 Hi, art lovers! | | |  | Amelia Eqbal/CBC | | | As soon as the long weekend’s over, CBC Arts will be publishing a whole lot of content about the Governor General’s Performing Arts Awards. The prize is considered one of Canada’s top honours, and to celebrate this year’s laureates, the National Arts Centre in Ottawa will be hosting a gala on May 27.
Leading up to the big day, we’ll be posting stories about the honourees. But if you can’t wait till then, Q already has a couple of must-listen interviews. Hear from legendary singer k.d. lang and actor Paul Sun-Hyung Lee, the star of Kim’s Convenience and the only GGPAA winner to have ever been immortalized as an official Star Wars figurine.
This year’s awards ceremony won’t be televised, but keep your eye on CBC Gem for a special video series produced by the NFB. As per GGPAA tradition, the NFB has made original short films that profile the winners. Look for those on Saturday night. | | | | | And because we promised you eye candy ... | | | | |  | Stephanie E. Hanes | | And because I couldn’t choose just one photo … here’s another preview from ICAF: Transfiguration by Alberta-born artist Stephanie E. Hanes. | | | | |  | Timo Ohler/Courtesy of Jeremy Shaw and Macaulay & Co. Fine Art | | Phase Shifting Index by Jeremy Shaw will open at the Polygon Gallery on June 23. The immersive installation first premiered at the Centre Pompidou in Paris, way back in 2020. (That’s where this photo was taken.) But the upcoming exhibition at Polygon in North Vancouver (Jeremy’s hometown!) will be its first showing in North America. | | | | |  | Aga Khan Museum | | This installation by Matt Donovan and Hallie Siegel is now up at the Aga Khan Museum in Toronto. That phrase you see reflected in the water? It’s a quote attributed to Rumi, the poet and Sufi mystic who’s the subject of the museum’s main exhibition. Skip to the next section of the newsletter and you’ll find a story with more info about that show. | | | | |  | Nanc Price | | | | | Prison Dancer is now playing the Citadel Theatre in Edmonton. Co-writers Romeo Candido and Carmen De Jesus tell the story of how they brought it to the stage. | | | | |  | Aga Khan Museum | | | | | His words are everywhere: social media, Coldplay songs … Brad Pitt’s bicep. But who was Rumi, exactly? A new exhibit at the Aga Khan Museum tackles that question. | | | | |  | Hot Docs | | | | | | | A new documentary explores the life of a groundbreaking feminist sex researcher. | | |  | William Ukoh | | William’s on the new episode of digi-Art, where he teaches host Taelor Lewis-Joseph the basics of 3D rendering. Watch! | | | | | Share this newsletter | | or subscribe if this was
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