 Hi, art lovers! | | |  | Natalie Very B | | | I’m writing you this email from THE PAST. Friday morning, to be exact — several hours before the winners of the 2023 Digital Publishing Awards were revealed. CBC earned 15 nominations this year, and a few of those nods went to the team here at CBC Arts. Win or lose, we’re proud to be among those honoured — so proud that I’m going to open this newsletter with a bunch of links to our nominated projects.
Links of peer-acknowledged excellence: From our video series, “Poetic License,” watch Arrival. The short film — which features Edmonton’s ninth poet laureate, Titilope Sonuga — was produced for Black on the Prairies: Place Edition, a CBC News interactive project that happens to be nominated for best digital editorial package alongside CBC Arts’ year-in-review extravaganza, 22 Artists Who Salvaged 2022. (Come to think of it, one of Edmonton’s former poet laureates, Cadence Weapon, is the focus of another nominated piece. Read The Prairies Got Something to Say, which is in the running for best digital design.)
Remember when Instagram changed, but the artists using it didn’t? No? Well, read this article that’s nominated for best short feature and maybe it’ll come back to you. Then, check out everything Alicia Elliott’s published in the last 12 months; “Shelfies” is up for best column of the year. | | | | | And because we promised you eye candy ... | | | | |  | Igor Emerich/Luminato | | Luminato kicks off in Toronto later this week, and one of this year’s projects (Walk with Amal Toronto) will be hard to miss. Little Amal (pictured) is a giant puppet of a small girl — a 10-year-old Syrian refugee who’s searching for a home. Between June 7 and 11, she’ll be on the move in neighbourhoods around the city, and the public’s invited to join her on parade. Find more info, including where and when to find her, over here. | | | | |  | Samantha Chiusolo | | Some weekend gardening vibes care of Peterborough, Ont., illustrator Samantha Chiusolo. | | | | |  | Aly McKnight | | This month’s logo designer, Chelysa (Chief) Owens-Cyr, is a big fan of this artist: Aly McKnight. (Curious about Chelysa’s logo? Keep scrolling! There’s a feature at the bottom of this email.) | | | | |  | Joana Vasconcelos | | I’m not sure what I want more right now: a vacation or dessert. Whatever the answer, this thing sure is speaking to me. It’s a mock-up of an immersive sculpture called Wedding Cake, and those piles of pastel buttercream are going to be made of ceramic. The structure serves as a sort of pavilion, one that towers 12 metres high, and it was designed by Portuguese artist Joana Vasconcelos. Later this month, it will open to the public at Waddesdon Manor, a historic house in southeast England. (Wall-licking is discouraged, I presume.) | | | | |  | Brandon Ferguson | | | | | Inspired by classic sci-fi and built from discarded plastic, art by Leeroy New kicked off the Bentway’s summer season in Toronto. | | | | |  | Vintage Anchor Books | | | | | So what happens when it’s not? Columnist Alicia Elliott reflects on Motherthing, the new novel by Ainslie Hogarth. | | | | |  | CBC Arts | | | | | | | On the new episode of digi-Art, meet artists who use the technology to recreate places in the real world. | | | Share this newsletter | | or subscribe if this was
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