that surrounded the exhibition. This virtual experience provided us with the opportunity of bringing some joy to people in isolation, projecting the talent of diverse artists and gaining experience with the use of technologies and management of online programming. All of these goals were accomplished. The festival was planned from May 15 to June 15, 2020, but it was extended until the end of June.
The virtual exhibition had the participation of 22 visual artists from Canada, Mexico and Ecuador. Additionally, we presented a symbolic presential exhibition at the main level of cSpace King Edward with some artwork pieces of our participant visual artists. All the artistic profiles and their artwork was presented in a digital booklet that was posted in Casa Mexico website and in our social media channels. We hosted personal interviews via Casa Mexico Facebook Livestream with most of the visual talents.
The cultural program of the Festival was delivered in an online platform using Zoom and Facebook Livestream as our main media. We are proud of having showcased the talent of individual artists and cultural groups who presented their artistic work in diverse disciplines including dance, film making, literature, music and theatre.
The virtual Latin American Art Festival hosted a total of 40 online activities which include interviews to visual artists, poetry evenings, theatrical nights, cultural country presentations, musical conversations, virtual concerts, children storytelling, and educational seminars. We reached more people than expected and according to our Facebook views, the program was seen by thousands of viewers.
When we invite to one of theatrical groups to present a project using the zoom platform, the director of the group was very hesitant to be involved, since she considered that theatre was only possible in front of a physical audience. Finally they decided to participate with the creation of a theatrical solo performance they did with a cell phone and an application to combines images. The result was a great performance, but most importantly that the director is now very motivated to start experimenting more using digital platforms.
One of our activities included the participation of a film video art producer and a writer who presented some short stories written in isolation. Both artists did not know each other. They met at one of our activities. We propose to them to work together in a future project where they can create film based on these short stories. They are working now in this project.
As part of the Latin American Art Festival, we start to project storytelling for kids every Sunday. The project is so inspiring that we decided to continue to broadcast live every morning on Sunday.
We consider that the new digital economy, that has been accelerated due to COVID-19 pandemic, represents a great area of opportunity for all of us to create meaningful work to have an impact in our society. We are very glad on our decision of moving forward with the festival in a virtual format. We are sure that we provide happiness to some people in the community and we are inspiring more people to move forward and be ready for the future.Equity seeking: Racialized
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ReeVay (Marc Rivest)
"The Fall of Troy" is the debut album from singer/songwriter ReeVay. This project tells the story of 2020 through the eyes of its writer; everything from the WWIII scare in January to spending Christmas in quarantine. The main goal of this album is to highlight the common factors of our pandemic experiences with a central message of unity during troubled times. The album began production in June 2021 and is expecting a late 2021 release.Special impacts:
This story is impactful due to its theme of unity during troubled times. 2020 has been an incredibly strange year and many people have felt isolated and alone. Despite everyone feeling this way, it is rarely talked about due to attached social stigmas. By writing this record, I hope to start a dialogue about these issues and remind listeners that we truly are "all in this together" even in post-pandemic times.Equity seeking: Indigenous Peoples, Racialized, 2SLGBTQIA+
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Discipline(s): media arts
My Goal is exhibit this collection, Alive, Upside Down, Is part of a series of experimental Digital poetry storytelling with mother nature as a protagonist. It's about the power of finding calmness in the chaos who surround us now globally.Special impacts:
This year my series obtained the RBC Space Award from the Toronto Arts Foundation, and thanks to this recognition I will be able to exhibit my photographic exhibition. Creating and persisting for our projects despite all the uncertainty that surrounds us and chaos, is in an act of resilience as an artist , mother and human being.Equity seeking: Racialized
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Perchance Theatre at Cupids
In March of 2020, the world shut down under the weight of COVID-19, taking with it the entire performing arts industry. Knowing immediately that it would be one of the last industries to reopen and just how many artists here in our province would be impacted, Perchance Theatre responded by reimagining a way of working; restructuring to make that possible. We rebuilt a season that spoke to the reality of where we, as a community of artists and audiences across the province, found ourselves.
The Power of One was born. An initiative that spoke to the heart of the mission and mandate of Perchance – the power of words and ideas explored through classical text and performed in the outdoors. We channeled our passion for our province’s history and geography and the power of technology to reach far beyond our stage in Cupids to feature 41 of our province’s artists doing one monologues from each one of Shakespeare’s plays from Nain to the Southern Shore, in barrens and bays, forests and frozen land.
While we learned new skills as a company, we were also able to employ over 50 artists from all stages of career in all walks of life across our entire province. Employment that has not just helped financially in this terrible economic time, but holistically. The arts are a calling. Artists without work are pining because their work is what nourishes them; not just financially but spiritually.Special impacts:
Overall this initiative created 61 unique employment opportunities for cultural workers, showcasing both the Province’s talent, language and its unique spaces. Each monologue was tied to a specific location in the province that echoed the message of the monologue. From The Book of Sir Thomas More asking for compassion for refugees (The Bulgarian refugee immigration of 1990 in Gander) to The Twelfth Night (Translated into Inuktitut and featured the tradition of the Nalijuk) right down to the beginning and conclusion of our journey - leaving from our theatre in sadness in 2020 (All the World's a Stage) to a joyful return(Perchance to Dream) to throw open our doors on our summer season.
Thanks to the success of the Power of One, marketing the theatre will become much easier as Perchance now has a heightened brand awareness throughout the province, nationally and internationally. Even if the borders remain closed in 2021, we have forged new connections in many areas of the province from which to draw provincial ‘staycation’ audiences.
