If you’re anything like me – meaning not at all creative or knowledgeable about visual art – you’ve probably only ever heard of a handful of painters in your lifetime (that is, unless you got caught for doing something in […]
(Photo) Bob Hainstock, New Landscapes #170401, (The Rural-Urban Divide), Mixed Media on Rust Collagraph Print. Copyright: Bob Hainstock. Not to be copied without artist’s permission. The exhibition, “Emptying Landscapes: An Altered Place”, presents work by Nova Scotia artist Bob Hainstock. The artist […]
The Acadia Art Gallery opened in 1978, providing both students and public alike the opportunity to indulge in their artistic side. I recently had the opportunity to interview Hunter Gillis, who works for the gallery, and asked him a few […]
Here is an awkward social situation that I’ve personally encountered multiple times in the course of my adult dating career here at Acadia. I call this the ‘Dating Dilemma.’ This is the scenario: A nice boy from class […]
When you think of movies for car guys, you think of the Fast and Furious series, Smokey and the Bandit, some direct-to-T.V. thing about Steve McQueen. As you think of those movies, you also judge the people they represent. […]
Get ready get set it’s time to go fighting a battle but only you know Constantly watching never stopping Desperately wanting A new way out No reason to stay they all went away no one will pray or hear you shout […]
You can dwell Twisted in the dark, sinuous vines Of disappointment. It is easy To let them hold such Power over you. And it is hard To gain power over yourself. It is even harder To realize you always hold […]
I do not want to be so hollow, with a gaping hole between my lungs; I want to be the sun. I want to be the depths of the ocean, with the light of the sky shimmering through a rippling […]
The Twilight Series vs. Kody Crowell Stupid question, but what is art? I mean, okay, the Mona Lisa, we can agree that is art, yeah, cool. Art is also music and movies and stuff, so then it also includes The […]
Is all art equal? Consider the proposition: certain forms of art are superior to other forms of art. Consider Shakespeare, or Dickens, or James Joyce, whose crafts have all been well-proven against the tests of time. Then consider the current […]
Cards that read “Art is…” line the entrance of the Acadia University Art Gallery, with answers scrawled in colourful markers. The answers on these cards range from bold statements like “my life” to carefully drawn images, all created with the […]
To the Editor, Public art. Two words that are thrown around but never really thought about. You may be asking what relevance this has. You’re not wrong in doing so. After all, this article is titled “How to Beautify Acadia”, and don’t we already have […]
Did you know that Acadia University has an Art Gallery in the Beveridge Arts Center (BAC)? If you have not yet heard of the gallery or if you have not been there, I fully encourage you to visit and take […]