Art
Dalstrology: What’s your superpower?
Libra (September 23 – October 22) “Adaptability” In any social situation you find yourself in, you’re always up for adventure. You love the company of your family, friends and peers, and don’t mind jumping from one party to another. Regardless of how busy your schedule is, you’re always able to squeeze things in here and…
Read MoreArt Talk: Reality show draws in Artists with unique canvas’
Painting a naked body; sounds ludicrous, right? Wrong. It’s actually a beautiful and challenging artform. The Game Show Network has a television series called Skin Wars that’s now available on Netflix. It’s like a typical competition reality show, but instead of singing or dancing, contestants paint a naked model. Each episode contains two challenges: the…
Read MoreHalifax Colour Festival celebrates on campus for third time
Halifax Colour Festival is an event based on one of the major festivals of south Asia named HOLI. The message for this festival: spread love and joy. This is the fourth annual Colour Festival since the Dalhousie Gujarati Students Association started it in 2014, originally called Rang Barse and switched to Halifax Colour Festival in…
Read MoreFemale artists stealing the show at Dalhousie Art Gallery
On display this fall at the Dalhousie Art Gallery are three exhibitions featuring the work of female artists from near and far away. And Yet We Still Remain … by Lisa Hirmer, Stitched Stories: The Family Quilts by Shauntay Grant, and The Dress: Mayann Francis and the Call to Serve featuring a selection of clothes worn by Mayann Francis, Lieutenant…
Read MoreRe(-)solving: Math Jam makes space for feelings and failure
Many people, young and old, find math difficult—that is if they haven’t already disavowed the subject all together. Nick Dourado is an exquisite performer and instrumentalist, and he’s also a graduate of engineering and ocean physics programs from Dalhousie University. His month-long residency, Harmonic Spaces, at the Khyber Centre for the Arts, focused on alternative…
Read MoreCoping with comics
It’s August 2015. Mollie Cronin sits at her desk, fingers tapping and eyes glazing over, while waiting for something to load – she reaches for a pen and a piece. She starts to doodle. An angry little person with one fist raised erupts onto the page – this is Cronin’s first comic. Suddenly, Cronin cannot…
Read MoreCultivating culture while cruising Europe
Recently, I presented papers at the Sixteenth Century Studies Society’s conference in Belgium, and the British Shakespeare Association’s (BSA) Conference in England. My working vacation lasted a wonderful four weeks, across six countries. First, I presented my paper in Bruges, Belgium. Although most conferences take place in one building, this conference – more than 1000…
Read More5 best places to toss your cookies in HFX
Sometimes, you just got to toss your cookies. [Image of tossing cookies] No, not that type of tossing. The other type. It might be after a long night at Cheers. It might be the result of eating some bad donair. Who knows? Who cares (I certainly do not). But you just need to hurl. Where’s…
Read MoreSexual frustration
Talking bodies
Many art work implicate lust, desire, and want. Jean-Honore Fragonard’s painting “The Swing” perfectly exemplifies sexual tension, lust, want, temptation, and voyeurism. In this 18th century masterpiece, an older man pushes a young woman on a swing while a young man hides in the bushes below to catch a glimpse up her skirt as she…
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