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Hi, Art!

Sunday, February 20, 2022

Hi, Art!

Sunday, February 20, 2022

Hi, art lovers!

 

You know how I’m always pushing some new CBC show with an artsy spin? Well, a bunch of those series are now vying for a Canadian Screen Award … or eight. (Who’s up for eight awards? 21 Black Futures — and here’s where to stream it.) 

Also among the honourees: Writing the Land, Race Against the Tide and a little program that wrapped its sixth and final season this year, CBC Arts: Exhibitionists. The show’s Amanda Parris is nominated for her hosting work, but that’s not all: she’s already been named the winner of the Changemaker Award, a special prize from the Canadian Academy. 

Stay tuned for details on how to watch the awards show, which is airing April 10 on CBC and CBC Gem. 

And because we promised you eye candy ...

 
Landscape collage by Vikky Alexander. Forms cut froom photos of blue sky, green grass, green and blue water, pink flowers.

Manif d'art

The art biennial Manif d’art launched this weekend in Quebec City. Recent work by Vikky Alexander (including this piece) will be appearing as part of the event’s programming.

 
Photo of people waking outdoors at night. They move through large panels made of multicoloured netting. The material is in different colours, and is hung to appear like layers or a tunnel.

Manif d'art

Here’s another taste of one of the projects appearing at Manif d’art this winter. To find this installation by Gabriel Lester (Le Grand Boum), head to Place Ste-Foy.
 
Mixed media photographic work. A chaotic party scene. The composition is stuffed with black balloons, confetti and streamers. Four identical female figures, their faces all or partially obscured, stand or crouch.

Manif d'art

OK, OK … just one more thing I copy/pasted from the Manif d’art program and then I’m done. Les ruines des affamés (4) by Annie Baillargeon. 
 
Photo of artist Jim Holyoak, a white man with a full eard wearing all black, stands in a gallery. The walls are completely covered with ink drawings of tangled trees.

@jimholyoak/Instagram

Over in Nanaimo, B.C., Jim Holyoak (seen here) has turned the View Gallery into a tangled forest, where visitors are welcome to laze around and read about trees or just bathe in a creepy soundscape.
 
An older woman's face can be seen emerging from rolling hills of shrubs.

@eyesasbigasplates/Instagram

Or there’s this project that takes the whole “immerse yourself in nature” thing way more literally. Photo from Eyes as Big as Plates, a series by Norwegian-Finnish artists Karoline Hjorth and Riitta Ikonen.
 
 

You've got to see this

 
 
 
Photo of the cast of Kim's convenience on set.
CBC

7 reasons to be excited about the CSA nominations

 
What? All the love for CBC Arts wasn’t enough for you? OK, fine. You’ll find a few more reasons in this entirely subjective listicle.
 
Illustration of a woman standing next to a dog or wolf (in silhouette). They are placed on a pale blue background. A floral pattern fills both the woman's dress and the shape of the dog.
House of Anansi

The case FOR the trauma plot?

 
Who else shared this article from The New Yorker? Alicia Elliott read it, but she has a different take. The trauma plot isn’t necessarily a shortcut. Authors can use it with purpose and care.
 
A still from Crossroads. Zoe Saldana, Taryn Manning and Britney Spears rise in the front seat of a convertible.

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It should have been the ultimate hate-watch

 
The year was 2002 and Crossroads, a new movie starring Britney Spears, had hit the multiplex. At the time, it was cool to hate on everything to do with Britney, but as Anne T. Donahue writes, “the haters were wrong.”
 

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Photo of a human hand reaching down into a miniature model of a pottery studio. The floor and walls are covered with white unfired clay vessels.

@minipotteryproject/Instagram

If last week’s newsletter got you hooked on Best in Miniature, Cielo needs no introduction. The Toronto-based artist runs more than one Insta, but if you’re obsessed with her pint-sized pottery, this is the account to follow. 
 

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