But first, a (Digital Publishing Award-winning!) throwback.
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Hi, Art!

Sunday, June 05, 2022

Hi, Art!

Sunday, June 05, 2022

Hi, art lovers!

 

First, a look back.

Late last summer, CBC Arts’ Lucius Dechausay was at the Woodland Cultural Centre in Brantford, Ont., with Mohawk poet Kahsenniyo Williams, and as you may remember from newsletters past, the result was this striking (and award-winning!) episode of Poetic License. A few days back, the piece brought home the gold at the 2022 Digital Publishing Awards, and the team here couldn’t be more proud. (So proud, in fact, that I’m gonna take this opportunity to push every episode of Poetic License that’s ever aired.)

Now, a look forward. 

Have you seen what’s coming to CBC? A bunch of new shows were announced last week, and here’s a list of everything set for the 2022–23 schedule so far. On the artsy side of things, competition series Race Against the Tide and Best in Miniature will be returning; Stuff the British Stole, a CBC/ABC podcast, will soon become a CBC/ABC television series; Essex County, the acclaimed graphic novel by Jeff Lemire, will be adapted into a five-part drama; and Lido Pimienta, the Polaris-winning multi-hyphenate previously seen here, here, here and here is getting her own variety show on CBC Gem. The official log line for that one (Lido TV) promises music, comedy, animation, special guest stars (Nelly Furtado?!) … and puppets. I know which screener I’ll be requesting first, if only to see how they cram it all in. Curious about any of these titles (and want to tell me all about it)? You know what to do. As for CBC Radio, I can tell you what's happening on one show in the very, very, very near future: Pride Week on Q! From June 6–10, they’re celebrating some of the greatest LGBTQ entertainers working today, and a feature interview with Hannah Gadsby leads their all-star schedule.

And because we promised you eye candy ...

 
Realistic painting of several human figures floating in the heavens above earth. A central figure, with long flowing hair, wears black heels and is draped in pink and white fabric. Another human figure, with the head and tail of a coyote floats below them. Pterodactyls, and humanoids with the heads and wings of winged dinosaurs, occupy the heavens too.

@romtoronto/Instagram

I realize summer hasn’t even begun, but is it so wrong to be thinking about fall already? A new exhibition from Kent Monkman arrives at the Royal Ontario Museum Oct. 8.

 
Three square paintings, each depicting a pinwheel gradient of blue shades.

Marie Lannoo

Blue Over Saskatoon (Summer, Fall, Winter) by Marie Lannoo. And if you’re anywhere near Saskatoon, you can find this piece at the Remai Modern. It’s part of a group show that opened yesterday: In the Middle of Everywhere, Artists on the Great Plains.
 
Illustration of licorice all sort candies and catseye marbles, alinged on a mirrored grid.

@personfrompotluck/Instagram

All Sorts and Marbles by Luke Painter. (Luke has a solo exhibition opening at Toronto’s Patel Brown gallery June 25.) 
 
A female figure floats in green water wearing an inflatable white suit in the shape of a pool float. The silhouette of a black one-piece bathing suit appears to be printed directly on the inflatable. The person's face hands and feet are visible.

@is_siigii/Instagram

Whatever you get up to this weekend, a reminder to be sun-smart via Spanish artist SiiGii.
 
 

You've got to see this

 
 
 
Line drawing of two muscle-bound orange-skinned men. Both have floppy/spiky hair and pencil moustaches and are drawn against a pink backdrop.
Dylan Glynn

'I was watching Sex and the City way too much'

 
Toronto artist Dylan Glynn shares the origin story behind his new animated short, Thot or Not.
 
A thin young white man in a short sleeve button up top and jjeans pulls a funny face as he talks into a microphone in front of an audience. Two banners flank him on stage. They both read
Gay AF Comedy

On the importance of queer representation (and being funny AF)

 
Robert Watson is the producer and host of Toronto’s Gay AF Comedy. As he writes, “Whether you're gay, straight or anywhere in between, laughter is a medicine that works best when it is shared among many.”
 
Illustration of the CBC logo. The segments of the gem are rainbow gradient and brown. A braid of sweet grass, coloured pink and blue, encircles the logo. At the centre, plants bloom in rainbow colours.

Sheri Osden Nault

 

A fresh logo to mark Pride and National Indigenous History months

 
Hear from the designer, two-spirit artist Sheri Osden Nault.
 

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Rydel Cerezo

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Photograph of a backyard pool. A big splash erupts from the turquoise water. In the background, someone can be seen on a chaise lounge.

@rydelc/Instagram

Based in Vancouver, Rydel is on the longlist for the 2022 Sobey Art Award. This image (Sunday Afternoon in Genk) is from his 2019 series To Be From the Same Tree.
 

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I’m Leah Collins, senior writer at CBC Arts. Until next time!

 
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