#David Johanson

[pinballforever]

The Ramones at CBGB. Credit ramonesmuseum

[framerate24]

How To Kill Production Value: Freejack (1992)

Production value isn’t something most people think about when watching a movie, though it’s there, and it’s crucial. In this instance I’m referring to vehicles though the same thing can be said about other aspects of production, such as locations, buildings, clothing and physical props. I happened to be watching Freejack, a somewhat cheezy movie revolving around a race car driver, Alex Furlong…

[warhead]

[o-the-mts]

2022 Year in Review: Favorite Songs

2022 Year in Review: Favorite Songs

Following up on my Song of the Week posts all year long, below are my 20 favorite songs of 2022! If that’s not enough, check out the Tidal and Spotify playlists with 51 smashing songs of the year. https://listen.tidal.com/playlist/3851ab49-6894-419d-94f4-30f391cab05f   The songs are arranged alphabetically with only one song per artist! “Blue is the Eye” by Ye Vagabonds “Cheetah” by Jay-Jay…

[sorrythatsjustmyface]

This might be an unpopular opinion, but Black Widow is my favorite Marvel movie. And I feel like we were robbed of a Black Widow trilogy. The plus side to only having one Black Widow film late in the MCU is its cast. Scarlett Johanson, Florence Pugh, Rachel Weisz, and David Harbour are all amazing, and I love their dynamic as a family of spies. I wish we saw more of that played out among a couple more films.

[deadbydangit]

Hey how's it going? I would like to request one where the survivors/killers comfort the chubby reader who is feeling insecure about their body. It could be with David, Jeff, Joey and Evan

Yes, I can do that. In the future, three characters max please. Please enjoy. I'm going to change it to just be insecure about their body so I have more to write.

With a Reader who is Insecure about their Body

David, Jeff, Joey (Legion), Trapper

David King

Body insecurity is something he has never understood.

Then again, insecurity is something he's never understood.

David is a very confident individual.

Not to mention he has the body of a god.

So, he's never had issues with his body image.

So when he hears how you've been feeling, he's very confused.

"What do ya mean you don't like the way you look? You're the sexiest thing on the damned planet."

Aside from not being able to make a tasteful compliment.

He really means it.

And seeing you hate yourself for something he finds so amazing hurts him so much.

Anytime he sees you looking in the mirror he'll go out of his way to compliment you.

Even if they aren't the most appropriate.

He's not always the best with words.

"Damn, that ass in those jeans. Can't get enough of it baby."

He'll even cat-call you from afar while others are listening.

It's really embarrassing.

But he won't stop unless you tell him to.

It's just his way of trying to make you feel better.

If you really want to better yourself, he will help you with the things he can do.

He may not know a whole lot about weight loss or building muscle, but he knows people who do.

And he will sit down for hours and pick their brain to come up with a safe and effective exercise plan to help you.

He'll also ask them a lot of dumb questions.

"So, what's a carb again?"

"Wait, so if fruits have sugar, aren't they bad?"

But eventually, he'll get all the information.

And he will go out of his way to help you.

He'll encourage you through the whole thing.

He'll even write down all your goals and help you keep track of them.

Make sure you write down your goals too, because you won't be able to read his handwriting.

He's so proud of you and he tells you every time you're done with a workout.

And he'll remind you everyday how beautiful you are.

Jeff Johanson

Believe it or not, Jeff is very insecure about himself as well.

He knows he's on the heavier side.

And the scar on his face adds to his lack of confidence.

So when you mention you're feeling self-conscious about your body, he won't tell you to forget those thoughts or tell you how silly you're acting.

He refuses to gloss over your feelings of sadness by simply giving you compliments that won't help.

He'll acknowledge them.

"Love, you are human, and that's normal."

He'll tell you all about his own insecurities and how he has battled with them.

He will then point to every part of your body and tell you why and how much he loves it.

He could spend hours doing this.

It's so sweet and poetic.

He might even start crying because he genuinely means every word he's saying.

But also because the thought of you hurting so badly and hating yourself makes him feel like a failure of a partner.

He wasn't there when you needed him.

He knows he's not in the best of shape, so, if you're really serious about this journey to better yourself, he's going on it with you.

If you're going on a diet, so is he.

He may not know a whole lot about weight loss, so he'll ask people who do.

And he will create a perfect diet and exercise regimen for you both.

And you won't ever feel discouraged.

Even when it feels like you aren't making progress, Jeff will be there to remind you how strong and brave you are.

And how proud he is of you.

If anyone dares make fun of you while you're working out, Jeff will confront them.

"You're making fun of s/o, but they're clearly trying to better themselves. And that's more than I can say about you right now. You should be ashamed of yourself."

And he'll leave it at that.

After, those same people will be cheering you on.

Every milestone you reach he's sure to tell you how impressed he is.

And he'll also tell you how much he loves you every time.

Joey (Legion)

Joey doesn't catch on to things very fast.

You could be eating less or looking at yourself in the mirror more and he won't really think much of it.

It's only one you make a verbal comment on how much you dislike your body does he spring into action.

The first time you said something hateful about yourself his eyes nearly bulged out of his head in shock.

Joey's never really had body image problems.

The mask is just part of his identity, not him hiding himself.

At least, that's what he's forced himself to think.

