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The streets of Philadelphia
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Continue readingRob Maguire: Jazz Festival campaign wins marketing award
Last night in Saskatoon, Tourism Saskatchewan held their annual Awards of Excellence Gala, where the Saskatchewan Jazz Festival was in the running for the Online Marketing Campaign of the Year Award. After consuming the plates of chocolates and ground cherries adorning our table (how I do love ground cherries!), we were pleased to learn that […]
Continue readingRob Maguire: Debating art and ethics in the National Post
I was recently invited to participate in an installment of the National Post’s Culture Club. Described as a “Boy George-free effort to bring the water cooler experience online,” the project gathers arts and entertainment critics to discuss topical cultural issues. In a bid to encourage debate about art and ethics, OCAD recently invited artist Adel […]
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hold my hand (City Hall Art Gallery)
Date: 2010-11-30, 11:59AM EST
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December, Saturday 4 & Sunday 5
I invite you to meet me in a public space and hold my hand.
We will sit in City Hall Art Gallery and hold hands for 10 minutes (all details negotiated based on our mutual needs).
Jess
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Continue readingFive of Five: Batman and the Birth of Venus
Isabel Samaras is my latest guilty pleasure artist. It hits my spot because I love both pop art and classical art. This Batman and Robin piece works in so many ways.And then there was this homage to Bouguereau and all those birth of Venus paintings, us…
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Inhale thick smoke in a pensive positionAnd gaze unabashedly at skies overhead, wonderingAs I always do, without censor, at the originsSome nights my view is clear, others it is foggyAnd when it’s clear so much is explained, in thatPainstakingly instru…
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Continue readingRob Maguire: Marketing lies, beauty, and the Maple Leafs
YouTube is chock full of spoof ads, most of them awful. This morning I watched one that was surprisingly well made, if not particularly clever. The ad was a Toronto Maple Leafs-themed spoof on another Hogtown creation, the award-winning Dove Evolution video that drew attention to the deceptive beauty of the fashion industry. Around the […]
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