 | Sunday, July 25, 2021 | |  | Sunday, July 25, 2021 | | Hi, art lovers! | | | | A quick hit of history for you: on Aug. 1, 1834, slavery was abolished in the British Empire. Emancipation Day is the event that marks that date, and (little-known fact?) it wasn’t until earlier this year that the Canadian House of Commons declared it an official holiday. CBC Gem will debut a new arts special this Aug. 1 to celebrate the occasion. It’s called FreeUp! Emancipation Day, and you might remember catching last year’s (Canadian Screen Award-nominated!) show featuring Jully Black. (Watch it here.) Like last year’s special, the all-new 2021 program boasts a stacked lineup of Black Canadian talent, with music, dance and all kinds of performing arts in the mix. Among the boldfaced names: Michie Mee, d’bi.young anitafrika and Haviah Mighty. The show kicks off Aug. 1 at 1 p.m. ET. Find it on CBC Gem and YouTube. | | | | | And because we promised you eye candy ... | | |  | @anne_bayin/Instagram | From Anne Bayin, double-exposure photography that perfectly captures pandemic park life. | | | | |  | @amyquerin/Instagram | | Tiny tears fill an ocean by Amy Friend. (To get that starry texture, Amy submerges photographs in sea water. Follow the project on her dreamy Instagram.) | | | | |  | Faig Ahmed | | Trip on these rugs. Work by Faig Ahmed is appearing at Toronto’s Aga Khan Museum to Sept. 6. (The museum reopened this weekend!) | | | | |  | Kapwani Kiwanga | | Another spot in Toronto that’s back in operation: the Museum of Contemporary Art reopened July 23, but you only have until Aug. 29 to see work by Kapwani Kiwanga, the 2018 winner of the Sobey Art Award. This piece is from her ongoing series, Flowers for Africa. | | | | |  | @saidamagic/Instagram | | You might remember reading about VMF Winter Arts back in February. It’s an augmented reality exhibition put on by the folks at Vancouver Mural Festival, and Saida Saetgar was one of the local artists who created some AR magic for the event. The 2022 edition is now taking applications. (Info here.) | | | | |  | Nethmie Hetti | | | | | While other people were stockpiling toilet paper, Nethmie Hetti was drawing on it. Get a closer look at the 37-foot (!!!) European landscape she started working on last year. | | | | |  | | HBO Max/GC Images | | | | | The series reboot features several Canadian stars, and Toronto’s Karena Evans directs the first two episodes. | | | | |  | Julian Romano | | | | | There are giant slides and happy clouds too. This outdoor exhibition invites Toronto to get out and play. | | | | |  | @___thedreamers___/Instagram | | Murals by this artist duo are all over Toronto. (One’s even mentioned in this article from the other week.) | | | | | Share this newsletter | | or subscribe if this was
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