Winter Programming: Brightening Up Winter Through Art

February 16, 2022 Glodeane Brown

Outdoor light art installation at night. The strings of light are thin, purple and swirly, supported by tall metal truss columns and wire mesh. — Nordic Lights (part of Nordic Bridges). ‘Pressure’ by Hans E Madsen. Photo by Brian Medina.

As we navigated ongoing and rapidly changing public health restrictions over the past two years, including many closed indoor spaces and limits on indoor gatherings, outdoor activities have taken on greater importance.

Art Talks: Culture Fancier Interviews Susan Blight

December 11, 2020 Glodeane Brown

Earlier this year I interviewed two artists as part of the Art Talks series. The series was produced by Artifier and is in partnership with Artifier, Partial, and Culture Fancier.

From Athens to Ontario: Vandalism, Dissent & Social Protest

July 19, 2017 Glodeane Brown

In this post, I'm going to talk about two incidents that happened around the same time and have very different contexts, but both revolve around an act of vandalism. The first incident happened in Athens, Greece and the second was local to me, in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada.

Winter Stations 2017: Catalyst

March 15, 2017 Glodeane Brown

Inside Midwinter Fire. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design, University of Toronto

Once again, I visited the beach in March to view the Winter Stations exhibit. You can read about my 2016 visit here. Although the 2017 theme was Catalyst (converting one form or substance into another), last year's theme of Freeze/Thaw perfectly described the weather and what happened to my face and extremities on the afternoon of Sunday, March 5th.

My First Supercrawl: James Street Supercrawl 2016

September 14, 2016 Glodeane Brown

Super Instagrammy photo of the festival guide

I used to spend a lot of time in Hamilton in the early 2000’s (there was a boy). Since then, I’ve only visited the city very sporadically, usually for concerts at Copps Coliseum, (which has since been renamed and is now First Ontario Centre), and The Casbah, or for art events at places like The Cotton Factory.