Fringe Arts
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Fringe ArtsThe Highs and Lows of the 2012 Student Strikes
Throughout Wednesday and Saturday the 2012 Quebec student strike was revisited in the LB Building in collaboration with Concordia’s Centre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling.
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Fringe ArtsThe Black Speculative Arts Movement Convention and the Importance of Black Art
The Black Speculative Arts Movement of Montreal featured a series of panelists for a discussion panel made up of Black artists and creatives last Friday, in an event that was enlightening, educational, and empowering.
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Fringe ArtsThe VAV Gallery’s “Relics.jpeg” Exhibition Focuses on Materials and Aesthetics
Less thematic than previous exhibitions, Relics.jpeg , which runs until October 19, was curated with an attention to materials and the physical properties of the artworks. Each piece bears its own story, but the care and research poured into each creation links them all together.
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Fringe ArtsBehind the Scenes of MURAL’s Street Art: Spade & Palacio Tours Showcase Montreal’s Charm
Tours of Montreal street art created during the MURAL festival along St.Laurent Blvd. are available until Oct. 28.
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Fringe ArtsCultures Volume 2: A Party Celebrating the African Diaspora
Cultures is an event put on by Sayaspora for anyone looking to dance the night away to music from the African Diaspora. Sayaspora aims to promote a better image of African women and youth in the media.
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Fringe ArtsSistersInMotion is a Montreal Based Organization Committed to Empowering Women of Colour
La Luna said that fostering and encouraging a connection to the Earth and the natural world is part of SIM’s goal as both a movement and organization. The distinction between the two is subtle, but relevant in understanding the purpose of a group as multifaceted as SIM.
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Fringe ArtsHave You Ever Wondered What it’s Like to Act as a Racialized Person?
Meet Kareem Alleyne and Alexandra Laferriere. Both are professional actors. Both are Black. Both worked (primarily) on the anglophone side of Montreal’s performing arts community.
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Fringe ArtsThe VAV Gallery Exhibition Built Around the Theme of Home
The newest exhibition at the VAV gallery, Enclosed Comforts , radiates warmth, and the pieces exhibited revolve around the themes of home, and the comfort, and discomfort it provides.
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Fringe ArtsCinema Politica Opens Their Fall Screening Season With “Metamorphosis”
Metamorphosis documents the global climate change crisis through a fine arts lens, emphasizing that the root of it all, both environmental problems and their plausible solutions, originates in the capacity and necessity of change.
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Fringe ArtsSisters in Motion: A Movement Building Bridges Over Difference Through Performance and Poetry
SiM is a fundraising event that mixes music and poetry to promote awareness about the realities of racial minorities. As for any event addressing these often taboo topics, emotions were bound to spill out in unpredictable ways. But the aura created by organizers Malek Yalaoui and Dona la Luna for it’s fourth edition warded off all negativity.
