I had a great opportunity while I was in Calgary in the winter of 2019 to speak with designer April Viczko. She is an associate professor and the chair of the department of design in the school of creative and performing arts at the University of Calgary. She is also the past president of the Associated Designers of Canada and a founding member of the controversial Designers Working Group. We speak about her early experiences at Scenotecnica Piu in Italy at the beginning of her career and her journey from Prud'homme Saskatchewan to Toronto and back to Calgary. You can see examples of her work at https://aprilviczko.com/ .
A special thanks to the sound department at the University of Calgary who loaned us some fancy microphones to record the interview.
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Links
Interculture Canada - American Field Service
Scenotechnica Piu owned by Antonetti
Chuck Homewood and ADC
Paul Matheson
Casa Loma Christmas, and Wolfworks
The Last Days of Judas Iscariot, directed by David Ferry in 2005
Shadow Pleasures nee Hand Writing into Dance by Veronica Tennant
Hello Hello, by Kill Your Television, directed by Kevin Sutley
Garage Alec by Village Theatre, directed by Ron Jenkins
Ash Rizen, by Alberta Theatre Projects
Natalie Rewa, Scenography in Canada
Kendra Fanconi, created Slime by The Only Animal company
Patsy Thomas, head of wardrobe at Banff Centre for The Arts
Saa’kokoto, Kainai Blackfoot elder at U of Calgary theatre dept
Magnetic North and the Push Festival
Designers Working Group
Dany Lyne acceptance speech at Siminovich prize
Erica Hassel