Incredibly, this initiative was more successful that we dreamed and while the company sees about 2700 people through its doors over the course of a season, each monologue is now being viewed by on average by 25k (and for some up to 50K on facebook alone) people all over the globe. As we head into the 2021 season, we are going in with an audience primed and ready for live and virtual performance in our unique style and an audience that has grown exponentially.Equity seeking: Indigenous Peoples, Racialized, 2SLGBTQIA+, D/deaf, disabled, or live with difference
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Laboratory for Artistic Intelligence
Creative Morning Practice began as a 6-week virtual guided arts program to support health and wellness, and mitigate the effects of stress, loneliness and physical isolation during the pandemic. Open to the general public, the virtual studio was particularly attuned to multilingual new immigrants ('ESL speakers') and professionals (from non-artistic backgrounds). The positive feedback on that initial offering inspired us to research tools to measurably track and understand the impact of what this simple hour of creative practice was doing for participants. Since March 2020, over several editions of the program, in partnership with the Canadian Mental Health Association and universities in Canada and the USA, we have developed a wellness scale to measure the impact of creative practice on individual health and wellness. The results have been very positive.Special impacts:
We are building credible evidence that describes and broadens what people understand to be the 'benefits' of the arts. When the pandemic lockdown began, it was clear that mental health would be an intersecting issue. Given the constraints and exigencies of the mounting situation, we pivoted our work from using artistic methods to change how we approach immigration, to combining artistic and scientific thinking to measuring health and learning how creative practice impacts wellness. Currently we are seeking additional research partners to work with us to implement the wellness scale for their programs, so that we may continue to expand and refine this tool for the arts. Each Wellness report features a mix of qualitative and quantitative data. We are working with health humanities and implementation science researchers at U of T to look at next steps for the scale's development. As recently as 15 to 20 years ago, yoga was a weird thing that only a niche group did. Today, yoga is mainstream (albeit noticeably whitewashed and diluted from its origins). We know that creative practice improves moods, and helps people attain wellness. A wellness scale is not 'proof' in our minds (as artists) as much as it is a way of translating 'artistic' knowing into 'scientific' knowing so that those who understand the language of science better might be encouraged to begin to learn the language of art.Equity seeking: Racialized
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Festival of Literary Diversity
Discipline(s): festivals, reading, writing, publishing
Held annually in Brampton, Ontario since 2016, the Festival of Literary Diversity (FOLD) is Canada�s first festival devoted to celebrating underrepresented authors and storytellers. The FOLD provides one-of-a-kind events for kids and adults that engage readers, inspire writers, and empower educators by highlighting important voices in literature. When the pandemic hit in March 2020, the FOLD quickly transitioned to a virtual festival in May.Special impacts:
For both its 2020 and 2021 editions, the Festival carefully researched and adopted the latest software, used creativity in its program design, and centred audiences in its decisions, which has made the FOLD a leader to emulate in the literary industry.Equity seeking: Racialized
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Professional Association of Canadian Theatres, Soulpepper Theatre and Artists for Real Climate Action
Discipline(s): dance, music, theatre, multidisciplinary
We are reaching out digitally to our community across Canada to learn, educate and take action on shifting public opinion towards meaningful action on climate change issues. As stated above it is a cross Canada event so the designations below are not strictly accurate.Equity seeking: Indigenous Peoples, Racialized, D/deaf, disabled, or live with difference
SQx Dance Company (Trading), SQx Danza (Registered)
1. AIP--A new socially conscious dance program--created to disrupt discrimination, intolerance, hate, & racism as a method for increasing awareness about:
-Canada's cultural diversity
-Issues affecting underrepresented populations in fully participating in society
-10 minute opening video performance
—Group Physical Engagement with e-book about the LANGUAGE OF CHOREOLOGY (see below) to raise awareness about how FUNCTIONAL HUMAN MOVEMENT can disrupt or promote negative BEHAVIOURS, ROUTINES, & BELIEFS
—SQx PHRASES & CREATIVE CLASS where participants devise & embodying short phrases
—Final Day: 10 minute closing STOP-ACTION VIDEO PERFORMANCE
Year 3 will culminate in a FINAL PUBLIC POLICY PAPER, which we'll use to lobby for Arts Education curricular augmentation. This will CREATE RESEARCH & EVIDENCE TO BUILD UNDERSTANDING OF THE DISPARITIES & CHALLENGES FACED BY RACIALIZED & RELIGIOUS MINORITY COMMUNITIES, & INDIGENOUS PEOPLES.
[We are currently in the midst of Year 2. This project was intended to be delivered in-person, but COVID derailed all of our plans. It has only ever been delivered virtually).
INSTRUCTIONAL HOURS/PARTICIPANT: 3-5 days x 75 minutes/day
SEE ATTACHED FOR VISION IMPACT SNAPSHOTS OF AIP & STAFF.
2. 3 Online Performances (below are excerpts): we're waiting for Canada Council funds to finish the works...funding pending. Each work will be about 45 min.
Canadian Identity Dance
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Password = light
The Good Heart
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-Productions of contemporary dance works that was originally intended to be a live-performances.
-Dissemination of the works will be entirely by virtual means ensuring the art is finished in a timely and safe manner, and we can provide work for artists in this especially precarious time.
We’re TAKING THE GENRE IN A NEW DIRECTION by working as we would in the studio in the development of choreography, but we're doing it safely at home. LEARNING TO ADAPT OUR ARTISTIC PRACTICE FOR REMOTE CREATION BECAUSE OF COVID ensures we can SUSTAINABLY create new work for as long as there are health restrictions.
STRATEGIC DISSEMINATION PLAN is a KEY UNDERLYING OBJECTIVE because how we intend to share the works is influenced by how we're making it—because of COVID. We intend to continue to meet our target audiences in NEW DIGITAL WAYS:
-PAY-PER-VIEW: With existing VIMEOPro on our website (ecommerce is already integrated for others uses on site).
-STREAMED from presenters (when theatres open). We're working with our local presenters to reach audiences safely.
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TARGET POPULATIONS OF ALL OF OUR WORKS
-minoritized language groups (we deliver in French & English)
-minoritized ethnic groups & religions
-remote & rural communities
-inner-cities (particularly those with high occurrences of gangs)
-people of diverse abilities
REMOTE PRODUCTION STRATEGY: Some of the artists have met in person in previous work, because of COVID, we've never all met as a group. For the past year, we have worked completely remotely and created some of the best work the organization has ever created.
-COVID restrictions were an opportunity to deepen the aesthetics of our work.
-We used the distance between us as inspiration to showcase the diversity in Canadian communities & landscapes.
CAPACITY: We more than doubled the artists that work for the organization. We've also doubled our organization budget. Whilst other organizations are making cuts, we are increasing spending, and increasing renumeration to artists. We're creating more work, and better serving vulnerable populations.
BLENDED VALUE: How we balance the social and cultural value of our work in performances, programming, and policy initiatives. OUR MISSION: Use contemporary dance to promote kinship, collaboration, teamwork.OUR MANDATE
-Further the development of dance & public engagement through performance & outreach programming.
-Provide flexible touring series for arts venues, schools, conservatories to bring performances & interactive programming to both large & small communities.
-Use dance to make the world a better place.
REACHING OUR AUDIENCE IN NEW WAYS: Our dissemination plans will allow us to meet our audience in NEW DIGITAL WAYS by using multiple strategies (pay-per-view, streaming, & interactive programming).
GREEN MOBILITY: We’re using travel restrictions as a method to explore new sustainable benefits for touring that rely less on mileage on more on greener practices. Pre-COVID multiple vehicles would travel more than 50,000 KM / year to distribute our work. We're fundamentally adjusting what and how we are making art, so WHEN THE PANDEMIC IS OVER, WE ARE NOT MEERLY UNFREEZING, WE'VE DEVELOPED A NEW PLAN TO CREATE & DISSEMINATE OUR ART THAT WILL BALANCE IN-PERSON INTERACTION WITH ONLINE. WE WILL NOT BE RETURNING TO IN-PERSON PROGRAMMING UNTIL 2023 AT THE EARLIEST AS WE HAVE HAD SO MUCH SUCCESS VIRTUALLY, AND WE CONTINUE TO GROW THESE STRATEGIES. WE WILL NOT RETURN IN-PERSON UNTIL IT IS PERFECTLY SAFE TO DO SO.Equity seeking: Indigenous Peoples, Racialized, 2SLGBTQIA+, D/deaf, disabled, or live with difference, Members of official language minority groups
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Discipline(s): visual arts, multidisciplinary, design
This project is inspired by the folk tale called Doya, the Romani Fairy. This story is about historical disconnection, relocation and searching for belonging. This is a tribute for all people who are challenged by removal from home or have to relocate due to catastrophes, war or any other reasons. Also, many movements are rising, such as environmental and human rights issues. Studies are more widely published, and through stories of individuals there is a newly found awareness. Also, there is more representation to minorities, women and non-mainstream communities. One way is spreading true, reliable information and challenging current policies, especially when they disregard or hurt certain populations or areas. It takes courage and strength. Matriarchal elements of governing would offer solutions to a lot of social problems.Special impacts:
The intended impact of this story is the encouragement itself. Life is full of unexpected changes, and models that worked before become useless. Relationships are shifting, some people move farther, others develop closer bonds. Therefore, if ties are getting loose or one faces isolation, there is still a meaning of not giving up practices, in this case, creating art. "Dance like nobody's watching; love like you've never been hurt." - says Mark Twain.
