Fav quote from JL: “People remember actors’ names, they remember directors’ names. But can you name three famous technical directors? Three famous lighting designers? No, I can’t answer that at all. But you have to have these people backstage in order to make the show happen, to make the show good.”
Yellow paper sign on an outdoor post reads: "At night in your dreams, do you find yourself wandering the Skeleton Park/Inner Harbour area? Do you get lost in the Fruit Belt? Do you dream about your neighbours? Do they dream about you? I'm writing a sequel to my Dream Diary article for vol. 18 of the Skeleton Press! I'm looking for stories about dreams — interesting, significant, or mundane ones — pleasant dreams or nightmares — from people who live or have lived in the neighbourhood. If you have something to share, send an email or voice note: lucid.skeletons@gmail.com Contributions can be anonymous or credited."
Speaking of what I've been writing, I'm still open to dream stories from Skeleton Park/Inner Harbour neighbours (and former residents)! Details in the alt text.
I keep forgetting to post my writing here! Had a lovely and informative chat with Jerall Li about lighting design and mentorship in #ygk arts. Read it on the Kingston Theatre Alliance blog: kingstontheatre.ca/you-have-to-...
No Ontario election voter information card yet?🥺
You can still vote! 🥳
You must bring one piece of ID showing both your name and home address to register and receive a ballot. 🗳️
Duke Orsino, calling from inside a fitting room, wearing a size S shirt that's too big for him: "give me XS of it"
Two freshly-printed greeting cards sit on Union Gallery's Wandering Art Station next to two tubs of pink and green ink. The card on the left features a green print of a stair ladder with googly eyes and bushy eyebrows wearing a party hat next to a disco ball (his name is Eugene, after UG, and we love him). The card on the right features a pink print of a happy flower being watered by watering can, with the text "THANK YOU" written below.
on a related note, I love my day job! I get to tell people my silly ideas, and then they take those ideas and make them into silly + beautiful things 🪩🪜🌻🚿
(lino designs by @magpieprintshop.bsky.social + @wedderspoon.bsky.social for @uniongallery.bsky.social's fundraiser this weekend)
I bet somebody had fun coming up with these names 😎 ✨️or, uh, I mean, ~CURATING~
We must give people dreams instead of just resistance. Resistance is a survival state. Dreams are aspirational and that motivation drives revolution; they are the fuel for the amazing potential we all have to build a world that doesn't require you to survive, but rather to thrive!
If you are ever wondering what is going through my head at any given moment.....it is probably this youtu.be/HPPqOHay8fM?...
Slide 1: Red screenprinted banner that reads Liberation for All, with an olive branch within a Palestine sunbird. At the bottom on a olive green band in white text it reads Artists for Liberation, recap of January 27 demonstration
Slide 2: LAST NIGHT - JANUARY 27, 2025. The City of Kingston knew that a small group of local artists were planning a peaceful demonstration at the Mayor's Arts Awards at City Hall. The City knew some of these artists very well, in fact, and had worked with them in the past. Their response? Increased security, 2 police vans, and an RCMP vehicle at an event attended by members of multiple marginalized communities.
Slide 3: Artists for Liberation is a group of local artists and community members who gathered together with a collective ambition to address the ongoing genocide taking place in Palestine. Because Mayor Bryan Paterson and City stakeholders would be present at this year's Mayor's Arts Awards, we knew this would be an impactful platform to share our direct message. It was our intention to both celebrate the achievements of the artists receiving the awards as well as demand that Paterson make actionable steps to call for a permanent ceasefire. Celebrating the local arts community and fighting for rights of others are not mutually exclusive to one another.
Slide 4: On Sunday January 26, we were informed that our demonstration plans had been compromised: that the Mayor's Arts Awards team and City staff had seen our plans and knew exactly what we intended to do for our peaceful demonstration; we would rise from the crowd, stand along the walls of the room, and recite a speech. In a phone call with an Artists for Liberation member, an MAA organizer claimed, after speaking to the MAA Recipients about our plans, that our demonstration would make the marginalized MAA Recipients and attendees feel targeted, and that MAA recipients already felt "uncomfortable" and "wary of attending". Through our own connections, we know that this was not true, as the Recipients either did not know about our demonstration at all, or were already in support of our demonstration plan. The MAA team member advised us they would internally assess the risk to Recipients, which ultimately resulted in more security and police presence at the event. We now ask: how does bringing the police - an institution that historically and continuously harms marginalized communities - make the MAA Recipients and attendees feel more safe?
Read our statement about our peaceful demonstration at the Mayor's Arts Awards @cityofkingston.bsky.social January 27th, 2025
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Slide 5: Liberation for All pinnie safety pinned to a member of the Artists for Liberation. They are wearing a puffy black winter jacket and hold up a peace sign with their hand.
Slide 6: We are disappointed in Bryan Paterson for exiting the building, knowing we were going to ask for him to take accountability for his inaction. We are disappointed in the City for inviting the Police to a peaceful demonstration they knew every detail about. This gross overreaction proves that art that aligns with the personal comfort of City Stakeholders is priority. We affirm that art is a powerful vehicle for social justice, both on a local and global level. We dream of an arts community that is centred around decolonial, queer, anti-racist, and liberatory art-making practices. No one is free while others are oppressed.
Slide 7: Call for Action: Join us in addressing Mayor Bryan Paterson and demanding that he call for an immediate and permanent ceasefire. Mayor of Kingston - Bryan Paterson, Email: mayor@cityofkingston.ca, Phone: 613-546-4291 ext. 1400, Social media: @mayorpaterson
Read our statement about our peaceful demonstration at the Mayor's Arts Awards @cityofkingston.bsky.social January 27th, 2025
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📣📣📣 Calling all SGPS members at Queen’s!
Please vote YES to continue CFRC’s optional student fee on January 29th and 30th!!!
I guess I'm posting writing things here now!
In December, I sat down with some Katarokwi/Kingston-area theatre artists to chat about their upcoming projects. Here's the latest article in the series for the Kingston Theatre Alliance blog: kingstontheatre.ca/the-triumpha...
Union Gallery and the Alma Mater Society Commission for Environmental Sustainability present a free-for-all Art Supply Swap on Wednesday, Januar 29 @ Union Gallery, 5pm-7pm. Free and open to all! The poster image includes a photo of some colourful collage supply materials (materials by Grace Dixon, photo by Viara Mileva) and a cute orange outline doodle of a paper airplane.
Hello friends in Katarokwi-Kingston! Do you have art supplies sitting around unused/unloved/neglected? Come to the gallery tomorrow and find them a new home in the community!
It’s a Free-For-All Art Supply Swap at Union Gallery with the AMS Commission of Environmental Sustainability 🎨🧵🖇🖌✂️
the pickles!!
