Our interview with new media installation artist: Rich Gilbank.

Courtesy of Rich Gilbank

What you’re looking at in the above photo isn’t a collection of Klu Klux Klan hats. Instead, they are Anthros: stationary tentacles that gravitate towards any person standing nearby. The artist behind this installation, Rich Gilbank, has incorporated technology (using human-centric applications) in order to create interactive artwork. The Cowgirls were totally blown away – seeing as they barely know how to turn on their laptop – so they decided to chat up this astute artist firsthand.

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Our interview with Cherisse Thurab – stilt dancer and teacher.

Courtesy of Cherisse Thurab

Cherisse and Cheronne Thurab are typical sisters. They do their makeup together, pick out pants together – the only difference is that their makeup is fluorescent, and their pants are nine feet long. Why? Because these sisters are stilt dancers. The Cowgirls sat down with Cherisse to ask how she got into this wild form of contemporary dance, if it hurts when she falls, and what the weather’s really like up there.

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Our interview with Rachel Serruya: photographer, rocker, and showstopper.

Courtesy of Rachel Serruya

She’s barely been on the scene a few months, and her work has already managed to circulate some of the most prestigious photography blogs in Canada. Rachel Serruya of Baneful and Beautiful has tapped into her own style so quickly and effortlessly that it’s no wonder why she’s doing so well. The Cowgirls sat down with this radiant rocker to learn more about her photography, and how she’s captured such raw and intimate footage of Toronto’s hottest up-and-comers.

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Our trip to Buzzy B’s Stamp & Scrap shop for some stamp stampeding.

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This sunny Saturday inspired the Cowgirls to team up with our brilliant artist friend, Danielle Hession, for a crafting class in the Bloor West Village. If you thought scrapbooking was all about glue guns and felt (have no shame because we too were under that impression) then you have much to learn!

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