My images represent the question of how to honour traditions in a modern, cosmopolitan setting. The world is fast, and requires fast reaction from all of us in order to maintain survival. However, there is another side of our existence where we are closer to ourselves, such as creative work. Art can and can create a more peaceful dialog and through constructive depiction, awareness of human rights issues of many ethnic group might be better achieved. Women in a general sense need recognition, respect and equal opportunities.
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The rapid development and globalization of humanity has left pieces of our history forgotten. The purpose of the REFLECT Festival is to present us with a chance to pause and garner a new perspective of the evolving relationship between nature and humanity through the form of a multi-disciplinary arts festival. The Indigenous histories of Vancouver and Taiwan are the background contexts for the REFLECT Festival to eventually lead these conversations beyond the boundaries of any specific country or society to speak about humanity as a whole. The setting of a cultural arts event allows for the exploration of a multitude of topics via music, exhibitions, forums, and more, with its location rotating annually between Vancouver and Taiwan as the anchors of North America and Asia.Equity seeking: Racialized
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City of Markham's Public Art Program
Discipline(s): museums and galleries, visual arts
“Becoming Public Art: Working Models and Case Studies for Art in Public” is a nine-week virtual summit co-curated by Markham’s Public Art Curator Yan Wu and Principle of ART+PUBLIC UnLtd Rebecca Carbin. Conceived in the context of the City’s recently approved “Public Art Master Plan 2020-2024,” the summit aims to develop resources for those interested in the practice of contemporary public art, from the maker to the producer, from professionals of the field to general public. Initially planned as a three-day in-person event—including indoor presentations and discussions, outdoor guided public art tours, temporary installation, performance, and screening—in June 2020, due to the impact of COVID, the summit had to reconfigure itself swiftly and creatively into an online format with comparably dynamic content. After a few experiments of similar but smaller programs over the summer and a follow-up audience survey, the curators came up with the current model of presentation: weekly live webinars combined with bi-weekly publishing of written interviews and a constantly updated archival website.
In a series of online lectures, panel discussions, and interviews, an esteemed international group of 46 participants (artists, architects, curators, fabricators, planners, and administrators) present the broad range of perspectives that shape public art making today. Framed by current discussions happening at the intersection of contemporary art, public realm issues and urbanism, the summit features working models and case studies that address the challenges and opportunities faced by those working in this constantly evolving field. The entire program was free to the public.
Over the course of nine weeks, close to 1500 people attended the live webinars and the program has developed 800 followers who has subscribed to the summit newsletters. The audience includes artists and designers, curators and art consultants, administrators from other municipalities both local and international, government agencies, and cultural institutes, university researchers and educators, art students, and general public who is interested in the topic.Special impacts:
Unfolding over the course of nine weeks, from October 13 through December 8, 2020, the core of “Becoming Public Art” is a series of nine webinars, taking place weekly on Tuesdays from 1:30 p.m. through 3 p.m. Each session was broadcast live through Zoom webinar. All programs are free and open to the public. Registration was required. Focusing on in-depth presentations and discussions on specific case studies and working models, the webinars were developed under nine themes in response to the present state of public art production, starting from Ken Lum’s keynote lecture on public artist as a working model itself, followed by Collaborative Process, A Civic Role for Artists, Art and Urban Planning, Accessibility, Placemaking and Public Art, Site-Specificity and Public Art, Temporary Programming, and The Digital Turn in Public Art. Recordings of all the sessions are made available on the project website, with subtitles.
In parallel with the live broadcast, four online interview series—"What is a Public Art Master Plan?”, “Public Art and City Planning”, “Public Art on Campus”, and “Public Art on Transit”—were launched through five summit newsletters, delivered to the subscribers on a bi-weekly basis. The newsletters also serve as the platform for the presenters to answer the questions that were not able to be covered during live sessions.
The project website is intentionally designed as a living archive—not only to document the entire summit, but an on-going online database for anyone who is interested in the production of art in public. We were told by some colleagues that they had used the summit as learning materials for internal discussion and team building activities. At least eight universities around the world have used the summit as teaching materials in related courses and programs.Equity seeking: Indigenous Peoples, Racialized, D/deaf, disabled, or live with difference
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Discipline(s): libraries, reading, writing, publishing, visual arts
A manuscript/book (poems, illustrations, sayings, wit, humor, musings, reflections and contemplations) dedicated to all frontline and healthcare workers.Special impacts:
The book advocated for the declaration (as Covid-19 Pandemic Heroes) recognition and appreciation of frontline and healthcare workers (held on Dec 20, 2020 in Calgary)Equity seeking: Indigenous Peoples, Racialized, 2SLGBTQIA+, D/deaf, disabled, or live with difference, Members of official language minority groups
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Vancouver Mural Festival
Discipline(s): festivals, visual arts
Over 6 weeks in April-May 2020, Vancouver Mural Festival teamed up with local artists, Business Associations, Vancity Credit Union, City of Vancouver and Goodbye Graffiti to create temporary murals on storefronts boarded up (to avoid break-ins and looting) during the COVID-19 pandemic. The result was 60 incredible murals to inspire hope, brighten streets, celebrate resilience and connect communities. With stores reopened, most murals have been removed and re-purposed.Special impacts:
VMF and local artists transformed our downtown core from apocalyptic-feeling to inspirational with a coat of paint -- demonstrating the true power of public art and collaboration. When local businesses and local governments understand to the power of colour and creativity in public, we can move quickly and wear our shared cultures, values and pride on the outside. While importantly -- ensuring artists are well compensated for their skills and contributions.Equity seeking: Indigenous Peoples, Racialized, 2SLGBTQIA+
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Small World Music
Discipline(s): festivals, music
This is less the story of a project, per se, but of the way our overall work evolved over the pandemic period. We expanded our org and our impact - arguably in ways that would have taken us many years to do, if we did it at all.
