By Lindsey Rivait
Arts Editor
September 30, 2009

Vancouver’s Dan Mangan is officially out of debt thanks to his recent win of the XM Verge Music Award for artist of the year.
“It’s just one thing after another. Kind of a little overwhelming,” Mangan said in an interview with The Lance the day after his win.
Also included with the award is a cheque for $25,000, something Mangan appreciates quite a bit.
Since he was 16-years-old, Mangan has been in debt from crashing his parents’ car. “In one fell swoop I’m no longer in debt, so that’s pretty incredible,” he said.
Mangan is now busy heading across Canada, and then Europe afterward for six weeks.
“I’ve never actually done more than seven weeks on the road straight, so this is going to be the first. We’ll see how we do,” said Mangan. >>

By Alanna Magri
Lance Writer

September 30, 2009

We’ve officially reached that time of year again where we have to pack up our beach towels and situate ourselves into our new semester. Not to worry, there is still one big three-day party waiting to welcome us into fall.
Taking place Oct. 1-4 in Downtown Windsor is the annual Harvesting the FAM Festival. This is Windsor’s largest independent arts festival that allows local artists to display, promote, perform, or sell their works for the public’s enjoyment.
Emily Copeland, member of the festival’s organizing team, speaks about the importance of exposure for these artists. “We want the artists and creative talents involved to feel nurtured by their fellow community members and to gain exposure,”
Participating in this festival are artists, musicians, and directors from Windsor, Detroit, and Southwestern Ontario. >>

By Josh Kolm
Lance Writer
September 30, 2009

Marcia Huyer is an artist whose work consists entirely of large, human-sized inflatable sculpture.
At first glace it is intriguing and quirky, something that allows you to be open-minded about art without trying to understand any of that weird stuff you find at other galleries.
Step into “What’s up there anyhow?,” an exhibit now on display at Windsor’s Artcite, centred around phallic representations embodying modern man’s impractical utilizations of ingenuity and what happens when the status gained leads to inevitable inadequacy.
Huyer, who has been working with inflatables since 2003, used grey two-tone silk to construct replicas of some of the world’s tallest buildings at a 1/160th of the size. They are kept in a perpetual state of under-inflation by small motors imbedded in their stands.
But the exhibit is far from being a room full of car dealership sale balloons. >>