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Finding Sacred Shapes

Healer, storyteller and wandering mystic Ari Lazer sees the world in shapes.

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Spotlight on the Arts 2012: Barbara West

As lead-up to the Mayor’’s Spotlight on the Arts, several young Canmore writers are writing about the artists being recognized this year. Barbara West: Making Meaning By Heather Walter “”I’’m not getting any younger and I have something to say and I want to say it. And I plan to say it through art.”” After many years as a career businesswoman,…

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Spotlight on the Arts: Lori Reid

As lead-up to the Mayor’s Spotlight on the Arts, several young Canmore writers are writing about the artists being recognized this year. Their articles will be featured here over the next few weeks. Local writer, Heather Walter, is serving as mentor for the project. Singer/Songwriter Lori Reid by Siobhan Mellors “It’s who I am. I have to do this or I…

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Jumpstart Creativity Tour Craft Evening

Here in the Bow Valley we have a diverse group of artists, artisans, crafters, and writers. Our beautiful outdoor spaces provide tons of inspiration and there are many opportunities to create or to take part in the creations of others. I was recently contacted by Jess Greene, from Massachusetts, who runs a website called Seek Your Course, where teachers of art…

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Learning the Zen of Paper and Pen

Zentangle is not what you’re thinking (a bunch of Bow Valley yoga instructors playing “Twister,”right?). Nice try, though. Zentangle is a relatively new art form that is considered by its practitioners to be an “artistic meditation.” Using simple dots, lines, patterns and a little imagination, even self-declared “left-brainers” can create beautiful drawings like the one below. It’s easy to learn, highly addictive,…

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Living in the Moment

It is a new year, and I have been thinking about things I hope to accomplish this year. Recently, during a friend’’s surprise birthday party, I was struck by a bumper sticker on the wall at Nourish Bistro in Banff that was reminding readers to live in the moment. A simple phrase, yet a goal I continually aim for with varying success….

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The Art of Snail Mail: Making the Internet Obsolete

What is Mail Art? Started in the mid-1950s by NYC painter, Ray Johnson, Mail Art is a collaborative activity that allows participants to create a piece of art and then to freely share that art with someone else, hoping that they will in turn do the same. Johnson started sending small collages to people on his mailing list and he…

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Spotlight on the Arts: Dana Roman

By Rachelle Rice With a personality every bit as vibrant as her artwork, Dana Roman has a certain something that makes her sparkle and can’t help but bring a smile to your face. Looking at her paintings and silk creations you can clearly see Dana and the beautiful stories her work crafts in every pattern and colour. Before her business…

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Banff Becomes This Gypsy Girl

In her first post for our Art + Soul department, local photographer and artist, Tiffany Teske, takes the opportunity to introduce herself. You may recognize a bit of yourself in the story of what drew Tiffany to the Bow Valley and the life she has discovered here. -Highline “So, what do you think?” my husband asked me. He had just…

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