By michael | Published:
21 October 2009
The weekend of October 17-18, 2009 was the last weekend of Doors Open events in Ontario. The boys and I decided to visit the small town of Smithville, which is a small farming community on the upper plateau of the Niagara Escarpment, about 12 kilometers south of Grimsby. In Smithville among the open sites were the Smithville Train Station and the Smithville Presbyterian Church.
By michael | Published:
14 October 2009
To attract crowds to the Supercrawl (which it sounds like they were successful in doing) live music became the main attraction. Overall, this made it less of an art-focused event.
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By michael | Published:
9 October 2009
People who are accosted to participate in an art happening during events like Nuit Blanche may be reluctant to do so unless they are assured of a few things: that they will not be too embarrassed by the experience, that they will probably have some fun, and that there is some tangible award for participating (although this reward need not be substantial).
By michael | Published:
5 October 2009
It is the density of crowds that makes Nuit Blanche a worthwhile event, almost regardless of what is exhibited in the galleries. The event attracts crowd-lovers and repels crowd-haters. The crowds are diverse in age, but the physicality of the event tends to favour the young.
By michael | Published:
18 September 2009
Art crawls provides not only a means to revitalize a city but also provide glimpses of alternative lifestyles. One group found at the Art Crawl are young people trying to establish identities as artists or designers, or to flirt with the possibility of creative, possibly unconventional lifestyles. In larger cities, with well-established cultural industries, the sight of such young people are commonplace. In Hamilton, they are a new development.
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