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For those feeling the urge to move beyond the framed IKEA prints, Globe Studios is hosting an Art Show and Open House featuring resident and visiting artists on Friday, November 27th from 1600hrs to 2100hrs and on Saturday, November 28th from 1100hrs to 1600hrs. It's a good opportunity to check out what local artists are doing and to see the conversion of a former children's shoe factory into space for the arts. I have gone to a couple of previous open houses and found it worthwhile.
Globe Studios are located at 141 Whitney Place, right at the end of Cedar St S in Kitchener.
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Gallery M has an exhibit on until January, with many pieces (paintings, ceramics, sculpture) available for purchase: http://gallerymgalt.ca/product-category/...exhibition
Art District Gallery in the downtown has an exhibit opening on December 3rd: http://www.artdistrictgallery.org
UWAG is currently showing some films by Jillian McDonald until December 19th: http://uwag.uwaterloo.ca/two-s06
I think Open Sesame at city hall has something going on...they're a little art shop/gallery/space. I'm not sure though.
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(10-21-2015, 12:56 PM)Markster Wrote: Whelp, looks like the Prime Minister Statue project is on the rocks again.
WLU senate wants university to cancel controversial statue project
Quote: A controversial, privately-funded statue project was opposed at a Laurier senate meeting on Tuesday where an overwhelming majority voted to recommend cancelling it.
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His "Stop the Statue Project" online petition has gathered 810 signatures since it was created in July, a few weeks after the first bronze statue of Sir John A. Macdonald was installed on campus.
The decision to host the statues was made by the board in June.
The statues have been heavily criticized for their lack of diversity.
Finn said a "pointed reading" of the statues could imply that the university celebrates white, male leaders and not inclusivity.
Too partisan for Victoria Park, too white and male for Laurier...
... and it's now officially cancelled: the university's board of governors reversed its decision so there will be no more PM statues at Laurier. Not clear what will happen to the statue of John A. MacDonald, which has already been installed.
http://www.therecord.com/news-story/6306...e-project/
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I volunteer to have these displayed in my yard
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Maybe they should be scattered around. You'd think Laurier would at least take a statue of Laurier, even if he is a DWM. And Woodside is the obvious site for a statue of King.
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Don't they have some sort of Uptown walk or something? They could place the statues at points along the walk in the order that they served.
BTW, what's so objectionable about having statues of our Prime Ministers? I know they aren't exactly representative of Canadian diversity, but surely being Prime Minister is notable enough to warrant commemoration of some sort without it being overly partisan or anything.
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(02-14-2016, 09:39 PM)jamincan Wrote: Don't they have some sort of Uptown walk or something? They could place the statues at points along the walk in the order that they served.
BTW, what's so objectionable about having statues of our Prime Ministers? I know they aren't exactly representative of Canadian diversity, but surely being Prime Minister is notable enough to warrant commemoration of some sort without it being overly partisan or anything.
It's all about feeling hollier-than-thou and slacktivism. The net impact on the real world and actual injustices against minorities and natives is zero, but it makes professors and righteous students feel good so, here we are.
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(02-14-2016, 10:56 PM)BuildingScout Wrote: (02-14-2016, 09:39 PM)jamincan Wrote: Don't they have some sort of Uptown walk or something? They could place the statues at points along the walk in the order that they served.
BTW, what's so objectionable about having statues of our Prime Ministers? I know they aren't exactly representative of Canadian diversity, but surely being Prime Minister is notable enough to warrant commemoration of some sort without it being overly partisan or anything.
It's all about feeling hollier-than-thou and slacktivism. The net impact on the real world and actual injustices against minorities and natives is zero, but it makes professors and righteous students feel good so, here we are.
Budapest has Heroes' Square with past Hungarian kings and it even survived the communist years. But I doubt KW would ever consider something like this even on a smaller scale. It could be interesting though...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C5%91s%C...Square.jpg
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(02-14-2016, 11:02 PM)jgsz Wrote: Budapest has Heroes' Square with past Hungarian kings and it even survived the communist years. But I doubt KW would ever consider something like this even on a smaller scale. It could be interesting though...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C5%91s%C...Square.jpg
Constructed in the late 1800s, when no one objected to such things.
Not to mention that back then no government would even ask the people for their opinion on such a project.
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(02-14-2016, 10:56 PM)BuildingScout Wrote: It's all about feeling hollier-than-thou and slacktivism. The net impact on the real world and actual injustices against minorities and natives is zero, but it makes professors and righteous students feel good so, here we are.
And it's not like art means anything, anyway. Right?
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(02-14-2016, 11:50 PM)tomh009 Wrote: Constructed in the late 1800s, when no one objected to such things.
Not to mention that back then no government would even ask the people for their opinion on such a project.
If 'the people' were asked their opinion on any such project nothing would every get built. Yes, that's an elitist attitude but is it wrong?
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(02-15-2016, 03:09 AM)mpd618 Wrote: (02-14-2016, 10:56 PM)BuildingScout Wrote: It's all about feeling hollier-than-thou and slacktivism. The net impact on the real world and actual injustices against minorities and natives is zero, but it makes professors and righteous students feel good so, here we are.
And it's not like art means anything, anyway. Right?
This could have been a teachable moment, where each statue is accompanied by a plaque describing the most notable actions (good and bad) from each PM, putting them in their proper historical context. That's what an institution committed to learning should have done.
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I think they should just buy their own plot of land, they seem to have raised a lot of money already.
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(02-15-2016, 11:36 AM)clasher Wrote: I think they should just buy their own plot of land, they seem to have raised a lot of money already.
Buy a small lot or two, make a small park with statues, donate it to the city. Done!
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(02-15-2016, 11:39 AM)tomh009 Wrote: Buy a small lot or two, make a small park with statues, donate it to the city. Done!
The City doesn't have to accept a donation like that, does it? I mean, it's offensive!
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