Arts on the Ave commissioned lantern artist, GABS, to create Ren the Woolly Mammoth for the 2022 Deep Freeze Byzantine Winter Festival in Borden Park. Ren the woolly mammoth was a vision of the Deep Freeze Festival team to bring light and joy to a city feeling isolated during a pandemic and in one of the longest and coldest months of the year…
PSA - Deep Freeze Borden Park Promenade Closed January 17 and 18
Due to extreme winter weather, Deep Freeze: A Byzantine Winter Fete will close the Borden Park Promenade, Monday January 17 and Tuesday January 18. The safety of staff, artists, volunteers and patrons are of the utmost importance to the Arts on the Ave and Deep Freeze team.
Borden Park will reopen for more winter magic, Wednesday, January 19 at 4 pm. Guests should use the west gate, located at 113 Ave and 78 Street.
Borden Park Deep Freeze Promenade
CLOSED January 17 & 18
OPEN January 19 - 23, Dusk to Dark (4 pm - 10 pm)
The Carrot Community Arts Coffeehouse is open and hosts the Deep Freeze Visual Art Gallery. Workshops at The Carrot are continuing as planned.
We appreciate the community's love and support from the past weekend and cannot wait to see you on Wednesday!
Deep Freeze: A Byzantine Winter Fête in the News
Anna Cousins
Ann Cousins is a mixed-blood Dene artist who loves working publicly, teaching all ages of our First Nations history and traditional crafts. She has taught on a number of platforms.
Short Film: Les marionnettes
Like the aurora borealis that dance above in our northern skies, the Francophone culture, in all its diversity, will be shining bright at this year’s Deep Freeze: A Byzantine Winter Fête. The centrepiece of the Francophone promenade will be “Les marionnettes,” an installation of light, sound, and poetry tucked into the trees of Borden Park. Visitors will be brought into a world where the stars sing and a fiddler makes the northern lights dance.
Design and Creation: Gaetan Benoit and Kevin Green
Poem: Katrine Deniset
Production Assistant: William Lee Pratt
Soundscape: Raphaël Freynet
Violin: Daniel Gervais
Video produced by Moving Artistry Productions
Camera: Justin Brunelle
Editing: Erica Cawagas
2Moods
On stage he is nicknamed 2Moods; this young man from Kinshasa, currently living in Canada, in the city of Edmonton AB, started making music under the style of Hip Hop rap in the summer of 2015. He has participated in Polyfonik 2016 winning the prize for the award-winning song. He has presented his show during Afro Fest 2017, Make music 2017, French twists 2016 and 2017, etc ...
Sur scène on le surnomme 2Moods ; Ce jeune homme originaire du Congo Kinshasa, présentement vivant au Canada, dans la ville d’edmonton AB, a commencé à faire de la musique sous le style du Hip Hop rap en été 2015. Il participe à Polyfonik 2016 et remporte le prix de la chanson primée. Il a présenté son spectacle lors Afro fest 2017, Make music 2017, French twists 2016 et 2017, etc…
Amanda Lamothe
Amanda Lamothe is a native flutist / native dance instructor and cultural workshop instructor.
Brianna Lizotte
Brianna is an artist, a teacher, and community leader, and is deeply proud of her Metis heritage. She currently lives in Edmonton, AB, and is pursuing a degree in music.