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Hi, Art!

Sunday, August 08, 2021

Hi, Art!

Sunday, August 08, 2021

Hi, art lovers!

 
If I had a yard, you bet I’d be hosting movie nights right now, and if you’re a lucky so-and-so with your own personal garden or courtyard or acreage — any sizeable outdoor space, period — I’m going to stop regretting my life choices for a smidge and direct you to this story from the folks at CBC Life: a guide to planning the best backyard movie night ever. If you’re the sort to spend more time browsing Netflix than actually watching anything, you’re probably the target reader for the expert advice found within. But if you finish reading that story and STILL need more ideas, I am obligated to point you toward some CBC fare: Short Film Face Off. The annual competition series (hosted by Amanda Parris) launches its 14th (!!!) season Saturday, Aug. 14, and it’ll be streaming on CBC Gem. (Follow the show’s Facebook page for more programming info as it's announced). There’s also a major festival going on — the biggest genre film fest in all of North America. Fantasia runs to Aug. 25 in Montreal, and while there are in-person screenings happening in the city, you’ll also find streaming options aplenty. 

Other entertaining things you can do outside (without having to be an amateur multiplex manager for the night): live music is coming to (very select) Toronto patios, and there’s outdoor theatre happening around the region too. Read one of these books pretty much anywhere. Take photos of strangers … or not. (It might be a no-no.) As for things that are happening indoors (in places that might require a vaccine passport), preview the new Meow Wolf outpost and “audiovisual art installations” by Grimes and a bunch of other pop stars. 
 

And because we promised you eye candy ...

 
Colour photo of an open sketchbook resting on a person's lap. Their sandalled feet are visible as is the mossy ground beneath them. The pages are filled with a detailed drawing of a one-floor cottage surrounded by fluffy trees. It is rendered in blue and black ink.

@seanislewis/Instagram

If I were at a cottage right now, there’s no way I’d be as productive as this guy. But then, I’m also not a talented professional illustrator. (That sketchbook belongs to Toronto’s Sean Lewis.) 

 
Painting by Andrew Cranston on a repurposed book cover. The scene suggests abstracted forest plants surrounding a white circle. In its centre is the suggestion of a tent with two lavender-skinned persons visible. They kneel and face each other.

@andrew.cranston/Instagram

Another cottage activity: Checking for ticks by Andrew Cranston.
 
Paper sculpture photographed against a green backdrop. It is a humanoid creature made entirely of colourful flowers and twigs (for hands and feet).

@catjohnstonnn/Instagram

A totally wild paper sculpture by Cat Johnston. 
 
Abstract composition made of geometric and organically shaped forms in shades of green, lilac, blue and yellow.

@nasarimba_/Instagram

Calgary-based duo Nasarimba has a gallery show at VivianeArt to Aug. 15.
 
Landscape in shades of blue with a yellow sky. A pale blue stream cuts through the centre towards the horizon. Tall trees and grasses rise like walls on either side.

© 2019 Matthew Wong Foundation. Image courtesy of Karma, New York.

A Dream. 2019 painting by Matthew Wong. An exhibition of his work opens at the Art Gallery of Ontario Aug. 13 — the first museum show dedicated to the late Toronto-born artist.
 
A seascape of neon blue against a gradiated yellow and cornflower sky. A flaming red sun appears to set twoards the water. The lines are blurred as though airbrushed.

@paul_rousteau/Instagram

Photograph (!!!) by Paul Rousteau from his Seascapes series.
 
 

You've got to see this

 
 
 
Photo of a magician in a top hat on stage. Shot from behind, a sparse crowd of people can be seen in the audience, seated at long benches.

Courtesy of Lighthouse Immersive

 

The first indoor event we’ve been to all pandemic

Illusionarium is like nothing else, but does it make for a magic night out? I took in the show with CBC Arts’ Lise Hosein. Find out what’s inside.
 
Still from Disney's One Hundred and One Dalmations. A thin pink man in a green hat and pants and brown jacket sits under an old tree by a pond, gazing out while smoking a pipe. A dalmation sits beside him.
Disney

Old Disney movies as self-care?

 
Want to find “quiet magic” in your everyday life? This writer thinks a screening of One Hundred and One Dalmatians might do the trick. 
 
Illustration of a young black boy with short hair. He appears in profile, sad and looking downward while sitting on a stack of rainbow-coloured lawn chairs.

Gyimah Gariba

 

Artist fights Ghana’s anti-gay bill

Born in Ghana, Gyimah Gariba is an artist living in Toronto, and his illustrations are bringing attention to homophobia and transphobia in his home country.
 
 

Follow this artist

 
 
 
Instagram

Yazmin Monet Butcher

@ymonett
Image of the CBC gem comprised of vibran realistic pieces of fruit: watermelon and orange slices, blueberries, leaves and a glistening raspberry at the centre.

@ymonett/Instagram

High in Vitamin CBC! Read a Q&A with Toronto artist Yazmin Monet Butcher and get the story behind this juicy logo design.
 

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