The more you talk poorly about yourself the harder it is for him to sit still.

So, in order to help boost your confidence, he'll take his mask off in public.

Yes, he does feel uncomfortable without it.

He also needs someone to teach him how to shave better.

But he is proving his point.

If he can be confident with his flaws, then so should you.

If you really want to better yourself, he will help.

He doesn't really think about asking somebody how to formulate a workout that works for you.

To him, you run and you lose weight, right?

That's not how it works.

Eventually someone more knowledgeable will step in and help you two out.

He'll work out with you, cheering you on every step of the way.

Seeing you getting better shape has inspired him to do the same.

It has also inspired the entire Legion to do the same.

So now all of you work out together.

Now that you are feeling more confident in yourself with your body, you can help him find somebody to teach him how to shave properly.

Trapper

Evan is very observant.

He most definitely notices when you stop eating so much or when you look in the mirror more.

But he won't ask you unless he notices something serious.

He figures this is your private business.

And, even though you're in a relationship, you're still entitled to your own private thoughts.

It wasn't until you said something about yourself that he intervened.

He was so angry to hear you say such things that he will pick up whatever he's holding and slam it on the floor.

He isn't angry with you.

He's more upset with himself.

He should have said something sooner when he noticed.

He feels like a failure, that he wasn't there for you and your time of need.

But he will not let you talk about yourself like that.

Anytime you begin to speak that way of yourself he will stop you.

He will then proceed to aggressively compliment you.

It would almost be scary if he wasn't trying to make you feel better.

"You have the most amazing eyes, and I'll kill anyone who says otherwise."

Evan himself is not insecure about how he looks.

He sees the spikes through his body as more of an inconvenience than an insecurity.

And his mask as a tool to scare survivors.

Even so, he remembers a time when they did bother him that way.

And he had to deal with it all by himself.

He isn't going to let you deal with this on your own.

If you want to better yourself he will support you.

As long as you do so in a healthy way he doesn't care how it's done.

He just doesn't want to see you hurt yourself trying.

If you try anything like that he will stop you.

It's just because he loves you so much.

[thekylemeredith]

Tonight I'm hanging with Hamish Linklater to talk about his portrayal of Abraham Lincoln in Apple TV's #Manhunt!

David Wax Museum and Good Looks will also be dropping in & you'll hear favorites from Neil Young, Kirsty MacColl, The Smiths, Scarlett Johanson, etc

6p Et on 91.9 WFPK

[aryburn-trains]

19700405 02 Al Johanson on Corn Belt Rocket by David Wilson Via Flickr: As passenger trains were rapidly disappearing we rode the Rock Island Corn Belt Rocket to Omaha and returned the next day on what was left of the California Zephyr. April 5, 1970

[guardians-of-iselda]

It’s a new day, which means new discourse, this time about Disney’s latest announcement: the live-action remake of one of my personal favorite films, Lilo & Stitch.

Of course, my first reaction was “why would you remake a movie that’s functionally perfect”, but then I thought about it. In much the same way as on paper I hate the fact that Disney is also remaking Moana, I really don’t think it’s fair to deny the opportunity for big screen representation to Pacific Islander and with Lilo, specifically Hawaiian kids to see themselves, or Hawaian actors to star in potentially career making projects.

Which leads into the actual discourse, which is of course, the colorist casting. Now, I don’t need to bore you with my background; let’s just say that as someone who isn’t Hawaian, it’s not my place to tell Hawaians how to feel about having a mixed race, light skin actress cast into the role of Nani, a very visibly brown, native Hawaian character, for who a large part of the plot revolves around her being discriminated against, for being visibly brown and Native Hawaian. The same accusations are levied against the casting of David’s actor, though to a much lesser degree.

What I took issue with however, was this one specific line of argument which was as follows: when will we start blaming the actors who take these roles because they should know not to even audition for them.

Like…. What?

Why should a Hawaian actress, who is the right age and ethnicity for the character, and presumably has the acting abilities to even be cast in the first place, not audition for one of the most prominent Hawaian roles in the world honestly, just because some Twitter randos think she’s too pale? This isn’t a situation where Scarlet Johanson is playing Major Motoko Kusanagi, this is a Hawaian actress playing a Hawaian character.

Why should we blame an actress from a marginalized group, who already has such little representation in mainstream media, for wanting to be a part of a potentially star-making project, and missing out on an opportunity that may never come again? It’s ridiculous!

Colorism is real, but it’s not on the actor to solve it. It’s on Disney, it’s on the casting director, it’s on the actual director to find people who are the best fit for the project. This is why it’s important for the behind the scenes crew to be as diverse as the front facing cast. You can hold studios accountable, without going after the actors, especially like this. By all means, be angry at Hollywood, at Disney, at the production. Leave Sydney Agudong be.

[dustedmagazine]

The Men — New York City (Fuzz Club)

Photo by Ryan Marino

New York City by The Men

The Men are among the last surviving veterans of New York City’s “Rock Is Back” generation, a band formed in Brooklyn at the tail end of the aughts and steeped in the sweat-soaked blues-punk-rock ethos of another time and place. The band has dabbled in cleaner, more nuanced sounds over the last couple of records, but for this ninth outing, The Men reach back to the filthy power of their earliest records, noisy Immaculada, gutsy Leave Home. Their sound on New York City looks back, really, to an age before punk rock, to bands like the Stooges, the Dolls and the MC5, though you can hear echoes of more recent real ones—Eddy Current Suppression Ring and Dead Moon in particular. Lots of people will dismiss New York City as a throwback, not exactly in tune with our inclusive, inoffensive age, but it’s a monster record in the best possible way.

