 | Sunday, September 19, 2021 | |  | Sunday, September 19, 2021 | | Hi, art lovers! | | | | The Toronto International Film Festival wrapped yesterday. Will the pandemic be over by next year's TIFF? Pull your hand out of the popcorn bag and cross your butter-stained fingers. More stars, less risk of contagion: keep repeating that mantra through the fall of 2022. But first, a recap of some special TIFF coverage we published this month: a series of essays from Canadian filmmakers attending the festival. We’ve got Catherine Hernandez (Scarborough) writing about how much she loathes schmoozing. (Relatable.) Fawzia Mirza relays her experience making The Syed Family Xmas Eve Game Night, a project that coincided with some life-changing news in her personal life. Find a few more of these dispatches in the featured spots below, or just click this. | | | | | And because we promised you eye candy ... | | |  | Dana Claxton. Collection of the Vancouver Art Gallery, Audain BC Art Acquisition Fund | Vancouver’s Dana Claxton won the 2020 Scotiabank Photography Award, an honour that’s being celebrated at the Ryerson Image Centre in Toronto right now. You’re looking at Lasso, a 2018 piece by the Hunkpapa Lakota artist. | | | | |  | @lukeramseystudio/Instagram | | Speed of Light by Victoria’s Luke Ramsey (previously seen here). Luke has a solo show at Toronto’s Mayberry Fine Art through Oct. 8. | | | | |  | @yorkvillemurals/Instagram | | This mural by Jason Zante isn’t new exactly. (It was splashed on the exterior of the Four Seasons Hotel Toronto earlier this summer.) But the piece features as part of Yorkville Murals, a three-day event happening in the heart of the city’s luxury-handbag district Sept. 24 to 26. | | | | |  | Andrea Mortson | | Dream of being lost on the way home by Andrea Mortson. Love it? Get it! Struts Gallery in Sackville, N.B., is doing a pay-what-you-can poster sale to raise money for its programming, and there are lots more artist-made prints to choose from. (FWIW, this one by Lenka Clayton made me LOL.) | | | | |  | Courtesy of Trapp Projects | | | | | This Vancouver dentist has traded his services for 25 years, and his collection features some of the city’s most notable artists. | | | | |  | | levelFilm | | | | | On the set of her new movie, filmmaker Haya Waseem discovered a profound sense of belonging. In this essay, she writes about her journey. | | | | |  | Tim Myles | | | | | Now, Tim Myles has a film at the festival. It’s called Little Bird and the project is a love letter to his late mother. | | | | |  | @shantelmillerart/Instagram | | We recently published a story about painters who are capturing Canadian perspectives that have long been overlooked, and Shantel is included in that survey. Click to read more about her work, including this painting of hers from 2019 (Lukewarm). | | | | | Share this newsletter | | or subscribe if this was
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