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Sunday, June 20, 2021

Hi, Art!

Sunday, June 20, 2021

Hi, art lovers!

 
Monday is National Indigenous Peoples Day, and I realize I’ve yet to mention this project that was produced by CBC Ontario. For National Indigenous History Month, their team commissioned seven Indigenous artists from the region to produce original illustrations. The work’s been featured on a few CBC Instagram accounts over the last couple weeks, but you can scroll through the full collection here while reading a bit about the artists. Elsewhere in the CBC ecosystem, CBC Gem’s curated a collection of Indigenous stories available for streaming. A quick scroll reveals plenty of acclaimed titles: The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open, Indian Horse, Rhymes for Young Ghouls. If you’ve seen all of those, these are 12 of the newest releases on CBC Gem. And the NFB has an even more comprehensive library of Indigenous cinema online. These staff picks from a few years back might help if you’re stumped on where to begin.

On the subject of streaming, have your bingeing habits changed lately? Or maybe you’re too distracted for screen time. There are fall concerts to dream about (Massey Hall reopening, Feist residency at Meridian Hall) — and things that are happening in the real live world right now-ish. Toronto’s Gardiner Museum is getting creative with their outdoor programming since they can’t open their galleries quite yet. In Montreal, people are already braving the great indoors. Have you heard of the city’s No. 2 attraction? Or if immersive fare is more your jam, you could walk on lava or launch yourself into space. Remember how every city in North America was seemingly Gogh-ing crazy for 360-degree light shows? Monet’s coming for your money next, Canada.
 

And because we promised you eye candy ...

 
Black and white drawing of a distorted male face on its side.

@annaparkart/Instagram

Side Eye. Charcoal drawing by Anna Park. The piece is included in Artists against Anti-Asian Violence, a benefit auction co-curated by Canadian painter Dominique Fung.

 
Black and white chiroscuro abstract composition.

@angelaheisch/Instagram

This drawing by Angela Heisch is also available through that auction.
 
Thick blue brushstokes swirl on the page evoking curvy waves of water.

@songdahae/Instagram

Toronto’s Dahae Song is “dreaming of the ocean,” and now so am I.
 
Photo of a rough-hewn acrylic sculpture resembling the pearlescent pastel interior of a sea shell.

@lauracatherinesoto/Instagram

More eerie seaside vibes — this time courtesy of California-based sculptor Laura Soto.
 
Graphical illustration of a female body wearing a long flowing navy and white striped garment. The figure's head is cropped out of the frame. Seated, they hold a small orange in one hand against their lap. The background is a mix of textures: gridwork, terrazzo. two tall vases flank the figure.

@carmenmcnall/Instagram

In Good Hands by Carmen Mcnall.
 
 

You've got to see this

 
 
 
Side by side pages of an illustrated sketchbook.

Yaara Eshet and Aya Rosen

 

These 2 artists have never met ...

... but they share a special bond. For years, they’ve mailed each other sketchbooks and collaborated on fantastical drawings. Take a look at some of their work.
 
Over head photo of 30 pots of colourful paint.
Anong Beam

How this Indigenous artist launched an all-natural paint company

 
Anong Beam makes sustainable paints from foraged materials. As you’ll read, learning that skill was an eye-opening experience, one that made her feel more connected to the land. Now she’s sharing that feeling with her customers.
 
Still of Michaela Cole in I May Destroy You. Medium closeup of a young slim Black woman with a powder-pink wavy bob wearing a white T-shirt. She stands on a London city street at night.

HBO

 

A highly subjective list of the pandemic’s best pop culture

We’re calling them “The Quarries.”
 
 

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Siyi Wang

@siyi_____wang
High contrast black and white photo of a crystal vase containing a draped piece of cloth printed with sunflowers. A human arm can be seen descending from the top of the frame, dipping the hand inside the vase.

@siyi_____wang/Instagram

An emerging photographer, Siyi won the Canon Best in Show award at Sheridan College’s year-end Gradwork exhibition. (She also features in this digital exhibition we published the other week.)
 

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