It starts in the manic proto-rock of “Hard Livin’,” a song that bangs on the barroom piano about as hard as BTO’s “Taken Care of Business” did 50 years ago, and that’s a compliment. Add to that the walloping drums, the strident, pose-striking power chords, the howled-out verses and the all-hands shouted choruses, and it’s a classic rock banger with a home-grown edge. No one is doing this anymore. Someone should.

“Echo” is, if anything, even more urgent and engrossing, a pile-hammer riff that jacks blues into punk. The natural forebear might be Dead Moon’s “40 Miles of Bad Road,” but despite the name, it’s no echo. Consider it, instead, a living, breathing full-throated, rampage, interrupted by blistering shred. “God Bless the USA” gives the blare-siren guitars of “God Bless the Queen” an all-American slant that sidles off towards rockabilly. “Eternal Recurrence” blows out into dreaming psychedelic overload, while “Through the Night” sputters and struts like David Johanson in a feather boa. Most of these songs are punk abbreviated and paced, but the closer “River Flows” stretches out into Crazy Horse territory, as loud and weighty and soulful as “Down by the River” itself.

New York City is, in its own way, an illustrated history of how rock and roll got from here to there, but it lives too hard to stay in textbook mode. If you ever liked guitar-driven blues punk, whether in its 1970s first run or the aughts revival, you need to hear this record.

Jennifer Kelly

[junkyardromeo]

You look like the love child of David Johanson and Tom Keifer

me and my big mouth lmfaooooooo kinda based tho

[djmusicbest]

Best New Hype Melodic House & Techno: July 2023

- Artists: Beatport DATE CREATED: 2023-06-30 GENRES:  Melodic House & Techno Tracklist : 1. PARALEL| Davide Famularo - Reincarnation(Ivan Masa Remix) 2. Incláme - Faceted Obsidian(PYSH Remix) 3. Toxism - Close Your Eyes(Heîk Remix) 4. Eze Ramirez - Acid Lead(Original Mix) 5. Novakk - Blinded(Alexandros Djkevingr Remix) 6. Secret Factory - Twilo's Legend(LERM Interpretation) 7. Gisella Engel - Aura(Original Mix) 8. Joey White| Simeon Fuchs - Landing On Pluto(Extended) 9. Backeer| Elline - Need Your Lovin(Original Mix) 10. SHAZZE - Deception(Inñer Sense Remix) 11. Dove City - Beware(Original Mix) 12. Nica Loren - Alive(Extended Mix) 13. Matchy| Johanson - Be There (feat. Johanson)(Extended Mix) 14. Jordan Arts - Falling(Jordan Arts version) 15. Michele Miglionico - Freedom(Original mix) 16. Pandhora| Dark But Gray - Signs(Fahlberg Extended Remix)   Download FileCat Read the full article

[muznew]

Best New Hype Melodic House & Techno: July 2023

- Artists: Beatport DATE CREATED: 2023-06-30 GENRES:  Melodic House & Techno Tracklist : 1. PARALEL| Davide Famularo - Reincarnation(Ivan Masa Remix) 2. Incláme - Faceted Obsidian(PYSH Remix) 3. Toxism - Close Your Eyes(Heîk Remix) 4. Eze Ramirez - Acid Lead(Original Mix) 5. Novakk - Blinded(Alexandros Djkevingr Remix) 6. Secret Factory - Twilo's Legend(LERM Interpretation) 7. Gisella Engel - Aura(Original Mix) 8. Joey White| Simeon Fuchs - Landing On Pluto(Extended) 9. Backeer| Elline - Need Your Lovin(Original Mix) 10. SHAZZE - Deception(Inñer Sense Remix) 11. Dove City - Beware(Original Mix) 12. Nica Loren - Alive(Extended Mix) 13. Matchy| Johanson - Be There (feat. Johanson)(Extended Mix) 14. Jordan Arts - Falling(Jordan Arts version) 15. Michele Miglionico - Freedom(Original mix) 16. Pandhora| Dark But Gray - Signs(Fahlberg Extended Remix)   Download FileCat Read the full article

[kahecha82]

Les voy a contar un secreto....... chilenos estoy topisimo en santiago de chile ........... estas son las grandes ligas osea super potencias............

Les presento mis hermanas............ gal gadot mide 1 metro y 95 cm descalza............. margot Robbie mide 1 metro y 94 cm descalza.............. Jennifer lawrence mide 1 metro y 94 cm descalza............ scarlet johanson mide 1 metro y 93 cm descalza....

Estados Unidos me pillaron en santiago de chile carreteando soy multimillonario.....

Mi gran secreto pero guárdenlo eso es lo importante por que David beckham esta muerto de la riza duque de manchester..........

Me cagaron lindo por ser realeza............ jajajajajajajajaja..........Almirante general............ general 17 estrellas............ quiere decir jefe del estado mayor conjunto supremo osea comandante en jefe de las fuerzas armadas ........

