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Sunday, June 13, 2021

Hi, Art!

Sunday, June 13, 2021

Hi, art lovers!

 
There is nothing worse than missing out. So while this article has been referenced just about everywhere I live online, I’ll share it with you just in case. The Americans are already crowing about The Return of FOMO and a summer marathon of good times that’ll keep on raging until we’re collectively diagnosed with exhaustion. Sounds fun. But if FOMO, in the Before Times sense of the word, is actually back, its Canadian flavour is different. It’s blander, certainly, and dizziness is a potential side effect. We don’t have the luxury of crying over missed cocktail hours here — the thinks-and-drinks we failed to squeeze between a matinee and three warehouse raves. Not quite yet, anyway. And the mood — for me at least — isn’t frustration, but confusion. The friends (and corporate brand accounts) I creep on Instagram are scattered all over. Pals in Montreal might be gallery-crawling this weekend, and maybe it’s the same for your friends in Alberta, who could have squeezed in a double feature (at a real live movie theatre) to boot. Meanwhile in Toronto, it’s still Hot Introvert Summer … albeit with the option of patio concerts. I’d argue FOMO won’t return until each and every one of us is equally empowered to schedule back-to-back karaoke sessions. But on a more serious note, the regional disparity presents a real challenge for arts organizations. One example: this campaign demanding the safe reopening of galleries and museums in Ontario. This CBC News story gives a glimpse of how reopening compares for museums in Ottawa versus those across the border in Gatineau, Que. 
 

And because we promised you eye candy ...

 
Painting of a male figure seated. He has brown skin and short brown hair. He crosses his arms and wears a grey T-shirt and black Adidas pants. Behind him is a mauve rectangle and a leafy houseplant. At left behind him is a blue rubbermaid container. A toy ball resembling the face of Michealangelo the Ninja Turtle rest on top.

Lauren Crazybull

Last Thursday, Albertan museums were permitted to reopen, and the Art Gallery of Alberta will be ready to welcome visitors June 19. This painting by Lauren Crazybull (previously seen here) appears as part of The Scene, an exhibition of local artists.

 
Abstract image. Dark blue backdrop. Two superimposed rectangles overlap. A rainbow effect appears to shimmer over the image. At centre is a ghostly impression of plant fronds.

Sanaz Mazinani

This piece by Sanaz Mazinani is appearing in a fundraising auction for the Vancouver Art Gallery …
 
Photo of an orange ceramic vessel. It is tall but bulbous. The glaze is a thick and shiny crackle effect.

Seth Rogen

As is this work by Seth Rogen, my all-time favourite celebrity on Instagram because he mostly posts photos of ceramics. (This is a very good profile where he talks a bit about pottery.)
 
Painting of an older Black woman with short curly hair. She is seated, looking towards the left of the frame, and rests her shoulder on a wood table. She wears a bold printed longsleeve top. The print features tropical leaves and fruit and birds as well as photo-realistic images of small children wearing winter coats.

Kareem-Anthony Ferreira

Kareem-Anthony Ferreira (seen here) is among the artists included in the first-ever Greater Toronto Art 2021 triennial. The exhibition is scheduled to open at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Toronto Sept. 29 (fingers crossed!). But right this second, you can find his paintings at Towards Gallery.
 
surreal and abstracted wilderness scene in shades of purple and blue.

@hellsbellsdaniel/Instagram

Like this one, Melanie Daniel’s recent paintings are set amid the fallout of some unspecified climate disaster. The B.C. artist has been Instagramming about her support of the protests at Fairy Creek. (More on that in the story below.)
 
 

You've got to see this

 
 
 
Photo of an ancient forest. At centre, a white man with a beard and long sandy hair crouches amid ferns. He paints a tall canvas. The image is of a thick tree trunk.

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Take a trip to the Fairy Creek blockade

Meet Jeremy Herndl, an artist who advocates for B.C.’s old-growth forest while painting among its ancient trees. 
 
Photo composite of Sobey Art Award short list nominees.
Sungpil Yoon, Frederico Pellachin, Dimitri Levanoff, Chickweed Arts/Jamie Griffiths, Annie France Leclerc

Look who’s nominated for the Sobey Art Award

 
The short list was revealed this past week along with dates for a group exhibition at the National Gallery of Canada. 
 
Photo collage of three theatre artists participating in Buddies in Bad Times Theatre's Emerging Creators Unit

John Paillé

 

Watch for these rising stars at Buddies in Bad Times Theatre’s Queer Pride Festival

Meet the artists of this year’s Emerging Creators Unit: Ajahnis Charley, Janis Mayers and Babe Waters.
 
 

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Emily Kirsch

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Abstract image of a dark green blob against white background.

@emily_kirsch_art/Instagram

Emily graduated from the University of Victoria this spring and appears in our Class of 2021 feature. This piece (Consume) started as a swirl of acrylic paint. Emily then scanned that image and presented it as a large photographic print. Does it remind you of anything? Emily says the work is inspired by microscopic life, but they love it when viewers approach the work Rorschach-style and find another story in the picture.
 

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