 | Sunday, May 09, 2021 | |  | Sunday, May 09, 2021 | | Hi, art lovers! | | | Some news you might have skimmed past while headline-scanning this week: one of Canada’s more prestigious art prizes, the Sobey Art Award, revealed its longlist of nominees on Wednesday. The rules around the prize have evolved a touch recently. Organizers ditched the restrictions around age limits, for example. (It was previously open to nominees 40 and under.) And in response to the presumed butt-kicking that’s been administered to everyone’s finances (thanks, COVID), the artists on this year’s longlist will receive $10,000 each, a hefty boost from the usual 2,000 bucks. Granted, the 2020 edition split the grand prize between all 25 longlisters, which broke down to $25,000 apiece. For the curious, there’s more on all these details in this CBC News article from earlier in the year, and you can learn about the honourees via the National Gallery of Canada. For even more information, you bet we have profiles on a bunch of these folks. Click for bonus content on Rajni Perera, Esmaa Mohamoud, Tanya Lukin Linklater, Emily Neufeld, Sharona Franklin, Walter Scott, Dayna Danger, Meagan Musseau, Glenn Gear and Laakkuluk Williamson-Bathory. (Even more bonus content: Maureen Gruben’s work is featured in this video about Qaumajuq, the newly opened museum of Inuit art at the Winnipeg Art Gallery.)
Other things: when can we go to big concerts again? (WHEN?!?!) According to this new trend forecast, the kids love tufting and quilting and snail mail (but also NFTs). Also, I’m pretty sure I loathe “live, laugh, love” garbage way too much to be cheugy, but maybe you are (and that’s OK). If you remember this story, perhaps you also have some questions about the strange, soothing world of Instagram’s computer-generated interiors. | | | | | And because we promised you eye candy ... | | |  | www.kathryngreenwood.com | Bird of Paradise/Mum’s Backyard by Kathryn Greenwood, student (and medal-winner) at this year’s edition of GradEx. (Oh yeah! A digital version of OCAD University’s annual year-end show opened May 3! Enter the maze of online viewing rooms here.) | | | | |  | @danielle_rhoda/Instagram | | Dreaming of that post-vaccine feeling. Illustration by Danielle Rhoda. | | | | |  | @indoor.activities/Instagram | | | | | For some artists, their pandemic pastime has become a full-time gig. (Laura Cone is one example. Those are the Toronto artist’s wild and woolly wares in the picture!) | | | | |  | | Max Dean | | | | | … he made art. A new documentary (Still Max) follows the artist’s journey. | | | | |  | CBC Arts | | | | | Leah Gold shows you how to craft cheerful paper flowers, a simple springtime activity to brighten your day. | | | | | Share this newsletter | | or subscribe if this was
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