Por ejemplo rey de chile ........... pero mi nombre verdadero es rey de Estados Unidos osea príncipe de New York e hijo ilustre quiere decir presidente del senado de Estados Unidos......

Pero no soy picante y flaite.......... jajajajajajajajaja Jajajajajajajajaja......

Gran rey de Francia.......... rey de Italia........... rey de Alemania......... rey de Corea del sur y norte......... rey de Australia........... rey de América quiere decir rey de chile............ faraón de Egipto.......... dios del sol........... rey de china......... rey de Rusia............ rey de Canadá........ rey de mexico........... rey de Israel........... etc.........

** chilenos se viene real Madrid campeón de la champions.......... no es así tengo que entregar mi cargo............ director técnico de real Madrid y director técnico de Francia **

Balón de oro del mundial de Qatar quiere decir campeón del mundo y número 1 del mundo por 4 años .......

Balón de oro 2022 y 2023 ........... 2023 y 2024........... 2024 y 2025........... 2025 y 2026.........

Pero la sorpresa la cultura estadounidense es ser polifuncional..........

Oscar y globos de oro a mejor actor 2021,2022,2023,2024,2025,2026,2027........ pero se resolvió en oscar y globos de oro por trayectoria 2023.......

Lo último........... Michael jordán y LeBron Jones si vinieron a santiago de chile........... space Jam 3 ............... Michael jordán y LeBron Jones son secuestrados............ bugs bunny y el pato lucas viajan a santiago de chile.......... yo elijah estoy en el plaza vespucio y me aparece bugs bunny y el pato lucas y me llevan en una maleta a estados unidos..........

Jajajajajajajajaja Jajajajajajajajaja Jajajajajajajajaja Jajajajajajajajaja Jajajajajajajajaja Jajajajajajajajaja Jajajajajajajajaja Jajajajajajajajaja

OK chilenos ???????

[yegarts]

2022 Grants for Individuals & Collectives Recipients - October Deadline

Through their work, artists add inspiration, interaction, expression, and creativity to Edmonton. The Edmonton Arts Council’s (EAC) Individuals & Collectives grant contributes to a healthy arts ecosystem by providing vital support to artists. With this support, artists working as individuals or collectively can pursue work that develops their practice, advances creative thought, contributes to an art form, and provides our community with a reflection of itself.  

The EAC’s Individuals & Collectives grant has three distinct streams, each with its own evaluation criteria and assessment process. For the second intake cycle of the 2022 Grants for Individuals & Collectives program (deadline October 3, 2022), more than 320 eligible applications were assessed. From these, 133 grants were recommended by the peer assessment committee for investment. Focusing on fostering experimentation, supporting artists from equity-seeking groups, and professional development and mentorship (addressing the Aims and Actions found in Connections & Exchanges: A Ten-Year Plan To Transform Arts & Heritage in Edmonton); a total of $1,498,954 will be invested in Edmonton’s arts community through this round of grants for Individuals & Collectives. 

Interested in applying? Our next deadline is March 1, 2023. You can find more information here.  

Read on to learn about the successful applicants from the October 2022 intake and the exciting projects they are pursuing: 

Stream 1 grant recipient Ivan Wilfried Ulrich Ngandjui Touko leading a dance class. Photo credit: Ken Lin.

Stream 1 recipient Keith Schooler-Callihoo will explore the origin and protocol of Kanienkehaka Traditional Tattooing to enhance the resurgence of skin markings in Treaty 6 territory and Turtle Island.    

Stream 1: Exploration & Experimentation provides support to artists to work on creation, experimentation, or research activities. 54 applicants were recommended for funding (support set at $5,000 each). Congratulations to the following recipients:   

Adrian de Leeuw will explore partnering choreography and improvisational scores to dig deeper into the physical relationship between two artists. 

Alicia Proudfoot will develop an inventor persona and repurpose light switch cases as foldable sculptures leading to a linocut print installation portraying asthma as a visual Iliad.  

Ariana Ozga-Reinecke will film videos of significant people in her life performing self-care. Stills from this process will be used as source material for a visual arts series exploring intimacy and closeness. 

Ben Smith will workshop Sweet Dreams, a new musical featuring the music of the Australian rock duo, Air Supply. 

Benjamin McInnes will pen the first draft of The Blue Rocks, a novel about nonhuman subjectivities, religiosity in Canada, and migrant experiences. 

Bev Ross will write the first draft of a novel exploring the question, ‘Did Scarlatti compose the harpsichord sonatas attributed to him or were they composed by his student, Spanish Queen Barbara?’ 

Cailey Mrochuk will enhance her painterly style through online courses designed for stained glass mosaicists. 

Caitlin Sian Richards will explore and research techniques for papermaking from recycled and found materials, leading to a new series of mixed-media collages and paper-based assemblages. 

Christian Pérès Gibaut will begin the initial work for a multi-media visual art series on the notion of estrangement and loss of connection to one’s country of origin. 

Collin Johanson will create a series of oil paintings exploring abstraction, forested landscapes, and authoritative architecture. 

David Walker will research, work on dramaturgical/conceptual development, and complete the first draft of a new experimental theatre piece, I WOULD PREFER NOT TO.

Delia Barnett will research and interview Canadian burlesque legend, Judith Stein, to create a one-woman show about the power, resiliency, and value of sex workers and women. 

