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Artist profile: Pipeline Studios Sketch Club
Monday, August 23rd, 2010
by Marco Bucci
by Brian Wong
Sometimes Marco gets together with other illustrators and painters at his work and they draw on their lunch break. Usually they pick a theme – this time it was “mythology.” It’s sort of amazing that people who draw and paint for a living would choose to do even more of it on their lunch break – but somehow that’s how passion works.
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Artist profile: photos by Dar Mustafa
Tuesday, August 17th, 2010
Dar was in Albania exactly a year ago today. She took these photos there.
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Artist profile: She’s a mystery to me by the Royal Family
Monday, August 16th, 2010
Little City has always been a venue to encourage people to be creative – to make things just for the sake of making with the hopes that some sustainable joy would emerge. So I’m not sure why I was so surprised when ragtag jam sessions turned into a lady band and then into a Arcade Fire jam night and these days a dedicated and functioning jam band. We go by the name the Royal Family because three of us have royal middle names (Charles, Diana and Elizabeth respectively.) It is sincerely the highlight of my week creating new songs and covering old ones.
Last week we recorded a cover of Roy Orbison’s She’s a Mystery to Me on my iphone as a birthday present for Lisa’s dad. It goes a little like this: She's a mystery to me by the Royal Family
On this song:
Lisa Devries – Lead vocals, Uke
Andrew Patten & Ben Harris – Guitar, Background vocals
Ali Symons – Flute, Percussion
Scott Barnett – Bass
and yours truly on the jingle bells.
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Artist profile: Little Red by Julie Kraulis
Sunday, August 15th, 2010
Julie Kraulis is a talented illustrator currently working on a narrative portfolio. Her idea was to combine classic children’s literature with her elegant style for a fresh take on the stories. Pictured above is the beginnings of a story about Little Red Riding Hood.
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Artist profile: music by Ariel Rubin
Saturday, August 14th, 2010
I like Ariel Rubin. She’s an inspiring triple threat: photographer, musician and co-creator of one of my all time favourite zines It’ll Happen.. From our days at Ryerson and post-grad jobs I knew she was a stellar photographer and the zine seemed logical and organic but when she announced last year she had an album of music to release I was pleasantly surprised. Where did that voice come from Ariel? And when did you learn the ukulele?
On August 11th she released her self titled sophomore album with cover art by fellow Ryerson grad Becky Comber. You can listen to Ariel’s tunes on myspace and purchase them on itunes.
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Artist profile: Mark Mclean
Monday, June 21st, 2010
What do marketing, economics and photography have in common? The answer is Mark Mclean – a student at Wildred Laurier who started taking photos last year stating aesthetics as the initial draw. “I’ve discovered that, although putting thought into a photo is important, there are times when it’s nice to just sit back and say, I just really like the way this looks.”
As he took more and more photos he realized that relationships factored in as well. “I love portraiture and getting to know who my subjects are. It’s really satisfying to capture something reflective of someone’s character, whether through expression, context, colour, etc.” Finally he realized he just simply liked learning something new.
Above you’ll see some of Mark’s most recent photos. Right on Mark Mclean! Keep on making.
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Artist profile: Greenner pastures by Adam Bucci
Saturday, June 19th, 2010
Little City artist Marco Bucci and his brother Adam have been inspired by the finger style guitar playing of locals like Maneli Jamal and Montreal guitarist Antoine Dufour. So in true Little City style the brothers have been practicing away making the style all their own. Check out Adam’s original song above that he wrote and dedicated to his Aunt Paulette (Greenner) who sadly passed away last year.
Truly impressive Adam- we can’t wait to hear more!
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