Backstory One Saturday morning in late February I made my way on foot from the City Hall LRT station to Inglewood. I carried a well-thumbed copy of the 2015 Exposure Photography Festival Guide in which I'd marked 5 stops. But I didn't make it to all of them. Why? Well, I got side-tracked by Oh, …
My ongoing exploration of Calgary public art is a relatively new thing, prompted primarily by my stint as a Beakerhead volunteer photographer. I'm finding it's enjoyable, fuels my creative spirit and is helping me discover some of downtown Calgary's hidden gems. When it comes to planning my Wednesday art walks, weather is irrelevant. On bad …
I've noticed that the words creativity, connection and collaboration seem to be grouped together in a lot of different contexts these days: the workplace, schools, politics and even everyday life. My 2014 Beakerhead experience prompted me to consider the threads of creativity, connection and collaboration in my day-to-day activities. For the past few months, I've …
An evening with Stuart McLean and the Vinyl Cafe Christmas Tour has been a GeoKs' family tradition ever since our youngest son was able to sit quietly through an hour of storytelling and music. Every summer, we eagerly await the email announcing the tour dates and the follow-up email with the password for advance ticket …
When Beakerhead 2014 wrapped up on September 14th, El Pulpo Mecanico and iLuminate left for Maker Faire, Daisy headed back to Vancouver, and Net Blow-Up was deflated, disassembled and packed away. But Calgary hasn't completely run out of STEAM (groans expected). Some stops on Beakerhead's self-guided engineered art tour are continuing their art and science …