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Open Letter Decries Departure of Longtime Gallery Curator at Emily Carr University
High-profile Canadian and international artists, curators and educators are among more than 350 signatories
News Roundup: New Brunswick Black Artists Alliance Launches in Fredericton
Members say it’s the first provincial arts association for professional artists of African descent. Plus: an artist prompts the return of a stolen statue to India
News Roundup: Mi’kmaw Knowledge Guides New Art Gallery of Nova Scotia Design
Elder Lorraine Whitman and Jordan Bennett Studio are among the collaborators on the design team with architects KPMB and Omar Gandhi. Plus: Marvel’s first Indigenous Voices issue
Jordan Bennett and Afua Cooper Win Nova Scotia Arts Awards
Bennett receives $25K Masterworks Award, and Cooper wins $18K Portia White Prize. Darcie (Ouiyaghasiak) Bernhardt and Andrea Tsang Jackson also recognized
News Roundup: AGO Creates New Department of Arts of Global Africa and the Diaspora
Curator Julie Crooks will lead the new department. Plus: Three Calgary organizations team up to create the National accessArts Centre, and two Prairie galleries get Indigenous names
Alanis Obomsawin Wins $100,000 Glenn Gould Prize
The 88-year-old Abenaki filmmaker is the first Indigenous person to win this lifetime achievement award
Nia Launches Construction on 14,000-Square-Foot Black Arts Centre in Toronto
“Our vision,” director Alica Hall said, “is to give Black artists a platform, no matter where they are in their career, to share their gifts and talents with the city.”
Community Speaks on Lack of Black Artists in Art Gallery of Alberta’s Biennials
Edmonton’s Black Arts Matters founder Nasra Adem says professionalized arts spaces in the city need to change—and have needed to for a long time now
News Roundup: Hamilton-Born Kapwani Kiwanga Wins France’s Top Art Prize
The Prix Marcel Duchamp is worth 35,000 euros. Plus: Toronto Biennial announces artists, UOttawa Art and Gender professor who used racial slur returns to class, and more
New Initiative Aims to Boost BIPOC Creatives in Canadian Media Arts
Jesse Wente of the Indigenous Screen Office hopes HireBIPOC will aid First Nations, Inuit and Métis makers, among others