Dwayne Martineau will explore new techniques for the creation and exhibition of his work, primarily to create portable versions of his mirror wall exhibit, to inform the next stage of his practice and as a step toward public art projects. 

Eric Awuah will research the movement and expressive structures of West African immigrant dances to develop a technique(s) for teaching West African contemporary dance and diasporic neo-traditional dances. 

Eszter Rosta will experiment with performance art, photography, and video, to investigate and trace the psychosomatic manifestations, coping gestures, and processes of grief and trauma in relation to the body. 

Gail Sidonie Šobat will create and experiment with the narrative forms of science fiction and speculative fiction to inform a new novel featuring a female protagonist set in a fictional, post-apocalyptic Edmonton. 

Geoff Li will explore solarpunk themes through contemporary composition for string ensemble.  

Geraldine Carr will write the foundational pieces of a feature screenplay called Father, My Father. 

Giselle General will complete the first draft of a memoir, Living on Cliff’s Edge, of a child who became an orphan at eight years old and lived in a rural mining village in the Philippines until immigrating to Canada as a teenager. 

Harley Morison will write a workshop-ready draft of a new play, REDD MEATS that explores the politics of queerness, set in the butcher shop of a rural Alberta hamlet. 

Heather Hindman will study contemporary choral writing techniques that intersect unpitched sound, technology and harmony approaches for use in future compositions. 

Helen Belay will research Thomas Day — who in 1786 adopted two young girls to train using Rousseau’s Emile, or on Education, as a template for how to train a wife — to inform a new theatre play. 

Ivan Wilfried Ulrich Ngandjui Touko will explore ballet movements as a way to improve flexibility, dexterity, and technique, to enhance their technique and Afro groove. 

Janet Savill will create a short video series based on themes uncovered in research on her family's history using recorded interviews and digitized photos. 

Jeanette Ntakiruntika will learn about music video creation, and seek out specific film collaborators, in order to visually tell the stories behind the songs in her album Cocoon. 

Jeff Collins will reinterpret his experience of the land he lives on through paintings, using symbols and icons, to capture the significance of the landscape’s place and time. 

Jeff Stuart will write, arrange, and demo a set of songs that explore perspectives on the passage of time, in preparation to record a solo album. 

Jessy Ardern will conduct an intensive revision process for R+J: Two Show Day, a new interactive theatre show that was first workshopped in spring 2022. 

Jordan Rule will observe and analyze the movements of living organisms over a one-second duration and recreate them within his watercolour paintings.  

Katherine Cutting will rework Transgelical, a personal film project about a trans woman's exploration into her past as an evangelical Christian; how it scarred her, and how it saved her. 

Keith Schooler-Callihoo will explore the origins and protocol specific to Kanienkehaka Traditional Tattoo practices that will enhance the resurgence of skin markings in Treaty 6 territory and Turtle Island. 

Kelly Ruth will explore and experiment with creating sound installations in virtual worlds, documenting the process for future projects and in support of others creating in this medium. 

Krista Leddy will use beadwork in conjunction with other media, to visually express Métis identity in the contemporary world. 

Kyle Parrotta will experiment to find a natural (sap-like) adhesive for use in their moss art. 

Leif Oleson-Cormack will undergo the process of scriptwriting and research of a new solo performance piece, Cult of One. 

Marlene Wurfel will pursue folkloric research about gnomes in support of THE GNOMINOMICON, a humorous illustrated novel for kids. 

Matthew Stepanic will research emotional abuse to draft a psychological horror novella that causes the reader to feel similarly gaslit as they experience it. 

Meara Kirwin will explore the histories and politics of Irish and other percussive dance on Treaty 6 territory, to deepen their engagement with both Irish dance and anti-colonial resistance. 

Meghan Schech will practice daily to refine her puppet-building skills through workshops and the creation of several characters to build a portfolio and film a new demo reel. 

To explore mark making, Michaela LaForge will build a drawing plotter that can use various mediums as its tool (charcoal, pen, paintbrush, etc) as a starting point for a series of new intermedia art pieces. 

Michelle Robb will develop her playwriting and dance practice while researching methods of combining text-based choreography with new Canadian plays. 

Michelle Schultz will research and organize studio visits with 10-15 local artists, to conceptualize projects that will connect artists to the larger art world and develop her curatorial practice. 

Morgan Pinnock will commence a textile and photography-based project that examines the state of Alberta's wool industry, promoting small-scale fibre farms and highlighting the significance of textiles in our lives. 

Nicholas Hertz will explore the use of fabrics and photography to research the oscillation between the objectification of the queer body and the anthropomorphizing of environments. 

Paul Donald will experiment with the best technical and artistic processes to record and develop musical improvisations influenced by the ambient sound in the environment. 

Rachel Gleddie will field record the natural sounds of specific locations in the Edmonton Region and use these recordings to produce songs to sound as much like the natural location as possible. 

Rebecca Campbell will research and write a documentary film treatment for her film Moving Mountains, a story of women with breast implants struggling to reclaim their health. 

Ryan Payne will establish a daily practice that includes analyzing composers to explore new structures for musical improvisation and composition.  

Steven Pirot will assemble shorter isolated spoken word performance pieces into a continuous solo performance of approximately 50 minutes suitable for presentation at performance festivals. 

