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Hi, Art!

Sunday, March 31, 2024
Hi, Art!

Sunday, March 31, 2024

Hi, art lovers!
 
Still from the CBC Arts series Canada's a Drag. Image is of a performer on stage. The performer wears heavy makeup in the style of a gothic clown and a long white wig. They hold their head back with their mouth open. Text on screen reads in neon yellow all caps:

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Where did the time go?! If you can believe it, Season 3 of Canada’s a Drag premiered way, way back in February 2020, and the years have blown by quickly — faster than you can say “severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2.” But drag is as relevant as ever, and the country’s most inspiring and GD sensational drag artists demand your attention. That’s why we’re thrilled to announce that Canada’s a Drag is back! Season 4 is now streaming on CBC Arts, and this time around, you’ll meet six performers who’ve become community heroes, including Jaylene Tyme, an icon of the Vancouver scene; Hot Wheelz, a disability advocate and self-proclaimed “drag creature” from Edmonton; and Miss Juwanna deWitt in Toronto, a retired law exec who is one of the oldest performing drag artists in Canada. All six episodes are now online. Queue them up for your weekend viewing, and head to CBC Gem to revisit Seasons 1-3.
 

And because we promised you eye candy ...
 
Still from A Dream of Wholeness in Parts by Sin Wai Kin. Close-up image of a performer in colourful face makeup wearing a blue wig in a mushroom cut. They look upward from behind a tree.

Sin Wai Kin
On the subject of drag, Canadian art star Sin Wai Kin is featured in the triennial exhibition Greater Toronto Art 2024, which is on now at MOCA. Head to the Toronto museum to see A Dream of Wholeness in Parts, Wai Kin’s Turner Prize-nominated film.
 
Photo of red platform boots made of sparkling beads. The tops of the boots look like the faces of glamorous drag queens, and are also rendered in sparkly beads. The boots stand on a short plinths with a colourful top, reminiscent of stained glass.

Raúl de Nieves
Les Champs-Élysées by Raúl de Nieves.
 
A sculptural knot resembling patterned snakes of green, blue, purple and brown. The scales are, in fact, colourful acrylic nails.

Frances Goodman
Art made out of acrylic nails? Yes, please! Beautiful, threatening, fierce, fragile — I could look at Frances Goodman’s sculptures all day.
 
Photo of a person standing against a mauve wall outside. they are dressed in a long green velvet tunic layered with a pale blue tank and they hold a large red tote bag with many large cut-outs. Their left arm is slung through one of the bag's cut-outs. Their face is covered by a stack of colourful popsicle sticks.

Arielle Bobb-Willis
If you’re in Vancouver or Toronto this spring, don’t be surprised if you see photographs by Arielle Bobb-Willis looking down from a billboard or subway poster. Work by the American artist will be featured in the public-art programs of Capture (Vancouver) and the Contact Photography Festival (Toronto). More info here. 
 
Sculptural artwork made of acrylic paint. It resembles a gigantic confetti square, a common dessert full of colourful mini marshmallows.

Aralia Maxwell
One more treat for your Easter basket: Confetti Square by Aralia Maxwell.
 
 

You've got to see this
 
 
 
Image of comedian Sam Sferraza, a white man with a buzzcut wearing a black turtleneck. He holds a microphone and gestures with his other hand. The stage's backdrop is purple and decorated with cloud-like white squiggles.
Sam Sferrazza

With no Just for Laughs this year, what’s a Canadian comic to do?
 
Standup comedian Sam Sferrazza considers the doom and gloom facing his industry — and tries to find a little hope too.
 
Sculptural artwork depicting plastic yellow rope embedded in a grey rock.
Toni Hafkenscheid

Art rocks
 
If you want to learn more about humanity’s impact on the planet, take a good hard look at some rocks. Erratic Behaviour is a group exhibition appearing at the Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery right now.
 
Medium close-up of the artist Joyce Joumaa, a woman with dark curly long hair wearing a white button-up shirt.

Clara Lacasse
 

This Montrealer will be the youngest artist at the Venice Biennale
 
Meet Joyce Joumaa, a filmmaker who explores the politics of her native Lebanon.
 

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Martina Breit
@martinavkb
Mixed media artwork hanging on a white wall. Work depicts a female figure in profile, rendered in shades of beige, white and grey. In the foreground of the image are icons suggesting a horse, basketball and flowering tree. Gauze curtains hang from the top of the canvas; Blonde hair extensions with dark streaks hang from the bottom of the canvas.

Martina Breit
Martina’s a Toronto-based artist with a background in modelling and performance art, and if you look at enough of her artwork, you’ll notice one thing: she loves to paint her own portrait. Want to know why? Read on.
 

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