Fringe Arts

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  Poems of the Week

  Jazmin Mehrmann, Kirsty Fiona, Michael Dutton – Published January 31, 2017

  Some fine poets.

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  Working Through Sexual Violence With Music

  Savannah Stewart – Published January 31, 2017

  While the Montreal-based band played a mix of original music and covers from artists such as Amy Winehouse and The White Stripes, Hanorah’s set wasn’t just a cheerful collection of good music, it was a powerful display of emotion and empathy for issues that exist beyond the bar.

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  An Interview With Hannah Georgas

  Ryan Macfarlane – Published January 25, 2017

  “I value conversation and people who I care about. I think it’s important to follow up, to nurture the great relationships that you’ve made with people.”

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  No Need to Be Rich to Stitch

  Claire Loewen – Published January 24, 2017

  “I fall asleep staring at this huge rack of shit.”

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  Best Fern Is Blooming

  Ocean DeRouchie – Published January 24, 2017

  Listening to Best Fern is like floating through an aquarium. Watery synths, with layered bubbly samplings, and of course, Avina’s angelic voice, all come together to produce a whimsical underwater sound.

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  Curating the Art Matters Festival

  Taliesin Herb & Ocean DeRouchie – Published January 17, 2017

  Art Matters, a Concordia-based festival that started in 2000, is a culmination of undergrad effort to organize several unique exhibitions throughout Montreal. Planning for the festival starts months in advance. A team of people from the artistic community, including Dean of Fine Arts Rebecca Duclos, selected this year’s student curators in October 2016,

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  A Celebration of Indigenous Artists

  Franca G. Mignacca – Published January 17, 2017

  Kramer, a first-time curator and Concordia graduate, organized the evening to showcase a wide range of Indigenous perspectives. The festival will feature predominantly performance art, but will also include music, visual art and short film screenings. Most of the artists are based in Montreal.
  “My background is more in contemporary dance so I wanted to bridge these mediums,” Kramer explained. With a variety of artists from different backgrounds, Kramer said that the work represents Canadian history from an Indigenous point of view.

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  Of Jagermeister and Root Beer: Igloofest Is Back

  Ocean DeRouchie – Published January 12, 2017

  Montreal winter is intense. The shrill cold can make you forget your humanity. t’s a season when going out on the weekend meant scrupulous calculations of the time exposed to the unforgiving wind between Mont-Royal metro and the doors of the bar.
  But that was then, and this is now. Now, we have Igloofest.

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  The Abstract of Love

  Franca G. Mignacca – Published January 10, 2017

  While feminism is a prominent subject in artist Alexa-Milena Piqué‘s art, she invites people of all identities and backgrounds to consider the universal messages it presents.

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  Floating Through Thanya Iyer’s Dreamy Musical World

  Ocean DeRouchie – Published January 10, 2017

  Bouncing in and out of each other’s lives since young-adulthood, the band has created a beautiful, intricate web of friendship and collaborative musical effort.