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Graphic Recording Catch-Up - featuring "Soul of the City"!

5/31/2013

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Playing Catch-Up

Hello again! It's been so busy around here that I haven't had the chance to post any updates about anything. So here are just a few pictures from some recent graphic recordings... all of them incredibly fun in their own ways.

Above is a picture from the YWCA of Calgary's "Imaginarium" - a special space they're using for discussions about their future home. This will be an exciting journey to watch!

On the left are pictures from Mayor Nenshi's recent Campaign Volunteer Kick-Off Party (did I just say something about an exciting journey to watch??), and a snippet from a discussion held at the amazing City Hall School.

But here's what I really wanted to show you. A couple of weeks back I had the opportunity to draw some pictures at a really inspiring series of talks hosted by Calgary Economic Development. They've been holding a series of events called "Soul of the City", each of which has been about a different aspect of what makes Calgary tick. (I drew some pictures at a previous Soul of the City event, which you can see here.)
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This one was about local food and featured talks by local chefs John Jackson and Connie De Sousa of CharCut fame; Luke Kimmel of the Leaf Ninjas (yay Ramsay!); Eliese Watson, Calgary's best-loved beekeeper; and Ron Finley, who came all the way from Los Angeles to tell us about how he'd started a local movement in his own hometown growing healthy food on boulevards and in empty lots. (He's got a pretty inspiring TED Talk on this subject, which you can see here.)

This evening ended with the chance to taste some of Calgary's local fare at the SAIT Culinary Campus - a rather delicious spot to visit.

Hope you enjoy the pictures - they were extremely fun to draw!

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Soul of the City

1/23/2013

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Here are some photos of a graphic recording I had the honour to create today at a really cool local speaker series hosted by the ever-dynamic team at Calgary Economic Development. "Soul of the City" is presenting speakers on a whole range of subjects. Who's invited? Calgarians who are passionate about what's happening in Calgary - and who want to contribute to the discussion.

Today's talk, entitled "Weaving Public Art & Architecture into the Fabric of our City" featured four speakers, each of whom contributed a unique take on the concept.

My job: draw what they said!

I'll post some more images from this great event soon. After I've had some sleep. (6 AM wake-up call, power-drawing session and subsequent long day with an energetic 4-yr-old have left me no choice but to conk out without further notice. Stay tuned!)

Update: Here's a link to a time-lapse video of me making the graphic recording, edited delightfully so you can listen to the talks, too!

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