Arts
Keeping the Arts Alive in Uptown Waterloo
It’s a landmark in uptown Waterloo. The buttery yellow brick is decorated with an evergreen trim around the...
Bringing Art to the Table: Local Creatives Colour Our Community
In the past two weeks, brightly painted picnic tables have been delivered to eateries across Waterloo Region. The...
Artist Alanah Jewell Reclaims Her Indigenous Culture
Back in 2015 Alanah Jewell, the artist behind Morning Star Designs, came to Waterloo Region to attend Wilfrid...
Getting Artsy with Laura Munz’s Online Gallery
When she was in her early 20s, Laura Munz didn’t want to go to post-secondary school. Instead, she...
Indigenous Maker Profile – Little Wolf + The Willow
When maker Maddie Resmer — a fulltime student at the University of Waterloo in Indigenous Studies and Sexuality,...
How Public Art Comes to be in the City of Waterloo
Public art can serve many purposes within a community — representing local values and culture, beautifying spaces and...
Canadian-Jamaican Representation: Vintage Black Canada
Kitchener-Waterloo has long been a community with rich Canadian-Jamaican representation. In 1975, the Caribbean Canadian Association of Waterloo...
Femme Folks Fest in Waterloo Region
This March, Kitchener-Waterloo is hosting the inaugural Femme Folks Fest — the only women-identifying or presenting theatre festival...
The Local Art Scene – Conversations with Artists Ralf Wall and Jen Gough
What does it take to be successful as an artist in the region? Ralf Wall went from a...
Capturing the Region with Maggie Laurin
Maggie Laurin, the artist and owner of Made by Maggie has been creating illustrations of iconic Kitchener-Waterloo locations...