SWM is dedicated to connecting and working with and for artists, audiences, organizations, and professionals from equity-deserving communities. That happens through live events (annual festival, concerts across the Toronto area), as well as through our subsidized venue/studio (SWCentre), our artist development program for newcomer/refugee/emerging artists (eMERGEnce), our international showcase/conference (Global Toronto) and related outbound efforts to international events (Going Global), and being a resource to the various communities we serve.Special impacts:
With the pandemic, we had a bleak first several weeks, like many organizations - to say nothing of the artist communities we were designed to serve. But through partnerships - with presenters such as Music Together, the National Arts Centre, Humber College, and many others - we were able to take advantage of both our growing network of artists/orgs and our Small World Centre, which continued to be enhanced with upgraded tech and gear to find performance opportunities beyond having folks set up their phone cams in their living rooms (though we also helped with that).
Until Ontario locked us out of the venue for most of the first half of 2021, we'd recorded/broadcast over 100 performances from the SW Centre for a range of artists from inside and outside the SW 'family', offering high-quality production and recording for a hugely subsidized rate.
Our artist development program for newcomer/refugee/emerging artists benefited from the re-think of the program already underway when things shut down. The online pivot of the program proved essential to the mental/emotional health and wellbeing of the cohort of 23 musicians; we continued, too, to offer professional development activities that will help their career. We were able to host some jam sessions - an essential part of the program - in the Centre, and 6 new bands developed; they, and other bands the cohort led, were the focus of our 2020 SW Festival, giving them an opportunity we never planned but will continue to affect the future of our work. All along, we sought the program participants' guidance to ensure we were on the right path together. Our next Cohort will benefit from this work.
Our conference, Global Toronto, also benefited from the re-think. Rather than doing it as usual (fly in a couple dozen delegates, put together meetings, the occasional panel), we leaned hard into the guidance we received from the global community of contacts, colleagues, friends, and counterparts, hosting consult sessions that told us we had an opportunity with Global Toronto to make an impact not just for the showcasing artists but for the sector. Participants of the event, which went online in late July, before most other conferences on the calendar, gave us incredible feedback. From feeling safe to share hard talk and experiences - unprecedented in the conference context - to a sense of a real international community, we were dubbed an 'activist conference' with the goal of making change in the industry, building an accessible, sustainable, and equitable sector.
There is more but I'll stop there, except to say we pride ourselves on our energy and desire to serve the community of artists, organizations, and professionals from equity-deserving communities and continue to find ways of making a difference despite (because of) the challenges faced as a result of the pandemic.Equity seeking: Indigenous Peoples, Racialized, 2SLGBTQIA+, D/deaf, disabled, or live with difference
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Discipline(s): community arts, festivals
Happenings is the first and only Toronto festival made by community artists, giving centre stage to the talents and skills of immigrant, newcomer, and refugee artists. This year’s festival takes place during the entire month of May and will bring together over 80 artists and performers belonging to diverse communities.Equity seeking: Racialized
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Arts Council Wood Buffalo & St. Aidan's Society
Discipline(s): media arts, music, reading, writing, publishing, visual arts
From May to December 2020, artists engaged in conversations over the phone with seniors or Elders. The artists created new pieces of art using that conversation as their muse. Arts Council Wood Buffalo then purchased those art pieces from the artists and gifted them to the seniors or Elders with whom they were made. Arts Council also offered seniors and Elders with an art supply kit for those who wanted to create art in addition to conversing with a local artist.Special impacts:
The goal of Art of Conversation was to connect isolated seniors and Elders with local artists to have conversations, and then create art based on those conversations. Planned months before the pandemic became a reality, Art of Conversation was meant to be a face-to-face workshop between artists, seniors and Elders. COVID-19 prevented those in-person meetings from happening, but the pandemic has made the program more important than ever.
Arts are critical to connecting people and filling them with mental, emotional and physical well-being. Art of Conversation is intended to support good health, while also providing paid opportunities for artists to create their work. This project also served a a reminder of the important role of seniors and Elders in the community.
The program’s inaugural run created 29 art pieces that included songs, paintings, poems and even a balloon sculpture. Some of the stories told through the artistic pieces were new even to volunteers at St. Aidan’s Society, many of whom had known the seniors for years.
To celebrate this project, Arts Council created an online virtual gallery which features the artwork created through the Art of Conversation. The project was so successful that we secured funding from Suncor Energy and the federal government’s New Horizons program to run Art of Conversation again in 2021.Equity seeking: Indigenous Peoples, Racialized, 2SLGBTQIA+, D/deaf, disabled, or live with difference, Members of official language minority groups
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STEPS Public Art
Discipline(s): libraries, media arts, museums and galleries, reading, writing, publishing, visual arts, multidisciplinary
The COVID-19 pandemic exposed inequalities that leave out marginalized peoples and voices, particularly within public spaces. While STEPS has been dedicated to providing opportunities for these voices in regular programming, we saw an opportunity to further these efforts. Over the last 10 years in the field and through our participation on many public art selection committees, we have witnessed the disproportionate disadvantage that Black, Indigenous and other artists of colour have had in accessing large-scale public art opportunities. These opportunities begin with access to small to midsize portfolio building commissions. Our CreateSpace BIPOC Public Art Residency offers its participants real world opportunities and experiences in creating public art works from conception through to realization. Through this unique program, STEPS celebrates creativity, diversity and inclusion through public art. CreateSpace builds the capacity of emerging BIPOC artists through a combination of technical skills training, targeted mentorships and networking.Special impacts:
In 2020 STEPS launched CreateSpace, a national public art residency program providing emerging Black, Indigenous and racialized artists with the skills, relationships and practical experience needed to foster and develop skills in lasting public art practices. CreateSpace was open to early to mid-career Canadian-based visual and media artists working in public space. In total, ten artists were chosen from across Canada by a review panel composed of BIPOC members of the Canadian arts community. This first of kind program offered participants skill building, relationship fostering and networking opportunities, practical public art making experiences, introductions to new audiences and financial support.
