Issue: Volume 20 Issue 24

  • Voices singing ‘Let’s be jolly’ . . .

    Voices singing ‘Let’s be jolly’ . . .

    Nolan Kehler knows a thing or two about music. In addition to studying vocal performance at Canadian Mennonite University in Winnipeg, the 22-year-old works part-time as an AM radio DJ and also as a producer for CBC Manitoba. Kehler has played drums for a number of Winnipeg musical acts, including Pocket Change, Kenzie Jane, and…

  • Painting as problem-solving

    Painting as problem-solving

    For Winnipeg artist Megan Krause, painting is a process of problem solving. “I never plan a piece ahead of time. Not anymore, anyway,” the 32-year-old says. “It’s all intuitively done.” Krause starts her paintings by playing and experimenting with how to apply the paint, dripping here and splattering there to see what happens. Then she…