social-justice

TEN-TEN-TEN | Dylan Ranney – Robots & Social Justice

Posted: Tuesday, August 7th, 2012

Dylan Ranney shared some of his thoughts and sculptures including a 5-and-a-half foot tall metal robot named Roger made entirely with recycled material. This Kelowna-based UBCO grad is not only an incredible sculptor, painter, and musician (unfortunately he wasn’t able to whip out his killer drum chops during this presentation) but has some inspiring thoughts [...]

Gord Whyte

Posted: Thursday, August 2nd, 2012

TribeHouse: Which artist do you admire most (and why)? Gord Whyte: I admire any person that has the desire to express themselves on a canvas. It takes courage to take your your deep feelings & heart and see it manifested on a canvas where anyone who views it either hates it or likes it. There is [...]

TEN-TEN-TEN | Katie Brennan on art and social justice

Posted: Monday, July 30th, 2012

As one of the 10 artists who performed at the TEN-TEN-TEN event, artist Katie Brennan presented some thoughts on how art has the ability to impact culture in relation to issues of social justice. Along with sharing some of her personal pieces, she highlighted a few provocative artists like Ai Weiwei who ”expresses himself and organizes people through [...]

Lille Gard Interactive Youtube Story

Posted: Wednesday, June 13th, 2012

A few of us got together to help (literally) paint a picture of what the fest is about and the story behind Lille Gard. This was also a good excuse to experiment with the interactive power of Youtube. MORE INFO: Find out more about Lille Gard Fest by visiting the website: http://lillegardfestival.com [...]

It’s not always bad to meet a bear

Posted: Tuesday, January 31st, 2012

A very poor bedraggled man knelt on the cold floor in front of me, hanging onto a makeshift altar as if he were clutching a tree root to prevent his fall from a cliff. His bent back was shaking as he sobbed out his broken prayers. When he finally looked up it was hard to [...]

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Jimmy Balfour -The Rebel Chemist

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