Halifax Crafters Market Dec 1 (5-9pm), Dec 2-3 (10am-5pm) Olympic Hall, 2304 Hunter Street Free admission Emma FitzGerald struck a chord with Hand Drawn Halifax, her 2015 collection of portraits of buildings, people and landmarks from around town. Last year’s companion colouring book pushed local pride even further, even as FitzGerald herself was already looking […]
Emma FitzGerald
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When developers are allowed to redraw the map of the city, Halifax’s character might get lost
Downtown Halifax is torn up. We’ve just seen a floating boardwalk through to completion so people can avoid the mess around the waterfront, the Nova Centre construction has been going on for five years, which isn’t even related to the mess that is the rest of Argyle Street—and what the hell is going on around […]
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Emma FitzGerald’s jeans in the genes
“See Reverse for Care” by Emma FitzGerald, produced at Ross Creek. There’s nothing more ubiquitous than an old pair of blue jeans. It’s our reliable go-to uniform as well as a social status indicator. Cowboys, construction workers and supermodels wear them, but we rarely think about where all that denim originally came from, or where […]
