 Hi, art lovers! | | |  | CBC | | | My writing space is at home: a studio apartment that has just enough room for a desk, thank goodness. It’s overcrowded, but functional — its surface cluttered with notebooks, papers, a light-therapy lamp and two ceramic mugs. (One is for coffee. The other’s reserved for office supplies … plus an April O’Neil action figure I’ve had since I was seven.)
What’s so important about where a person writes?
Every spring around Canada Reads time, we put that question to the competing authors, and this year’s no different. On the site, find essays from the class of 2023: Dimitri Nasrallah (Hotline), Silvia Moreno-Garcia (Mexican Gothic), Emily St. John Mandel (Station Eleven), Kate Beaton (Ducks) and Michael Christie (Greenwood).
Canada Reads starts Monday. Keen to follow all the action? CBC Books has everything you need to know. | | | | | And because we promised you eye candy ... | | | | |  | Medrie MacPhee | | Spring cleaning this weekend? If you’ve been busy clearing out your closet, the work of Medrie MacPhee might be of interest. The Edmonton-born artist can do incredible things with a pile of old clothes. Cast-offs serve as both inspiration and raw material. Her solo exhibition at Toronto’s Nicholas Metivier Gallery opens on April 1. | | | | |  | Laura Moore | | Laura Moore is another Canadian artist who works with second-hand togs. The picture is a piece from her Memory Quilts series, a project that’s packed with references to retro tech. The title of this quilt? Nintendo Gameboy Tetris. | | | | |  | Nicholas Crombach | | A new art space called The Lost & Found will open in Toronto on April 15, and it’s launching with a group exhibition featuring work by Nicholas Crombach. This is one of his sculptures, End of the Chase. | | | | |  | Körei Sándor | | How’s this for spring flowers? Art by Körei Sándor. | | | | |  | Christopher Katsarov Luna | | | | | Coming off its world premiere at SXSW, a new documentary from Sean Menard (The Carter Effect) recounts the history of “The Nation’s Music Station.” | | | | |  | Priam Thomas | | | | | Add art! This spring in Toronto, relax at Public Sweat. It’s a spa experience that doubles as the latest wondrous project from Art Spin. | | | | |  | Jewel Samad/AFP via Getty Images | | | | | | | According to Shailee Koranne, the conversation around Britney Spears and mental illness has taken a major step backward. | | |  | Ben Johnston | | Best known for making splashy typographic murals, Ben’s been experimenting with sculpture and painting. He told us more last week. Find that conversation on the site. | | | | | Share this newsletter | | or subscribe if this was
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I’m Leah Collins, senior writer at CBC Arts. Until next time! | | | | | |
