Essays
On the Life and Death (and Life) of Dancemakers
In November, the board of directors at Dancemakers said it would close, after a 46-year run. Then in February, a new board took the reins, with a new, in-process vision
On the Life and Death (and Life) of Dancemakers
In November, the board of directors at Dancemakers said it would close, after a 46-year run. Then in February, a new board took the reins, with a new, in-process vision
A Different Kind of Futurism
Kali Spitzer reclaims historical photography in her recent exhibition “An Exploration of Resilience and Resistance”—and reveals a queer Indigenous future
You Want Our Art but Not Our People
Dressed in regalia to support their kin at the 2019 Whitney Biennial opening, a group of NDNs experience art-world militarization first-hand
Stories Not Told
Let’s honour Annie Pootoogook’s profound work, legacy and life. But let’s also talk about Inuit art as an industry, and who is left out of institutional reconciliation
nîpawistamâsowin: We Will Stand Up
On the opening night of the 2019 Hot Docs film festival, Tasha Hubbard premiered a new documentary on the death (and life) of Colten Boushie
The Vision
The unexpected yet clichéd revelation of leaving home, with all the usual small-town angst of needing to get out, was that I found my inherent Inukness the farther away I wandered
Cultivating Collectivity
Can art make a case, legally, for Indigenous sovereignty over threatened waters? A Vancouver exhibition looks at the parallels between cultural histories and public protest for a First Nations community in coastal BC
On Diversity and Representation in the Arts
I’m grateful for the opportunities I’ve had as an artist. But more work needs to be done to ensure diverse creative perspectives are heard
Ancestral Threads
Through research I find clues to our centuries-old traditions, connecting stories to markings and pulling the past into the present
Who Is Not Being Heard?
In their editors’ note for the Spring 2019 issue of Canadian Art, Kablusiak and asinnajaq ᐊᓯᓐᓇᐃᔭᖅ write about making space for Inuit and other circumpolar Indigenous artists
Against the Odds, Calgary’s Art Community Reboots
New funds and opportunities promise to help artists and arts organizations overcome past challenges—but we’re not there quite yet