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05/14/2026

We caught up with former Miss Alberta, .chance, at Mystic Threads: A Rococo Reimagining last night ✨🎭


doesn’t just hear music, she experiences it as color, shape, and scene. Shaped by synesthesia and a childhood surrounde...
05/11/2026

doesn’t just hear music, she experiences it as color, shape, and scene. Shaped by synesthesia and a childhood surrounded by choral tradition in Washington, DC, her relationship to sound has always been visual and instinctive. From early memories in the Washington National Cathedral to writing her first song at three years old, music for her has never followed a single lane, but instead exists as an unfolding world she can see before she can name.

That sense of vision carries into everything she creates today. Blending cinematic alt-pop, R&B, soul, and orchestral influence, Madison builds songs like environments that feel structured but fluid, precise but emotionally open. Whether writing through personal rupture or working as a creative director, her approach is rooted in translating feeling into form, turning sound into something you don’t just listen to but step into.

We caught up with Blake Madison as she continues to expand that world, where music is not just heard but fully seen. Read more on www.avolamag.com

A lot of people will tell you Calgary’s fashion and arts scene is not the strongest in Canada. That may be true, dependi...
05/07/2026

A lot of people will tell you Calgary’s fashion and arts scene is not the strongest in Canada. That may be true, depending on who you ask. But the strongest opinions rarely come from the people actually in the room. They were not at LOOK26 Gala: Off The Path.

LOOK26, presented by and curated by , turned the gallery into something closer to a constructed dream. Fashion, art, and performance did not sit in separate corners of the night, they folded into each other. From the Holt Renfrew dinner to the cabaret with TR/ST and Hermitess, and into the RYAN GREEN after party, the evening never seemed to settle into one mood.

If you were there, you already know what this felt like. If you weren’t, check out our full LOOK26 story on AVOLA.

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05/04/2026

The most Magical Night Ever. LOOK26: 🦋OFF THE PATH🦋

05/04/2026

AVOLA was live at LOOK26 Gala , where guests stepped into an evening of art, atmosphere, and quiet spectacle.

We caught up with guests to talk about their outfits and what is means to be ‘Off The Path’

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🎉 GIVEAWAY TIME 🎉We’re giving away 4 tickets to the LOOK26 Gala RYAN GREEN After Party — that means 2 winners can each b...
04/30/2026

🎉 GIVEAWAY TIME 🎉

We’re giving away 4 tickets to the LOOK26 Gala RYAN GREEN After Party — that means 2 winners can each bring a +1

In collaboration with

🗓 Saturday, May 2, 2026
⏰ 10:00 PM – 2:00 AM

Step into a late-night world of immersive art, live DJs, and wild energy. Think glowing lightscapes, underground vibes, and a dance floor that doesn’t quit

What you get:
🎶 Live performances + DJs
🎨 Art activations (including The Hermits’ Cavern)
🖼 Access to the Silent Art Auction
🎟 PLUS a 1-year Contemporary Calgary membership

🔥 HOW TO ENTER 🔥
– Follow &
– Like this post
– Tag your +1 (each tag = extra entry)
– Bonus: Share to your story

⏳ Winners will be announced Friday, May 1st at 2PM

Don’t miss your chance to get lost in the after-hours magic

Introducing AVOLA Extended.For us at AVOLA, this felt like a necessary next step. As we continue our work, we’ve found t...
04/22/2026

Introducing AVOLA Extended.

For us at AVOLA, this felt like a necessary next step. As we continue our work, we’ve found that a lot of the conversations we’re having around culture, creativity, and the internet simply don’t fit into text posts or even short-form content. Certain conversations need more space, more context, and more time to actually unfold.

That’s really what AVOLA Extended is about. Our work isn’t changing, it’s evolving and expanding into a place where we can sit down with creators, thinkers, and people shaping the digital world, and actually get into the details of how and why things are the way they are. We’re interested in longer conversations, deeper thinking, and documenting the people and ideas shaping the internet as it exists right now.

For our first episode, we wanted to start with someone who has spent years doing exactly that.

Dan Olson is a Calgary-born filmmaker and video essayist, best known for his work on Folding Ideas, a YouTube channel with over 1 million subscribers and more than 100 million total views. His long-form documentaries on internet culture, media, and online communities have become some of the most widely discussed video essays on the platform.

His videos don’t just comment on internet culture, they break it down, examine it, and often challenge the way people think about it entirely. That’s exactly why he made sense as the first conversation for AVOLA Extended. We weren’t just looking for someone with insight into the internet, but someone who actively interrogates it, someone who understands both the creative process and the systems creators operate within.

Journalist .blatz sat down with Olson to talk about internet culture, how he got into film and video editing, and how creators can think beyond YouTube when building a sustainable presence online.

04/22/2026

There’s something powerful about an artist who isn’t afraid to show the parts of themselves most people hide.

In our sit-down with Calgary-based singer-songwriter , he talked about writing from honesty, healing through music, and why vulnerability has become one of his greatest tools.

This moment was one of our favorites — but there’s so much more to the story.

Head over to our YouTube channel to watch the full interview. 🔥

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04/15/2026

We caught up with and .moussally at , right after their runway showcase and the debut of their new collection.

Here’s everything they had to say about the inspiration behind it.

04/14/2026

We caught up with .ent at to explore the thinking behind his latest work.

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