 Hi, art lovers! | | |  | (CBC) | | | Blame the holiday Monday, but I have some catching up to do. There’s a backlog of Q interviews that I’ve yet to press play on, folks, but because it’s a lazy Sunday, I say we just blast through a week’s worth of podcast links together.
In no particular order, Q talks to Chromeo about embracing middle age by making music that’s “grown and sexy.” Brittany Howard (formerly of Alabama Shakes) chats about her new solo album, and how she learned to be her own cheerleader. Kablusiak, who spoke with CBC Arts before and after winning the 2023 Sobey Art Award, was on Q to talk more about the prize, their art and what it’s like to have a show at the National Gallery of Canada. Shea Coulée gave Tom Power the story of her very first drag performance, and Adam Beach (who appears in the new film Exile) discussed what it’s like to confront trauma on set.
I also missed this Q interview with Seth Rogen. (Unforgivable, I know, but I have an excuse: I was busy typing out the newsletter when the episode went online.) The interview’s main topic of discussion is Seth’s CBC series, The Great Canadian Pottery Throw Down, of course. Episode 3 aired Thursday, and ever since the show premiered, I’ve been stumbling on listings for viewing parties around the country, including this event at a clay studio in Sudbury, Ont. I've even read that some folks are thinking of attempting the show's pottery challenges, Bob Ross-style! Is something like that happening where you are? Has all the ceramics chatter on CBC inspired you to sign up for a workshop? I’d love to know. | | | | | And because we promised you eye candy ... | | | | |  | Kimberly Orjuela | | On the subject of Throw Down, there was a pop-up ceramics exhibition inside Toronto’s Union Station earlier this month to publicize the show, and a piece by this artist, Kimberly Orjuela, was included in the mix. | | | | |  | Tiffany Shaw | | Manif d’art — The Quebec City Biennial launched before the weekend, and it’ll be on through April 28. For its 11th edition, programming can be found at galleries and public spaces around Quebec City, but the biennial’s main exhibition will be at Espace Quatre Cents. Alberta’s Tiffany Shaw is among the dozens of artists participating in the event. (Pictured: … and other unseen forces.) | | | | |  | Jiwan Larouche | | Meanwhile, Centre Materia in Quebec City is hosting another exhibition for the biennial (La Débâcle). The show taps into themes of transformation and the transition from winter to spring. Jiwan Larouche is one of the featured artists … | | | | |  | Ana María Hernando | | And finally, a photo that actually makes me wish winter would last forever. The snow makes this installation by Ana María Hernando even more delicious! The piece (To Let the Sky Know / Dejar que el cielo sepa) is appearing at Madison Square Park in New York City. | | | | |  | Jeff Vespa/GGPAA Foundation | | | | | Who else will receive a 2024 Governor General’s Performing Arts Award? This year’s list was revealed Thursday. | | | | |  | OpenAI | | | | | Ready or not, text-to-video AI is here. On Commotion, futurist Sinead Bovell discusses the promise and potential dangers of using OpenAI’s latest invention. | | | | |  | CBC | | | | | | | More like Black Swan than Bring it On, Backspot leaps into the world of competitive cheerleading. | | |  | Nancy Friedland | | Like Nancy says in her Instagram bio, “I used to be a photographer, but I’m all right now.” In fact, she was a photographer for two decades! But as a painter, Nancy is able to capture something her camera never could, and she’s finding wider success than she did before. She told us more last week. | | | | | Share this newsletter | | or subscribe if this was
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