 Hi, art lovers! | | |  | Still from Women Talking. (Orion Pictures) | | | Last week, Sarah Polley’s latest film, Women Talking, celebrated its umpteenth nomination of awards season, earning a nod from the SAG Awards. The film’s in the running for outstanding performance by a cast in a motion picture, and an incredible cast it sure is, including Jessie Buckley, Claire Foy, Rooney Mara and Frances McDormand alongside even more powerhouse actors, one of whom is an emerging talent out of Alberta. I’m talking about Kate Hallett, who makes her screen debut in Women Talking, and as you might have seen on the site, she’s a CBC Arts Rising Star. You’ll find a feature profile of the young actor online (link below the jump).
What’s “Rising Stars”? It’s a project that’ll introduce you to up-and-coming Canadian film stars: actors like Kate, but also directors, producers, screenwriters — folks who are getting noticed for the great things they’re doing in cinema. Look forward to a new profile story every month. Radheyan Simonpillai, a pop culture columnist for CBC Radio, is the guy leading the project. He’s also the former editor of Toronto’s Now Magazine … which ran a very similar project (Canada’s Rising Screen Stars) before the weekly was shuttered.
But before you dig into that Kate Hallett profile, I want to share a comment I received via email recently: “While it’s important to promote current artists, I also think it’s important to honour the great ones who have come before.” A reader named Melanie sent me that note, surprised at the lack of Michael Snow coverage in last weekend’s dispatch. The legendary Canadian artist died in Toronto this month at age 94, and I hope it’s not too late to direct you to this piece — a tribute from CBC News. The article links to footage from the CBC Archives, namely a video from 1970 that also turned up in the CBC Archives newsletter: an episode of CBC’s Telescope, which follows the artist to the Venice Biennale. (Yep, CBC Archives has its own newsletter. Curious? Sign up here.) | | | | | And because we promised you eye candy ... | | | | |  | Fausta Facciponte | | Story Fragment No. 13 by Fausta Facciponte. Fausta has a solo exhibition at the Art Gallery of Burlington. Little Tragedies and New Beginnings is there through March 5. | | | | |  | Sascha Braunig | | B.C.-born artist Sascha Braunig just wrapped her own exhibition in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area, and dang, do I ever wish I’d braved the drive to see her stint at Oakville Galleries. | | | | |  | Sasha Huber | | Mami Wata by Sasha Huber. (It’s hard to tell from a JPEG, but those marks are made with metal staples on wood!) Sasha had a show at the Power Plant in Toronto around this time last year, and if you’re looking for a reason to explore the waterfront, check out the gallery’s newly announced winter exhibition schedule. The details were revealed last week. | | | | |  | Cooper & O'Hara/CBC Arts | | | | | The Albertan actor gives an awe-inspiring performance in her professional debut — and she’s our first ever Rising Star. | | | | |  | aAron Munson | | | | | Artist Tammy Salzl reveals the origins of Emerald Queendom, her miniature fantasy universe. | | | | |  | Hans Sipma | | | | | | | Doug and the Slugs and Me is a new documentary by Vancouver filmmaker Teresa Alfeld. Growing up, Teresa didn’t realize Doug Bennett was a rock star; she just knew him as her best friend’s dad. | | | Share this newsletter | | or subscribe if this was
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