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Art in Travel: The Berlin Wall’s East Side Gallery is a vital, timeless message

Written on January 11, 2019. Posted in Arts, Visual.

The street art gallery on the East Side of the Berlin Wall is caught between being an Instagram hot spot and a haunting memory of a divided city. Standing about 1.3 kilometres long along the Spree River in Berlin, the East Side Gallery is a public art display of painted murals along the east side...

New art installation is more than just a garden

Written on September 11, 2018. Posted in Arts, Visual.

If you’re looking to play a game of cricket, avoid the new pitch nestled in between Mac-Corry and Ellis Hall. The two patches of greenery on a concrete courtyard is part of an art installation for Sarindar Dhaliwal’s PhD thesis. The piece uses plants and everyday objects to represent issues of immigration...

Froid’Art warms up the winter

Written on February 15, 2018. Posted in Arts.

Kingston’s coldest public art installation is back for its fourth consecutive year. Froid’Art is a series of 21 paintings frozen in ice blocks that stand in 18 different locations around the city. David Dossett, the owner of Kingston art gallery Martello Alley started the installation. Four years...

A completely uninformed tour of campus art

Written on January 19, 2018. Posted in Arts.

Whether you’re just beginning your time at Queen’s or preparing to graduate, you’ve probably felt the collective sigh that’s our campus’ public art installations. You don’t know what they mean and frankly, neither do we. However, next time you walk by, take a moment to admire these pieces scattered...

Street art as survival

Written on October 2, 2015. Posted in Arts.

Jerm IX, a street artist whose work decorates downtown Kingston, hopes he can help people truly see the environment around them — and not simply look at it. I first noticed his poetry this summer. Wandering down Princess St., I saw a white paper with black-stenciled writing plastered on an electricity...

Building a community

Written on February 7, 2014. Posted in Arts.

Artists have a responsibility to challenge and inspire people, and to engage communities in creative dialogue. That has been the goal behind the Kingston Temporary Public Art Project, which began in December and will continue until Feb. 15. “This is a City of Kingston initiative facilitated by the...

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Art in Travel: The Berlin Wall’s East Side Gallery is a vital, timeless message

New art installation is more than just a garden

Froid’Art warms up the winter

A completely uninformed tour of campus art

Street art as survival

Building a community

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