As this is the pilot year of a multi-year program, the 2022 CreateSpace BIPOC Public Art Residency will build off the successes of its first year. The program strives to not only support individual artists, but to foster connections and cultivate conversation around social equity in city-building and design. It will foster solidarity amongst artists working in diverse contexts; between artists and their own communities, while also inspiring broader dialogue on representation in city-building processes.Equity seeking: Indigenous Peoples, Racialized, 2SLGBTQIA+, D/deaf, disabled, or live with difference, Members of official language minority groups
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Discipline(s): visual arts
Succès à travers la pandémie réside sur deux aspects: le premier est qu'elle a varié les sources de financements et de projets (commercial, performance, exposition, résidence, production) et le second est qu'en collaboration avec le centre d'artiste avec lequel elle a travaillé, ils ont adapté l'exposition à la situation.Special impacts:
Elle a su démontrer une adaptabilité, une débrouillardise et une prise de position face à la situation. Alors que plusieurs organismes ont fermé leurs portes et abandonné la communauté d'artistes, elle s'est trouvé des projets de toutes sortes et les a adaptés.Equity seeking: Racialized
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Black History Ottawa
At first, we delayed the annual Health and Wellness Seminar that we organize with other members of the African Caribbean Canadian Coalition (ACCC). We came close to cancelling the event but like other organizations, we pivoted to online events and looked for creative ways to continue educating the public. We ended up hosting two online health seminars, one in July and one in September. We also applied ourselves at learning to better use social media to create awareness about our work.Special impacts:
We continue to connect with the public by doing more presentations to organizations across the country who more than ever are eager to deepen their knowledge of Canadian Black History and lived experiences.Equity seeking: Racialized
Source: Capital Heritage Connexion
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The exhibition will take patrons through the theatre to the Firehall’s courtyard, and be limited to ten patrons per showing. There will be no live performers – only objects, voice recordings, and projections. Over the twelve-day exhibition, there will be a total of fifty showings, each forty minutes in length. Between each showing, the venue will be sanitized as per COVID-19 protocols.Equity seeking: Racialized
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STEPS Public Art
Discipline(s): dance, media arts, museums and galleries, theatre, visual arts, multidisciplinary
In the beginning of April, STEPS Public Art facilitated a national call for artists to create temporary public artworks in public-facing parts of their homes, gardens, balconies or courtyards. STEPS believed that during the pandemic, while we may be physically distanced, our desire to create, share and learn will always connect us together.
Artists were asked to consider the idea of public space and their sudden lack of access to it, exploring their public-facing private spaces and how the surrounding community could engage from a distance with their creative projects. We received an overwhelming response of 120 submissions in only two weeks.
STEPS supported ten artists from across Canada to bring eight projects to life. INsiders projects are diverse, ranging in materials and approaches from a front yard concert series with immersive set and costume design to an infinity room located in an empty storefront window that invites the public to both respond to and engage with an oversized COVID-19 disco ball. Selected artists represent both established and emerging practitioners and include Olivia and Hilary Wheeler (Victoria, BC), Michel Dumont (Thunder Bay, ON), Whyishnave Suthagar (Toronto, ON), Anna Camilleri (Toronto, ON) Somewherelse Collective (Toronto, ON), Taylor Boileau Davidson (Ottawa, ON), Tara Arnst (Lunenburg, NS), and Suzi Oram and Jordan Strong (Sydney, NS).Special impacts:
INsiders was STEPS’ response to the Covd-19 pandemic, with a sole focus directed towards supporting artists, connecting communities and exploring public space during this uncertain time. The arts and culture communities are some of the hardest hit during the pandemic, with many artists, arts workers and producers suddenly out of work. Through INsiders, STEPS seeks to amplify the creative work taking place in public space across Canada. We continue to support artists to reimagine their communities over the pandemic recovery period.Equity seeking: Indigenous Peoples, Racialized, 2SLGBTQIA+, D/deaf, disabled, or live with difference, Members of official language minority groups
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Islamic Centre of Yellowknife
Discipline(s): heritage, festivals
Eid is usually a time of getting together, sharing big meals, and praying. But this year, it was celebrated in Yellowknife in a physically distant way, with organizers passing out boxes of chocolates and goodie bags for the children with sweets and toys inside. They wore protective gloves, along with masks. Hand sanitizer was also available.Special impacts:
"Eid is a day of happiness so we wanted to celebrate, we wanted to meet with people, and we wanted people to get out of their homes," said Ullah.Equity seeking: Racialized
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Arts Council Wood Buffalo
Discipline(s): dance, media arts, museums and galleries, music, reading, writing, publishing, theatre, visual arts, multidisciplinary, arts education
The Buffys, also known as the Wood Buffalo Excellence in Arts Awards, is an annual program that recognizes and celebrates excellence in various areas of the arts and builds awareness of the incredible contribution artists make to Wood Buffalo. The Buffys invest in the future of our growing arts community by supporting our most exceptional artists through appreciation and employment opportunities, and by connecting artists to the wider community.Special impacts:
Typically, the Buffys are a live, in-person event featuring live performances and presentations; however, with restrictions due to COVID-19, Arts Council Wood Buffalo adjusted the format of the awards showcase and turned it into an online cinematic experience that was pre-recorded and then broadcast for free on multiple platforms. Historically, the in-person showcase has reached an audience of about 400 people, but by offering it in an online format, the awards showcase reached an audience of over 14,000 households during the event premiere.
This story is special and impactful because the local arts community was featured to a much wider audience, which gave local artists a much wider reach to build their reputations despite restrictions due to the pandemic. After the event, local artists (award nominees, recipients and performers) were able to access the video as a legacy piece for their portfolios and continued promotion of their art forms. The Buffys provides artists with paid opportunities to showcase their work, and by moving the awards showcase to an online format, even more opportunities became available for artists to be paid for their work - this was especially important during a time when paid opportunities for artists had decreased significantly.
This was also the first time that the Buffys reached as far as Hollywood. The Lifetime Achievement Award was presented virtually to Tantoo Cardinal, who is an Indigenous Canadian Actress from Anzac (a hamlet just south of Fort McMurray). Cardinal has been in feature films such as "Dances With Wolves," "Unforgiven," and "Legends of the Fall."Equity seeking: Indigenous Peoples, Racialized, 2SLGBTQIA+, D/deaf, disabled, or live with difference, Members of official language minority groups
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SpanicArts: Hispanic Association of Professional Artists Ltd.
Discipline(s): dance, libraries, media arts, museums and galleries, music, reading, writing, publishing, theatre, visual arts, multidisciplinary
These two programs were developed by SpanicArts as an effort to innovate and adapt during the pandemic. The two events were adapted to be streamed online and keep the community engaged and connected during the COVID-19 pandemic.
DesayunArte begun in November 2019 with the purpose of bringing people closer to the visual arts. Each month, we invite members of the community to listen to an artist talk about a specific theme. The artists giving the talk are artists whose practices are related to the theme of each month. In the beginning, these artist talks were in person meetings, where people were able to meet each other, enjoy a cup of coffee and a quick breakfast while learning about art and engaging in meaningful conversations. The topics for the first three in- person sessions were:
Death through the Hispanic and LatinAmerican Vision. October 2019.
Music as a social expression in the Hispanic Culture. November 2019.
LainAmercian Women & Art March 2020.
With the surge of the COVID-19 pandemic, SpanicArts had to find a way to keep the programming going and engage with the public. We decided to stream the programs online using Facebook Live. This meant of course that we could no longer meet in person and enjoy sharing a warm cup of coffee and croissants and thet we were unable to host the events in spaces dedicated to cultural activities. Nonetheless, bringing the programs to an online platform allowed us to reach a much wider audience, beyond the Calgary Community. We were able to expand our audience not only in Canada, but also internationally. We were able to invite artists from other places around the world to connect and participate with our local artists. We decided to host our events with one artist from our community and one artist from a different place, to create more opportunities for networking and discussion. By doing so, we realized that a new door had opened before our eyes: that of a fruitful exchange of realities from different communities all over the world. We now have SpanicArts members residing in many different parts of Canada.
DesyunArte has grown its audience and the possibilities have expanded since the beginning of the pandemic. As an organization, this challenge has also helped us to expand and grow our vision.