Taiessa Pagola will create felt structures of rare plants and research historical and modern plant shipping containers, exploring colonial extraction, the construction of whiteness, and ecological exchange. 

Veronika Marks will create a series of video works that serve as a foundation for paintings and sculptures. 

Viola Sweep will teach the cultural designs used in beading and sewing to the current generation, passing on lost art forms based on Manitoba First Nations (Nisichawayasihk Cree nation), to restore family traditions. 

Wayne Arthurson will create a proposal to publishers, for a non-fiction book on Indigenous War Heroes for middle-grade readers. 

Zana Wensel will experiment with new materials and sewing processes, to create Meditations: a new series that aims to instill a state of introspectiveness about one’s relationship with the Earth.  

"Morris Personal Survival Tent" by Stream 2 grant recipient Clint Wilson. Altered USMC combat tent silkscreen on nylon. Photo provided by the artist.

Stream 2 grant recipient Anna Pratch fire breathing.

Stream 2 of the grants for Individuals and Collectives program focuses on Skills and Career Development. This stream supports mentorship, attending a residency or other forms of professional development. The assessors have made recommendations to fund 23 applicants, for a total of $181,524. Congratulations to the following recipients:   

Angeline Manu will be mentored by Dr. Yashoda Thakore to learn nuances of the ancient Devadasi dance form.  

Anna Pratch will develop her existing movement skills to expand her range as an artist through the International Stunt School’s 2023 Stunt Performer Course in Seattle.  

Chris McNicoll will learn to mix, produce, and master music at an intermediate professional level through a mentorship program with experienced producer Prem Raj. 

Christopher Valcin will travel to Los Angeles for the KĀOS dance convention to train with world-renowned choreographers and audition for the Kaos Aftermath show. 

Clinton Wilson will attend a residency at the Kala Art Center in Berkeley, to research and produce a series of photographic works profiling lost and missing west coast species of flora and fauna. A compilation of his research will contribute to an exhibition at the McMullen Gallery. 

Daniel Foreman will attend Write Over Here: Open Rezidency, a three-week self-directed residency at the Banff Centre facilitated by Eva Thomas.  

Demmi Connolly will attend the Twist & Shout Balloon Convention in Glendale, California for professional development.  

Emily Jan will embark on an immersion in ceramics through participation in group classes followed by guided individual study with a mentor: ceramicist KJ MacAlister of Viva Clayworks. 

Fabio Henao Caviedes will attend online film-scoring courses for a greater understanding of harmonic language, orchestration techniques, and synthestration methods to complement and elevate visual storytelling. The courses will be taught by Mattia Chiappa and Mark Richards. 

James Portingale will attend online colour grading courses via Mixing Light, with a focus on colour grading as it relates to media art and filmmaking. 

Jesse Thomas will begin training at Sound + Vision: New Media Platforms under mentor Will Bauer at Moment Research, to acquire skills in new media platforms to be used in the creation of a series of interactive soundscapes. 

Kasie Campbell will attend a two-week course at Series Summer Art School at Red Deer Polytechnic to learn about bronze casting and the lost-wax process. 

Kate Boorman will participate in a month-long artists' residency, hosted by the La Napoule Art Foundation in France: a unique opportunity to be surrounded by multi-disciplinary creatives who are likewise dedicated to their craft. 

Kayla Bradford, a Deaf artist, will seek peer support, professional theatre mentorship from Tori Morrison, and funding to learn how to design and execute creative captions, a way of conveying spoken dialogue and aural elements of performance in a single visual medium 

Lebogang Disele will work with mentors Eric Awuah and Gaolape “Aus G” Basuhi to design and partake in a program of study, working on African contemporary dance to develop her choreographic practice. 

Lucas Chaisson will be mentored by audio engineer Scott Franchuk at Riverdale Recorders in a 10-week, self-directed apprenticeship. 

Maaike Kuypers will attend four 6-week sessions at Studio 72 to expand and strengthen her creative practice and ceramic skills working with mentor Emma Lakey.  

Marlouie Saique will attend masterclasses, panels, and performances during the world-class International Trumpet Guild Conference in Minneapolis, MN. 

Matthew Cardinal will work with mentor AJA Louden to learn how to work at a professional level with a client from start to finish and produce a mural on panels. 

Max Rubin will start an intensive 20-week part-time mentorship with Sheiny Satanove of Punctuate! Theatre, focused on Canadian theatre production and artistic directorship. 

Emerging dance artists Maxwell Hanic, Michelle Robb, Jason Romero, Callie Lissinna, Sam Ketsa, Sophie Arab, and Emma Brown will facilitate and participate in a studio residency to advance their skills in contemporary dance, teaching, and collaboration while deepening connections within the Edmonton dance community. 

Sissy Thiessen Kootenayoo will complete tutorial sessions to build her education and skills in wood flute playing to connect to her Cree spirit name Windy Woman and add to the Indigenous performing artistic disciplines that educate and inform the community. 

Vismaya Bhagavathi Parambath will begin a mentorship under Dr. Yashoda Thakore, to learn the foundation of the Devadasi tradition, specifically Abhinaya and Taalam. 

Still from video documenting the development phase of "Go Where Light Is". The evening-length dance work by Stream 3 grant recipient Jennifer Mesch will go live in early 2023. Photo provided by the artist.

