a life in three minutes

“We tell stories in order to live.” Joan Didion  On March 30th, over 70 people squished into the Stollery Gallery to see Brief & Bracing, digital stories from the Nina. We thank the Edmonton Community Foundation for its generous support of this...

new voices hit all the right notes

  Angela Trudel performs I’m Done Packing, written by Amber Strong (on piano)   For artists and audience alike, March 3 was a magical night at the ATB Arts Barns.  ATB Financial presented New Voices – six original songs composed and performed by artists from...

red carpet affair for the Ninas

Last year, the Nina Haggerty Centre for the Arts launched Edmonton’s newest arts awards, the Ninas,  to recognize deserving artists from the Nina Collective in the categories of Create, Connect, Changed Lives and Stantec Artist of the Year.  Jamie...

dreaming…

What are you dreaming about?  As the days are getting noticeably shorter, that first snow and winter cannot be far behind.  At this is the time of year, I start dreaming of a winter escape…sunshine, palm trees and balmy weather.  If this is...

on the road with Leona

Finally, the day had arrived!  September 22 – the road trip to Grande Prairie.  Van loaded, Rona Fraser, Leona Clawson and I were ready to embark on another Nina adventure.  Leona’s exhibition, Wooooodland, was being...