The themes for all the DesayunArte events we have held until now are:
1. Hispanic Theatre. April 25th, 2020
2. Art in the time of Covid. May 30th, 2020
3. Interculturality and Solidarity among communities. June 25th, 2020
4.Confined performance. July 27th, 2020
5. Artist Nature September 19th, 2020
6. Music in support of non violence. October 3rd, 2020
7. LatinAmercian Religious Art. November 2020
8. The gift of Art December 12th, 2020
9. Blue Monday Theatre. January 30th, 2021
10. Loving Art. February 20th, 2021
11. Feminist Art. March 20th, 2021
12. A world without art. April 17th, 2021
13. Behind the scene of creativity. May 29th, 2021
14. LGTBQ Art. June 26th 2021
15. Art in the field July 24th 2021
DramatizArte was scheduled to launch in March 2020. The project’s objective was to promote the reading of Theatre plays written by Hispanic authors, through dramatized readings in English or in Spanish to engage and nurture Hispanic reading amongst the new generations, to share the work and the plays of Hispanic theatre writers; and to promote and encourage the work of our local theatre performers and artists. This proposal was also developed as a way to minimize the cost of scene montage and rehearsals. Initially, the project was meant to be carried out in public libraries, where the public could join, with an entrance by donation, to help support the cast.
Once again, since the pandemic did not allow for those initial plans to take place, the event was moved to our online platforms, to be streamed via Facebook Live. To promote and support our members, half of the cast of each reading must be SpanicArts members. The event is held every two months and at the end of each reading there is a short interview to get to know the artists and ask them what they learned and experienced through the process of preparing for the event.
For the first event, we presented one scene from the play “Rosa de dos aromas” by Mexican writer Emilio Carballido.
In the March edition of DramatizArte we presented the short story “Unete Pueblo”, again from Mexican writer and playwright Emilio Carballido.
Performed by the theatre company “Latin Scenario”, the first organization to join SpanicArts as members. LatinScenario operates and is located primarily in Vancouver, BC.
The last edition of Desyunarte presented the play “Hamlet Mats”, performed by a theatre company based in Querétaro México. Thanks to the use of technology and online platforms, we were able to invite them to share their work, as well as helped them promote their work to the Canadian public.
So far, all the plays have been performed in Spanish, but we are considering the opportunity to present plays in English as well. We will continue to present plays from Hispanic writers and a cast with a minimum of 50% SpanicArts members.
We intend to be able to make these events in person as soon as possible to do so in a safe manner, hopefully by the Fall of 2021. We will also continue to stream the plays online to reach more public in the future.
The future goals for DesayunArte is to continue attracting new public from different parts of the world and to obtain funding to be able to pay our artists a fee for their participation.
DramatizArte is an event that does not require as big a time commitment from the participants (actors and director) as an in-person theatrical performance (rehearsing, several functions). The budget is also smaller given that the play is presented online and the scenography can be digital as well.
DramatizArte is a project that allows us to create a platform for our theatre artists, many of whom do not speak English, giving them an opportunity to learn and engage with a new audience.
The future goals for DramatizArte are to present the plays in person once it is safe to do so, and to pay the cast of performing artists participating with the donations received during the functions.
This event opens the opportunity to collaborate with other theatre groups from other communities across Canada and other countries, like we did with the theatre company Los Focos, from Queretaro, Mexico.
Lastly, DramatizArte is an attractive opportunity to Hispanic playwrights to submit their work for consideration and possibly become featured in our event. SpanicArts wants to help these artists by promoting and making their work known to a wider audience worldwide.
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Visceral Visions Society
Database for Indigenous, Black, and racialized artists to connect and be considered for opportunties with a strong focus on digital connection and promoting artists during COVID.Special impacts:
Focus on IBPOC Communities and supporting them through the COVID lull of work in the arts and how to ask artists to expand and think creativelyEquity seeking: Indigenous Peoples, Racialized
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Graham A. Brown
Discipline(s): media arts, reading, writing, publishing, visual arts, multidisciplinary
The goal from the very outset was to keep the art group at Barclay Manor connected during the lock-down.Special impacts:
The COVID19 ART CHALLENGE, may not be that innovated but it is important for the small group of senior artist to keep in touch even if they do not submit a work of art for that weeks newsletter as of now July 13, I am getting the Week 40 underway, yes that is 40 weeks we have been sending this art challenge to our members. But that is not totally true we have attracted some poets and haiku writers to participate. Over the last 40 weeks I have seen a different side of the artist, and poets submissions. For some they have become more expressive allowing their inner ideas to come to the surface, and come out of their comfort circle and for a few this also means going across their cultural boarders. Having the distance helps. And for many seniors the acknowledgement that they have something to contribute.
For other artist they could learn what is most important the why they create, and do they have the courage to expose themselves.
At times you only hear me screaming yes when I see what a member has done, that brakes their comfort level. Let the bells ring out, for they have made this all worthwhile.
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The Canadian Design Resource
Discipline(s): museums and galleries, design
We managed to completely rebrand and run a series of focus groups and user zoom calls - something we struggled w before the pandemic. The time out allowed us to regroup and really dig into our audience.Special impacts:
We are the main hub for the creative community in Canada - we needed to get out front and listen to our fans. This process will continue after the pandemic. The lessons to share are many...but the main ones were to use this time to shift and get forward leaning, build tools to listen to your community, and to connect with makers who can help create new products and experiences.Equity seeking: Indigenous Peoples, Racialized, 2SLGBTQIA+, D/deaf, disabled, or live with difference, Members of official language minority groups
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Artiste asiatique qui a utilisé son temps pour monter un projet qui recueille 135 témoignages d'artistes asiatiques et canadiens à travers le Canada pour en savoir plus sur leur expérience de la pandémie et comment ils ont adapté leur pratique artistiqueSpecial impacts:
Elle raconte l'histoire de plusieurs artistes asiatiques qui ont dû faire face à la crise et à une vague de racisme.Equity seeking: Racialized
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I realised that… well….
I’m a hipster.
There. I said it. There’s not going back now, I guess.
My friends have been accusing me of being a hipster for years, and I’ve always vehemently denied it. I’ve pointed out how I couldn’t possibly be a hipster, because I don’t have an iPhone. Instead, I have a 3rd hand Blackberry that works as it pleases, not as I please.
Apparently, shunning the iPhone only makes me more hipster. Great.
Nonetheless, in the last 2 weeks, there have been too many signs of my hipsterdom to ignore any longer. Some of them were:
- I don’t own a TV, and can’t relate when people talk about the awesome or lame ads they saw while watching 7de Laan or whatever.
- I crochet. I give crochet as gifts, I sell my crochet goods, I wear my crochet goods.
- I sew, and people come to me for advice and help with sewing and related topics.*
- I lived alone, save for my cat, in a gorgeous studio cottage with no security. I stayed there because it’s pretty, despite 3 break-ins.
- I live on sweet tea, popcorn, and frozen veggies. (Not all at the same time, though!)