"Returning Home (Churchill Station)", a mural by Stream 3 recipient Carla Rae Taylor. Photo provided by John Humphrey Centre for Peace and Human Rights.

Stream 3 of the grant program invests in Major Artist-Driven Projects. These funds are allocated to support artist projects materially ready for production and/or presentation. 56 projects were recommended for funding, for a total of $1,047,430. Congratulations to the following artists and collectives:   

Aboud Salman will create seven paintings about remarkable women from the Middle East to shed light on the influential roles Middle Eastern women have played over the course of history.  

Adrian (AJA) Louden will create and present a new Afrofuturist-inspired mural on the Avenue Theatre building on 118 Avenue. 

Adriana Onita (Founding Editor) and collective members Karrie Auger, Luciana Erregue, Candice Joy Oliva, Gian Marco Visconti, and Medgine Mathurin will publish two issues and debut five chapbooks of the multilingual magazine The Polyglot featuring Edmonton poets and artists who are experimenting with their Indigenous and heritage languages. 

Anna Hawkins and co-programmer Elisabeth Belliveau will screen a series of artist-made moving-image works in dialogue with cinematic feature films, exploring the narrative, experimental, conceptual, and symbolic roles that flowers play on screen. 

Anthony Goertz will produce and distribute the short romantic comedy film, Apocalypse Book Club. 

Aretha Tillotson will record a full-length album of original jazz compositions featuring a quintet.  

Ashleigh Hicks will debut their new play, MINE, a historical drama that focuses on a small coal mining community on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia during the turn of the twentieth century as a staged reading as part of RISER Edmonton 2023. 

Brandon Baker, a Métis singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist performing under the name Electric Religious, will record a new full-length album to be released in 2023.     

Braxton Garneau will produce new mixed-media works incorporating asphalt, raffia and cowrie shells for their first international solo exhibition at GAVLAK Gallery in Los Angeles.  

Brian Raine will produce, and curate multi-disciplinary artworks intertwined with the music of Ways in Waves to present as a combined art show and album release.    

Carla Rae Taylor in collaboration with the Dreamspeakers Festival Society will blend urban art techniques and traditional acrylic painting to create a mural that celebrates being Indigenous, to be mounted on the WhiskeyJack Art House. 

Chris Bullough and co-creator Laura Raboud will research, experiment and create a new song cycle under the mentorship of David Kennedy.  

Christine Lesiak will continue the development of the original play The Spinsters through rehearsal and workshops with co-writers, designers, and performer collaborators in Edmonton, Vancouver, and Winnipeg. 

Courtney Loberg will complete the fifth graphic novel in her surreal, folktale-inspired series, We Don't Go Through the Angelgrass.    Dakota aka Psi McIvor will publish a multi-disciplinary art anthology based on visual and written creations, supported by merchandise and a book release event. 

Dan Davis will record a live album at the Yardbird Suite with the Way Back Whens, an Edmonton-based traditional jazz band. 

Darren Jordan will curate and produce 5 Artists 1 Love (5A1L), an annual immersive arts event celebrating the cultural diversity and vibrancy within Edmonton's Black communities. 

Dustin Chok will complete post-production and publicly present Wave Riders, a short documentary that follows a teacher-student story between Edmonton dancer Sekou Sonko-Boisclair, and legendary New York dancer, Future. 

Erina Harris will complete and publish their poetry manuscript, Trading Beauty Secrets with the Dead, an Abecedarium of Other Rhymes and Nonsense Versus. 

Chamber music trio Frank Ho (violinist), Vladimir Machado Rufino (violinist), and Fabiola Belarmino de Farias Amorim (violist) will record an album of 19th, 20th, and 21st century works.  

Gary James Joynes will create a high-resolution visual-sound photo series exploring the postulation of Nicola Tesla that Cymatic Farady sound wave tones have potential healing properties.  

Hemali Boorada will present the dance production, Art of Asthapadi's, an exploration of a Canadian-raised artist choreographing Sanskrit hymns from the 12th century with Kuchipudi repertoire. 

Jamie McRae will create Found, a 16mm based film, presented as a 4x4 collage (16 frames) display of edited found footage from the Film and Video Arts Society (FAVA) darkroom over the years. 

Jennifer Mesch will complete the development of choreography, rehearsal, multimedia design and build, set design-build, and performance of Go Where Light Is, an evening-length dance work. 

Jinzhe Cui will complete and self-publish a book containing a new series of paintings and fairy tales inspired by Edmonton’s river valley. 

Jordan Abel will complete the first draft of the visual poetry book Welcome to the world, dear [son/daughter name]! which explores what it means to be a dad when one’s own dad was absent, and how to continue existing within the inherited traumas of Residential Schools.

Kelsey McMillan will complete a full-length folk album exploring themes of growth, expression and conflict, working with a local producer, session musicians, and a mastering technician. 

KJ MacAlister a ceramicist/writer, and illustrator Stephanie Simpson, will self-publish their children’s book Little Otter Becomes a Potter. 

Kyle Armstrong will go from pre-production to post-production of a micro-budget feature film following a couple through the experience of a miscarriage, based on an original screenplay. 

