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Arts and Culture Pitches! (Feb 28)
Arts and Culture Pitches!
Have a blast with these A&C pitches!
Hello peeps!
Alas, Reading Week has come and gone and the bliss of having "nothing" for a week somewhat gave us hope. Also, very weird to see the snow again. Sending good vibes to y'all who have more midterms even after Reading Week.
Here's some announcements for the week:
Elections Season™ is upon us so the office, including Katie and I, will be very busy for the next two weeks covering forums and editing and what-not. If y'all have any questions and/or need to chat in person, please shoot us an email as we might not be in the office if you wanted to pop by!
Job postings for our editor positions and head business unit position are up on our website! Emily, our Editor-in-Chief, gave a presentation before the break about the positions we'll be hiring for next year. If you have any questions about any of the positions, let Emily know via email ([email protected])!
Here are some funky fresh pitches from the both of us!
- Arthur :)
Contact Info (for taking pitches or overall questions)
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Email: [email protected]
Arthur's Office Hours (visit the office, 3rd floor SUB)
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Mon, Tue, Wed, Fri: 1-3pm
Illustration Pitches O_O
Submissions open to current
The Gateway
volunteers or any current student enrolled in the U of A. If you or anyone you know are interested in doing illustrations and are not signed up yet, let me know and I can loop y'all in the mailing list.
Submission requirements sent to Arthur ([email protected]), with Emily, our Editor-in-Chief, CC'ed ([email protected]):
rough draft/s
illustration title/s
brief explanation of the illustration/s
art portfolio and blurb about art experience, if you haven't submitted one to Arthur yet
Where:
posted around campus
When:
Next Gateway to Cinema on Mar 22, 6:30pm is
Here's a
with all the info you need to help you with the rough drafts.
Where:
published on our website
When:
Although our magazine run is cut short, we're currently building up a space on the site to house all your cool artworks. Submissions may include, but are not limited to, illustrations (traditional or digital) and comics. Here's an
from one of our volunteers from last month!
A&C Pitches for the Week :D
Exhibit Review: FAB Gallery: Know Thyself as a Virtual RealityFeb 21 to Mar 18FAB Gallery Ground floor and Second FloorKnow Thyself as a Virtual Reality explores what our personal data is made of, as well as its usage by us and others. Based on the Greek philosophical maxim Nosce te Ipsom, this exhibit is also a research project that started in 2019 as a series of interdisciplinary projects. The exhibition will also be hosting an opening reception on March 3, 7:00–9:00 p.m..
Published Dec 2022 by The University of Alberta PresEdited by Albert Braz and Paul D. Morris
The book explores the relationship between literature and nation-states and its effects on multinational and ethnocultural diversity. One of the editors, Albert BRaz, is the Professor Emeritus of Comparative Literature and English here at the U of A.
Mar 8, 7:30 p.m.Timms Centre for the Arts
The Centre for Literatures in Canada (CLC) is hosting their 17th annual Kreisel Lecture titled "Toward an Anti-Racist Poetics." This year's speaker is Wayde Compton, a multi-disciplinary writer, historian, editor, and current chair of Creative Writing at Douglas College. In his lecture, Compton will be talking about making space for diversity by removing universalism in lyric and avant-garde verse.
Event/Performance (Music) Review: SkirtsAfire FestivalMar 2-12Besides the mainstage production of Christine Lesiak's play The Space Between Stars at the Fringe Theatre, this 10-day event is a treasure trove of the local music scene, which is fun to see leading up to the JUNOs. Some of them even performed during SUBStage Sessions this year! Here are some of the upcoming performances:Late Night at The Gateway, Mar 3 (9-11pm), The Gateway Theatre, featuring Lise and PayphonesSONGS IN THE SANCTUARY, Mar 4 (7-8:30pm), Holy Trinity Church, featuring Maddie Storvold, ChandraTala Choir, Ariose Women’s Choir, and Cantabo Women’s EnsembleNIKÂWIY ᓂᑳᐃᐧᕀ, Mar 9 (7-8pm), The Gateway Theatre, featuring an ensemble of Indigenous women combining contemporary and traditional music, dance and storytelling while illustrating the relationship between motherhood and natureThe Key Of Me at Block 1912
Mar 4 (11am-1pm): Kayla Williams, Ariana Brophy supported by Lilli Chevrier, Shawna Caspi supported by Bernadette Gasslein
Mar 5 (11am-1pm): Bella November, Esther Forseth, Taylor Sim, Chelcea Short
JUNOFEST, Mar 10 (5:30-7pm): Lise, Kate Blechinger
Mar 11 (11am-1pm): Natalie Bee, Shannon Brown, Dara Schindelka
Interview Opportunity/Event Review: Can Art (Re-)Act?Mar 24 (7 pm) and Mar 25 (3:30 pm)Metro Cinema, Garneau TheatreWorks by Swiss‐German theatre and film director Milo Rau will be presented in this two-day event. Rau's documentary Milo Rau – In Search of William Tell will have its North American premiere on Mar 24. Then, The Congo Tribunal, his film about a six-day tribunal staged in 2015 in the Democratic Republicof the Congo and Berlin, will be screened on Mar 25.
Mar 8, 12-1:30 pmDIALOG Studio (Suite 100, 10237 104 St)
In honor of International Women's Day, DIALOG is hosting their annual event focusing on gendered realities in the way cities are built and the importance of allyship in urban design and STEM professions. Some notable speakers in the panel include Mayor Amarajeet Sohi and DIALOG Chair Antonio Gómez-Palacio.
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