 | Sunday, November 15, 2020 | |  | Sunday, November 15, 2020 | | Hi, art lovers! | | | If you’ve been clocking more time outdoors this year, you’re, well, like most people. It’s why Friday’s episode of CBC Arts: Exhibitionists took a special look at street art. Stream it now on CBC Gem or YouTube, and when you get to the end, Amanda’s going to mention how there’s a ton of related content waiting on the website. She’s not wrong. There’s a whole six seasons’ worth. But honestly, good luck excavating any of it. There are dozens of street-art stories socked away in the archive, which is why I’m going to be your Google.
Among the choicer cuts: Get a lesson in Toronto’s street-art history with Elicser (also seen here). Visit Sudbury, Ont., with masked muralist birdO. Scale a 23-storey building with Okuda and a farm silo with Roadsworth. (For the DIYers, the latter will also teach you how to stencil like a pro.) In Vancouver, meet Ola Volo and Sandeep Johal (who moderated Friday’s panel, FYI). In Montreal, shadow Miss Me and Sandra Chevrier. (Also, watch Kevin Ledo create one of the city’s supersized tributes to Leonard Cohen.) Check in on Canadians working abroad: Danaé Brissonnet in San Juan, Puerto Rico; Maliciouz in Abidjan, Ivory Coast; Andrea Wan in Berlin. Those three paint, but there are other ways to leave a mark. To wit: duct tape, plywood and Zellers bags of unusual size. | | | | | And because we promised you eye candy ... | | |  | Duncan C. McLean | From the street to the subway platform. This ultra-low-res photo by Duncan C. McLean is part of this year’s Life on the Line exhibition. Launching Nov. 16, the show puts posters by 10 Ontario artists in TTC subway cars. Plus, a sale of the featured works benefits the Canadian Mental Health Association. | | | | |  | @theworksfest/Instagram | | Any readers in Edmonton? I could do without the snow, but I sure wish I could’ve seen these paper dandelions by Monique Martin in person. (The installation came down Nov. 10, but it sprouted up in various locations as part of The Works Art & Design Festival.) | | | | |  | @diegocabezas00/Instagram | | That’s not a drawing. Honest. Wire sculpture by Diego Cabezas. | | | | |  | Skawennati | | | | | Skawennati’s bringing her digital art to the runway. (Like, an IRL runway.) Inspired by traditional Mohawk ribbon shirts, her Calico & Camouflage collection is designed for protest. | | | | |  | | Mechant Vaporwave | | | | | An interview with this year’s winner of the Polaris Music Prize, Montreal rapper Backxwash. | | | | |  | CBC Arts | | | | | You bet. And you’ll find it in Cochin, Sask. Head there with Tamarra Canu on the latest episode of Big Things Small Towns. | | | | |  | @elzbieta.painting/Instagram | | Toronto’s been getting some killer sunsets lately, but Elzbieta’s skyscapes might be even more striking. You know her work from Landscape Artist of the Year Canada. The complete series is now streaming on CBC Gem. | | | | | Share this newsletter | | or subscribe if this was
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