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Sunday, May 16, 2021

Hi, Art!

Sunday, May 16, 2021

Hi, art lovers!

 
At some point every spring, specifically the week leading up to the Canadian Screen Awards, I spend a few minutes Googling whether any of the nominees are actually available to watch online. Fun times. This year’s event begins Monday, May 17, with four days of programming that culminates with the big show on May 20. (For your calendars, the main event starts at 8 ET that night and will be live streamed over YouTube, Twitter and the Canadian Academy’s website.) And yes, you CAN watch nominated movies and TV shows online. 

Something I discovered earlier today: if you dare enter the perpetual scrolling loop that is this year’s nominations list, streaming info is right there next to the show titles. This being a CBC Arts newsletter, I am, of course, obligated to point you toward some of our own honoured fare, including CBC Arts: Exhibitionists, FreeUp! Emancipation Day 2020 and Canada’s a Drag. 

Also on the subject of CBC Arts/CSA cross-pollination, Johanna Schneller interviewed some of the notable nominees, and that series of Q&As rolled out this past week. Read her conversations with Noah Reid (Schitt’s Creek), Tracey Deer (Beans), Grace Glowicki (Tito), Emily Andras (Wynonna Earp) and Charles Officer (Akilla’s Escape).
 

And because we promised you eye candy ...

 
Colourful and cartoonish drawing of the interior of a city cafe. A human with pink skin, long yellow hair and round glasses sits at a yellow table workin at a Macbook. Behind them is a busy street scene. Cars fill the space.Trees can be seen across the street in front of a brick wall.

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I’m never not dreaming of writing in a café again. (Drawing by Haleigh Mun.)

 
Overhead photo of a beige tiled table surrounded by six round tiled chairs.

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Working from a setup like this would also be A-OK. (That table’s in Singapore, in case you’re curious. It’s a typical but nevertheless fantastic communal dining area — the sort of thing found in public apartment blocks. Jonathan Tan is the photographer and he’s collecting more fun aerial shots like this one on his Instagram.)
 
Black and white photo collage. An image of bare legs, poised as if about to run a race. The image is composed of a window-pane grid of cut-outs.

@khoeckele/Instagram

Artist Kim Hoeckele has a few billboards up in Toronto as part of this year’s Contact Photography Festival. The featured photos comprise a series called epoch, stage, shell, and this short film (Nike or Nike) unpacks some of the ideas behind the project.
 
Photo of six poster prints hanging on a beige wall. They depict line drawings of a cartoon alligator, a lobster driving a car, a rubber ducky floating beneath puffy clouds, a cocktail shrimp holding a cocktail, an anthropomorphic strawberry peeking from behind a wall and a breakfast still life composed of coffee, egg, sausage and hot sauce.

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For those who love a craft sale, even those of the virtual variety, Puces Pop has released its spring catalogue. Plenty of artist-made wares are available, including prints by graphic designer Gwendoline Le Cunff.
 
Drawing of five female figures. with long brown hair tangled in a thicket of more long brown hair and purple and pink vines. The two larger figures are white women wearing nothing but blue jeans. Their faces are not visible and their arms appear to morph into leafy tree branches. The remaining three figures are rendered in pink and are a third the size. They are nude and appear to either hang from pink tree trunks or be one with them.

@haleycraw/Instagram

Have you heard of the Art Gallery of NWT? It’s a gallery on wheels. A trailer, really. And this collaborative piece by Haley Craw and Nicole Haywood will be appearing in its next mobile exhibition. 
 
 

You've got to see this

 
 
 
Still from Wuhan Wuhan. A person of Chinese descent holds a newborn baby in a hospital. Shot in close-up, they are wearing a white protective hooded suit and blue surgical mask.

Yung Chang

 

Shot in Wuhan. Made in Toronto

In this personal essay, Canadian filmmaker Yung Chang reveals how he directed Wuhan Wuhan. 
 
Composite image of Chelsea Charles (left) and one of her illustrations (right). Chelsea is a young Black women with long straight honey-blonde hair. She wears a beige turtleneck and glasses and smiles at the camera. The illustration is a digital portrait of a young Black woman who appears in profile. She wears her curly hair in a wide top knot and smiles. The background is solid pink.
CBC Arts/Chelsea Charles

Excess screen time isn’t always a bad thing

 
Chelsea Charles is an illustrator based in Brampton, Ont. In this self-shot video, she’ll show you how her art evolved when she swapped her paper sketchbook for an iPad.
 
Illustration of poet Toks Ayinla on a yellow background. Toks is a Black woman with long braids pulled back from her face. She looks up smiling. she wears a pink short sleeved top. Text reads: Poetic License. Best Hopes by Toks Ayinla.

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Poetic License: Full series now online

That’s a wrap on Season 5! Listen to all the performances, starting with this piece by Toks Ayinla.
 
 

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Laura Cone

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Photo of a handmade rug lying on wood flooring. It is shaped like an orange cartoon tiger with four eyes.

@indoor.activities/Instagram

Her handmade rugs aren’t good; they’re grrrrreat. (Read more about Laura’s work in this feature story from the other week.)
 

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And since I spent the first part of this email writing about awards, I should probably mention that you are currently reading a DIGITAL PUBLISHING AWARD-NOMINATED newsletter. Feel the prestige! Much thanks to the National Media Awards Foundation for the recognition. It is, indeed, an honour just to be nominated.

I’m Leah Collins, senior writer at CBC Arts. Until next time!

 
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