The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City has announced the acquisition of a grand diptych by Kent Monkman, mistikôsiwak (Wooden Boat People), created by the Ontario-based Cree artist as the inaugural commission for a new series of contemporary projects in the Museum’s Great Hall. The paintings—titled Welcoming the Newcomers and Resurgence of the […]
David Mirvish is pleased to present the international premiere of the Donmar Warehouse production of BLINDNESS, a socially distanced sound installation. BLINDNESS will be presented on stage at the Princess of Wales Theatre beginning November 17, 2020 and will be the first indoor theatre presentation in Toronto since the pandemic shut down all theatres. (The […]
FRIENDS of Canadian Broadcasting is launching The Chesterfield, a new video interview series about Canadian culture where notable Canadian artists reveal the Canadian art that inspires them. Hosted by songwriter and performance artist iskwē, and entertainment journalist Ben Rayner, The Chesterfield will premiere Tuesday, October 6, 2020 on YouTube and run weekly for 12 episodes. […]
The work of three Ontario artists will be featured in a major exhibition of contemporary Indigenous art at the Heard Museum in Phoenix, AZ. Entitled Larger Than Memory: Contemporary Art from Indigenous North America, it’s the museum’s largest exhibition of contemporary art in its 90-year history, featuring more than 40 works by 22 artists from […]
Covid-19 isn’t stopping the Ryerson University Pow Wow. From Monday, Sept. 21- Friday, Sept. 25, RU is hosting an online Indigenous Education Week, which will culminate in its first Digital Pow Wow and online Vendor Market. The student-led initiative offers 22 events, with everything from legal tips for entrepreneurs to discussions about the intersections of […]
With #BlackLivesMatter taking social media, society and media by storm, I am here to say as an Indigenous person, that I am in full support of the movement. There comes a time when enough is enough, whether it be for my people or other people of colour. I am grateful we are seeing people staying […]
This year there are eleven writers on the longlist for the Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour, and Curve Lake First Nation author Drew Hayden Taylor is one of them. The prize, worth $15,000, is awarded to the best book of humour each year. Taylor is nominated for his play “Cottagers and Indians,” which chronicles the […]