- I’m divorced. I’ve been divorced since just after I turned 28.
- I know what a Saturn Return is, and I’m in mine.
- I paint and sketch, and display my work proudly on my wall, as well as gift it to friends.
- My wall-of-art left a bona fide hipster speechless, and she wanted to steal the idea.
- I have dozens of files on my computer that are filled with story ideas and actual unfinished short stories, novels etc.
- I drove a clapped-out old car, put plasters on the bumps and scrapes, stapled the fabric back when it fell off, and I named her FrankenCar. Frankie, for short. I sold her the other day, to fund my move, and now rely on my Moses Wheels:
|These shoes have seen things I can't even remember. The best takkies EVER!!!|
- I regularly ran out of fuel for Frankie, and kept a 5l bottle in the car in case of such emergencies, as well as having my friends on speed dial in case it happened at night.
- My friends asked me to be their social media person for their band, because I never shut up about the beauty of Twitter and Facebook.
- I know ALL the festivals. (I haven’t been to many, so that loses me hipster points, but hey.)
- I have retro-ish glasses, with solid black frames
- I have a weird-ass, creepy-ass, huge-ass tattoo that has mystical meaning.
- I carry a notebook wherever I go. It’s a Moleskine. And when I am without it, I start getting separation anxiety.
- I’ve had pink/purple/turquoise/blue hair, and an undercut. Sometimes simultaneously. Before the mommies started doing it.
- I have totem jewellery, and feel totally lost without it. Because of this jewellery, I can’t sneak around anywhere – I make too much of a racket. Friends comment on this constantly.
- I worked at a creative company, which was great. Now that I’ve left, I am doing random part-time work to keep me out of too much trouble while I figure things out.
- I use the phrase ‘Figure things out’ in reference to my life.
- I’m uprooting my entire life and moving across the country, with no solid plan, and I’m more excited than afraid.
- I am ridiculously uptight about things like grammar and spelling. It’s worked out, because I got a boy’s number after a rant about spelling in his bar, but still.
|Incidentally, the same place has the BEST spelling mistake EVER on their menu!|
- I’m an epic geek. Whedonite. Shelockian. Tolkeinist. Throney. And soon-to-be Whovian, once I free up space on my hard drive, I suspect. (Yes, I’m late to the Whovian party. It’s ok, though. I’m getting there.)
- The staff at my local Cash Converters know me by name, and greet me with hugs and fist-bumps.
- I loathe trendy places like Billy the Bums, I think Greenside is becoming too popular with piepie jollers, and I will always love dodgy old Melville, and the Doors in Edenvale.
- My friends can’t see how I haven’t been able to see my hipsterdom.
- My style trademarks are slouchy beanies (usually made by moi), t-shirts (back to 42 at last count!!!), and scrappy old shell toe takkies (Moses Wheels, as above) I’ve been wearing since I was 19. Also: I own a fedora woven out of recycled paper, and everyone knows it’s made out of paper, because I can’t shut up about it when I wear it.
- My dad’s greatest fear for me was that I’d give it all up and join Greenpeace. This is still on my bucket list.
- I celebrate random things like Earth Hour and Ice Cream Day. Alone, usually.
- My own mother called me a hipster last week, and is trying to set me up with a bona fide hipster boy.
- I have a blog. Everyone knows. They call me my blog name as much as my given name.
- I'm editing this blog in an internet cafe in Melville. While wearing my Moses Wheels, and a beanie I made. It doesn't get more hipster than that, does it??
Now, none of these things has been done with hipsterdom in mind. As I say, I’ve spent a large amount of time vocally denying any hipster tendencies I’ve exhibited over the years. So I’ll call a compromise… I’ll accept being an accidental hipster. It’s not something I set out to be. It’s just something I’ve gradually become. But when you hear it from half a dozen people in the space of a week, I think the time for denial is over.
I’ve done the anger, bargaining, depression, and denial. So the next stage that I’m working on is acceptance, and staying vigilant about avoiding douchey hipster traits. Wish me luck, Boolings! Who knows? I might even get myself a vintage bicycle when I get to Cape Town?**
* I intend to start sewing again when I get to the Mother City, so look out for awesomeness at markets soon!
**You have my permission to make endless fun of me if I do.


The 2022 NBA Draft is just over a month away and the official draft order is set following Tuesday night’s NBA Draft Lottery.
Tennessee point guard Kennedy Chandler is a near unanimous predicted first round pick after a strong freshman season in which he averaged 13.9 points and 4.7 assists per game.
Here’s where Chandler falls in the latest mock drafts following the solidifying of the draft order.
ESPN — No. 20 San Antonio
CBS — No. 22 Memphis
Bleacher Report — No. 22 Memphis
SB Nation — No. 25 San Antonio (Via Boston)
Sports Illustrated — No. 38 San Antonio
There are two popular teams for the 6-foot point guards and both are interesting options.
The appeal to the Grizzlies is obvious. Chandler is a Memphis native where he played at Briarcrest High School until his senior year when he transferred to Kansas’ Sunrise Christian Academy.
Chandler and Grizzlies’ star point guard Ja Morant have a strong relationship and played pick up together in overlapping time in Memphis.
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— Ja Morant (@JaMorant) March 13, 2022
Memphis’ backup point guard Tyus Jones contract is up and the Grizzlies could be in need of a backup point guard.
San Antonio would pair Chandler up with former Vol guard Josh Richardson. The Celtics traded Richardson to San Antonio at the trade deadline. Richardson averaged 11.4 points in 21 games with the Spurs.
Going to San Antonio would also allow Chandler to play for one of the league’s all-time great coaches, Greg Popovich.
Chandler is Tennessee’s third one-and-done player in the last three years along with Keon Johnson and Jaden Springer. If selected in the first round, Chandler would become the fourth first round pick of the Rick Barnes era.
The two-way point guard played his best basketball down the stretch of his lone collegiate season, averaging 14.6 points and five assists while leading Tennessee to its first SEC Tournament Championship in 43 years.


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76ers acquire Tobias Harris, Boban Marjanovic in major trade with Clippers
The Philadelphia 76ers are going all-in on this year’s team, while the Los Angeles Clippers are loading up on assets.
The Sixers acquired Tobias Harris in a trade with the Clippers on Tuesday night. According to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, the 76ers are receiving Tobias Harris, Boban Marjanovic and Mike Scott from the Clippers. In return, the Clippers are receiving Landry Shamet, Wilson Chandler, Mike Muscala and four picks. The picks are the big part for the Clippers: they’re receiving a 2020 first-rounder, Miami’s unprotected 2021 first-round pick, and two second-round picks (2021 and 2023 per Woj).
Woj says the Clippers wanted the draft picks to attached in other potential trades to entice players who want to join the franchise. Such players include Anthony Davis, who had the Clippers on his list of teams with whom he’d sign long term, and Kristaps Porzingis, who also had the Clippers on his list.