Laena Anderson, along with fellow members of The Debutantes, Michael Vetsch, Robyn Slack, David Rae, Shanni Pinkerton, and Glenna Schowalter, will re-mount Odd Wednesday, a monthly sketch comedy showcase.  

Lauren Brady (Artistic Director) and Zachary Strom (Artistic Producer), will develop and present the multidisciplinary and mixed media clown show, InterWEBBED.

Liam Monaghan will rehearse and produce the Edmonton premiere and Lethbridge tour of a new original play, Strange Familiar, exploring queerness, adoption, and family belonging. 

Lora Brovold will write, produce, and direct the short documentary, Finding Friendos: one woman’s endometriosis survival story.

Mac Brock will produce and direct their original play Boy Trouble, as part of the 2023 Edmonton Fringe Theatre Season. 

Marco Claveria will record a third studio album in Edmonton, exploring Latin rhythms and Celtic elements at Homestead Studios with Lane Allen. 

Marek Orszulik will record music for classical guitar by Polish composers, encompassing works from the Renaissance to the present day, for CD and digital release. 

Maria Fekecz-Mangan will present Face2Face, a multimedia performance integrating momentary synchronization between video, live dancers, and music. 

Marie Carrillos-Avalos and Bashir Mohamed will continue working on their play about Charles Daniels, incorporating the stories of Lulu Anderson and Ted King. 

UltraViolet Ensemble members Mark Segger, Chenoa Anderson, Allison Balcetis and Roger Admiral will commission and perform two new works by Sointu Aalto and Rio Houle in late 2023, as part of a concert featuring six new pieces by Edmonton composers. 

Filmmaker Matthew Gooding will complete post-production work (editing, colour, visual effects) on a music video for Edmonton band Wares. 

Morgan Smith, Spenser Pasman, Stuart Lindsay and Zachary Parsons-Lozinksi will re-mount the 2022 Edmonton Fringe hit The House That F*cks at the SoHo Playhouse in New York City. 

Neima Siyo will make two music videos for Laammii Koo (“Our Society, Our People”), from their latest album release. 

Noor Dean Musani will compose, rehearse, record, mix and master a new full-length album under their moniker Freetrayed, combining field recordings, granular sampling, and traditional synthesizer techniques. 

Ntwali Kayijaho will produce, develop and release four songs with corresponding visual content, including music videos and cover art. 

Olivia Elel Enanga will self-publish Chanson Chez Nous: a songbook of traditional music for voice from Cameroon, Africa. 

Rebecca Merkley will hire seven artists to learn, sing and record two singles of an original musical comedy spoof based on the Scooby-Doo cartoon series. 

Robin Alex McDonald will program and facilitate (Dis)respect Des Fonds, a one-night screening of eight short films and a discussion event exploring artistic interventions into public archives. 

Ryan Leedu will receive funding to cover film festival submission fees for two recent short films: Portrait of the Con-Artist as a Young Man and No Bedroom. 

Sean Davis Newton will record the debut LP Nobody Lives There, at Riverdale Recorders, exploring our relationship with the environment, politics, and each other. 

Sharon Rose Cherweniuk in collaboration with Jason Symington will create a series of eight floral beadwork panels/large-scale photographs, portraits and audio, exploring intimate and loving relationships, to re-contextualize and decolonize the stories of Indigenous womanhood. 

Steven Teeuwsen will curate and present an exhibition of sculptural outdoor play structures by artists and designers at Lowlands Project Space.  

Co-creators and showrunners Sydney Campbell and Elena/Eli Belyea will edit and complete post-production of their queer sketch troupe’s web series’ first season, GENDER? I HARDLY KNOW THEM.

Titilope Sonuga will complete the arrangement and production of the spoken word album Sis, which fuses performance poetry and music. 

Collective members Trevor Duffy, Sonja Garette, Lisa Nobel, Pete Nuygen, Danny Jaycock, Brendon Boyd, Thomas Ohara, Bryan Cooper, and Simon Gushulack will complete Tree Island, a series of six short videos, depicting puppets, to help educate and enable children to identify and express emotions through storytelling. 

The Vaughan String Quartet (Vladimir Machado Rufino, Fabiola Belarmino de Farias Amorim, Mattia Berrini, and Silvia Buttiglione) will launch a chamber music festival celebrating the Quartet’s 10th year, collaborating with established and emerging musicians from the Edmonton music community. 

Yong Fei Guan will create and present an eco-public art exhibition at Fort Edmonton Park, focusing on the history and use of goji berries in Edmonton. 

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Dikeou Superstars

A quick snapshot of what Dikeou Collection artists have been up to over the past month, and what to look forward to next month.

Jonathan Horowitz is now represented by Mitchell-Innes and Nash

Chris Johanson created a birdhouse for Brooklyn Botanic Gardens with the intention to “create a dialogue about the health of birds, of creatures, and of the planet.”

Walter Robinson’s exhibition, “Escape to Adventure,” is currently on view at Charlie James Gallery through July 16

Drue Langlois has original artwork available for purchase on his Instagram account. Also check out his films, animations and other merchandise available on his YouTube channel.

Misaki Kawai has work currently on view at Outpost Gallery in Copenhagen though July 23

Anicka Yi recently appeared on the Chanel Connects podcast in conversation John Akomfrah. 

Marcel Dzama illustrated Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” published by David Zwirner Books