Arts Archive: 2015

2 years 7 months ago

Impressed with Theatre of the Unimpressed

It may have slipped your notice, but Canadian theatre is in dire straits.Continue...

2 years 7 months ago

Sculptures scattered on campus

There are many things about this campus that make me fall in love with it over and over again.Continue...

2 years 7 months ago

Blackbird puts spotlight on audience

Blackbird provides a powerful outlook on the human condition.Continue...

2 years 7 months ago

Rembrandt comes to Queen’s

On Dec. 1, Principal Daniel Woolf announced that the Agnes Etherington Art Centre has received another Rembrandt painting to add to the Bader Collection.Continue...

Martello Alley is a new open-air gallery.

2 years 7 months ago

The new gallery on the block

Gallery owner David Dossett wants his new open-air gallery, Martello Alley, to be an experience his father would have loved.Continue...

Mackenzie Higgins’ series of six paintings about domestic violence.

2 years 7 months ago

Social issues on canvas

Aspiring arts conservationist Mackenzie Higgins, BFA ’17, uses realistic painting to speak out about social issues that are important to her.Continue...

2 years 7 months ago

“Little free libraries” pop up in Kingston

If you aren’t feeling up to a trip to your local library, the Little Free Libraries project may be just what you need.Continue...

2 years 7 months ago

A crafty affair

The Queen’s Campus Craft Fair has returned to campus for its second year to exhibit beautiful handmade crafts fashioned by Queen’s students and local Kingstonians.Continue...

The Bollywood Masala Orchestra and Dancers of India performed to a full house at The Grand Theatre on Wednesday night.

2 years 7 months ago

Spirit of India comes to Kingston

With stunning moves and jaw-dropping feats, Bollywood Masala Orchestra and Dancers of India brought the rich dancing culture of India to downtown Kingston.Continue...

Workshop facilitator and artist Eric Voice.

2 years 7 months ago

Sharing grandfather teachings through art

Honesty, humility, love, wisdom, bravery, respect, and truth — these are the seven grandfather teachings that guide the conscience of the First Nations people.Continue...

2 years 8 months ago

Slam poet hopes to write “great Canadian novel”

With words as vibrant as her red hair, student poet Olivia Dumas, ArtSci ’18, has had a lifelong devotion to verse.Continue...

2 years 8 months ago

Agnes focuses on portraits

Selfies, grad portraits, insta-snaps — it seems that portraits are everywhere, and the Agnes Centre is capitalizing on this rising interest in portraiture and its role in the art world.Continue...

Actors Keli Jay (left) and Sydney Kowal at a dress rehearsal for Queen’s Students on Broadway’s fall show Sex, Drugs, and a Proper Education.

2 years 8 months ago

Fall show falls short

Cliché, awkward and stagnant would have been a more fitting title for Queen’s Students on Broadway’s fall show Sex, Drugs, and a Proper Education.Continue...

The exhibition by the Organization of Kingston Women Artists at Tett Centre.

2 years 8 months ago

A showcase of female artistry

Kingston’s all-female artist organization is showcasing their biggest exhibition yet at the Tett Centre.Continue...

2 years 8 months ago

UNICEF at the Brooklyn

The Brooklyn hosted a UNICEF Queen’s event called “No Beat Too Far” this Wednesday.Continue...

2 years 8 months ago

Queen’s Players pack in laughter, live music and alcohol

Booze, laughs and rock n’ roll has been the mantra of Queen’s Players since their incarnation in the early 1900s, and their fall show was no exception.Continue...