Sixers are loading up with a fourth All-Star caliber player in East, Harris; Now Clippers have one of league's most coveted picks — 2021 Miami 1st — along with 2020 1st — to become players in marketplace when star talents want trades to get to LA. https://t.co/S9eobGtzaX
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) February 6, 2019
Harris is the headliner for Philly in the trade. He’s blossomed with the Clippers and is averaging 20.7 points and 7.9 rebounds per game while shooting 49.3 percent from the field. He was a strong All-Star candidate and probably deserved a selection to the reserves. Teaming up with Joel Embiid, Ben Simmons and Jimmy Butler will make Philly all the more dangerous this season as they fight Toronto, Boston and Milwaukee in the East.
The Clippers probably felt comfortable dealing Harris because he will be a free agent after the season and already turned down a large extension before the season. Marjanovic is a fan favorite and successful in brief stints on the court. The big man is averaging 6.9 points and 4.3 rebounds per game. Harris, Marjanovic and Scott are all on expiring contracts.
Chandler and Muscala are on expiring contracts, while Shamet, who was a first-round pick last year, is on his rookie deal.


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Top Five Reasons Age-Appropriate Digital Gameplay is Important for Children
As kids grow, gameplay becomes an integral part of their makeup. Whether they are playing with friends or on their own, kids need the time, space, and freedom to explore ideas, so when they play, they learn.
Here are the top five reasons age-appropriate digital gameplay is important for children.
Digital Gameplay Builds Imagination and Creativity
While most digital games take place in an imaginary world — with shapes, colors, and puzzles that spur kids to follow or adapt to the rules — the different problem-solving solutions help build confidence.
These are helpful skills for developing relationships with others and navigating life’s challenges.
It also improves creativity, which contributes to successful growth skills.
Digital Gameplay Fosters Cognitive Growth
Digital gameplay is essential to healthy brain development.
When kids can direct their own play, they are not bound by schedules or activities directed by their parents or other adults.
This influences cognitive growth by contributing to the way a child learns to solve problems while they explore different environments.
Digital Gameplay Delivers Emotional and Behavioral Benefits
Digital games are more than a distraction for small children. They are a way of bringing play into their lives by connecting them to a solution to reduce anxiety while helping boost joy and self-esteem.
When parents play digital games alongside their children — or observe them while they play — they can better understand their emotions.
Listening and asking questions about how they feel about certain aspects of the game they are playing shows kids their parents care and communicates that their feelings and experiences are important.
This allows kids to explore digital games to share their experiences, negotiate their feelings, solve conflicts, and speak out when they are both happy and frustrated.
Digital Gameplay Helps Improve Language Skills
Children begin building language and literacy skills early and continue to grow through interaction and age-appropriate gameplay.
Digital gameplay helps children develop listening skills, learn sounds, and add new words to their vocabulary by understanding the game’s stories, which teaches them how language works and how narratives are structured.
Digital Gameplay Encourages Greater Independence
Kids understand that their parents have all the power in their homes, at school, and in other social settings.
In short, they spend much of their days being told what to do and when to do it.
When children have access to age-appropriate digital games, they can lead.
Independent play is as important as learning how to play with others, and helps kids tackle other tasks on their own. Developing their independence allows children to experiment with their own creativity and ideas while contributing to future socialization skills.


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Sai Dharam Tej starring new movie Chitralahari trailer released today. Kalyani Priyadarshan and Nivetha Pethuraj playing the female lead roles opposite Sai Dharam. The trailer talks about a rejected piece and who is waiting for victory in his life.
The film is being directed by Kishore Tirumala and produced by Mythri Movie Makers. Devi Sri Prasad has scored music.
Chitralahari movie is all set to hit the big screens worldwide on April 12th. The film has Sunil, Vennela Kishore, Posani Krishna Murali and Brahmaji in other lead roles.


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The creative process for Creation Myth started when I found an issue of “The Golden Magazine for Boys and Girls” a 1960s children’s magazine. The issue had several pages on the history and practice of bowling.
I scanned the above pages soon after bringing the book home but I didn’t know what I’d do with them in the long term. I started by turning the six illustrations into a layered psd file and let it sit that way for a couple months. Once in a while I’d open and let it loop as a gif while I edited other art. Eventually I wondered to myself where that bowling ball went off to after part six. The idea that it could be an egocentric take on a creation myth coalesced.
A few months prior to buying The “Golden Magazine”, I’d found The First Book of Space Travel (published, 1953) and had already scanned many of its pictures for future use. In putting this animated collage together I limited myself to only using images I already had on hand. I took my time digitally combining them to create my faux Big Bang.
Again I let the piece sit, this time just for a couple days so I could watch and see what–if anything–it was missing. I decided it needed a visual transition–a dramatic punch–cutting from the bowling ball to the new universe I’d created.
I’m a longtime fan and reader of comic books. Thanks to some great online resources I’ve been able to find long out of print stories that’re now in the public domain. One that I never forgot after seeing it years ago listed in the “Overstreet Price Guide”, was Anarcho Dictator of Death by Otto Binder (creator of Captain Marvel aka SHAZAM!) and Al Carreno. It’s a wild story full of action, so finding a typographic explosion in it wasn’t hard. With some simple modification, and a last minute decision to change the BOOM! to STRIKE! my short film was almost done.
I also decided it should have a soundtrack, which meant that after finishing the gif I now had to convert it to a more robust video format, and then find and adapt some audio. One of my favorite curiosities are the sounds transmitted back to Earth by space probes, and NASA hosts audio files of these in multiple formats for public interest. I chose to use thunderstorms on Jupiter recorded by Voyager One. Finding good bowling sounds was just as simple–what a time to be alive! After editing the film’s speed a little bit and adjusting the soundtrack, it was done. All together, all this work only about a half-days tinkering.
I like taking my collages this direction, and am going to do more. I’ve heard great things about the Stop Motion Studio app. The artist Andrew Love is doing wonderfully detailed work with wool that is intimate, charming, and astoundingly accomplished. Stop-motion is one of the oldest forms of animation, and I am glad that creators and the public still love it, and it hasn’t been abandoned by modern tools.


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My favorite funny thing of the week, though? Mightygodking’s 2016 election Magic: The Gathering cards.
The World Fantasy Award is looking for a new statuette design to replace the bust of H.P. Lovecraft.
Robert Jackson Bennett has some thoughts on worldbuilding.
At Black Gate, Sarah Avery looks at why we love enormous fantasy book series.
Ian Sales has some ideas on reasons to be cheerful in space opera.
Lit Reactor lists 5 Ray Bradbury stories that tell us everything we need to know about writing.
The Mary Sue talks about Supergirl vs. Jessica Jones. Turns out the world is wide enough for both. And more.
io9 looks at how Doctor Who managed to waste Clara Oswald.
Games Radar collects 25 of the most kick-ass TV heroines.
Tor.com has a roundup of the covers for their winter publishing schedule, and they look so good.
Tycho Journal wants to reinvent the sci-fi magazine.
Read “On Pandering” over at Tin House.
If you’re looking for something to read, Largehearted Boy is collecting all the “Year’s Best” lists you could ever hope for.

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