Courtesy of JR, this classic film shows the artist’s Women Are Heroes project in the Morro da Providencia flavela in Rio de Janiero, Brazil in 2008. JR’s intention in Women Are Heroes is to highlight the dignity of women who occupy crucial roles in societies, and find themselves victims of
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Continue readingcartoon life: Merle Tingly at Arts Project
Mark your calendars Sat Apr 26, 4-6pm meet Merle Tingley “Ting” himself! Now 92 Seth will talk about him. #tingfest pic.twitter.com/hxHjyuTySM — The ARTS Project (@theartsproject) April 10, 2014 There will be a small celebratory festival upcoming in London, a little TingFest. I posted a couple of things a few
Continue readingThings Are Good: Ducks: A Story About the Tar Sands
Kate Beaton of Hark a Vagrant fame once worked in the Alberta tar sands. She recently made a short comic about her time working there (which she did to pay off student debt) and it provides a wonderful human side to the tar sands narrative. Read the comic here.
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Continue readingcartoon life: Where can I find your free ebooks and stuff? Hmmm?
I can haz free cat books? I’m switching out stuff from Dropbox to Google Drive. The eight wallpapers I posted earlier have a new home, and all the free ebooks, cats and landscapes are also there. The 100 cats (nearly 150 cats only $0.99!) ebook is still at iTunes, along with
Continue readingezra winton: My second interview with the incredible George Littlechild
AAbove is a screen shot from the Art Threat site, which currently features my newest interview with an artist whose work is alive with history, heart and healing. I’ve been honoured and privileged to interview George Littlechild once before, and seized upon the opportunity for a follow-up on the heels
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Wellington and Woodland in Verdun.
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Wellington and Woodland in Verdun.
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Continue readingPostArctica: Mammoth Miners Memorial, Mammoth, Arizona
Came across this remarkable art in honour of dead miners. “The Mammoth Miners Memorial honors 55 miners who lost their lives over the years in the San Manuel, St. Anthony and Tiger mines. Along with a statue of a hard-rock miner and ore buckets, the memorial features a sculpture of
Continue readingPostArctica: Mammoth Miners Memorial, Mammoth, Arizona
Came across this remarkable art in honour of dead miners. “The Mammoth Miners Memorial honors 55 miners who lost their lives over the years in the San Manuel, St. Anthony and Tiger mines. Along with a statue of a hard-rock miner and ore buckets, the memorial features a sculpture of
Continue readingcartoon life: Sunlight on the bus seats
While on the bus to UWO, overhearing two young guys talking law, professors…where they want to practice…and of course bus service in London and why it sucks. Basically why it’s abysmal and a disincentive to stay in the city, how London is built around cars. Filed under: art
Continue readingcartoon life: A big mug of tea for a Saturday afternoon
Discovering that Paper is great for quick choices without a lot of forethought about how things are going to be done. Still, Procreate is vaster, subtler and with more options. I do like the brushes and layers. I wouldn’t ask, or ever expect Paper to go anywhere near those capabilities.
Continue readingPolitics, Re-Spun: Let’s Not Ban Books, Kamloops
Ban me? Burn me? Fear me? OK, Kamloops, take a cool soothing breath while I take a short break today to not talk about the rebooting of the Occupy Movement in 8 days. I know most of you in The Loops are doing just fine and that most of you
Continue readingcartoon life: The waiting room
Our health care system has stylish, comfortable chairs. Filed under: art, digital, drawing Tagged: chair, waiting
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