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Chroma Launch: Sally Frater in Conversation with Justine A. Chambers and Farihah Aliyah Shah

Chroma Launch: Sally Frater in Conversation with Justine A. Chambers and Farihah Aliyah Shah

In this video, three Spotlight contributors explore questions of labour, consumption, the body and Black art production in Canada

Chroma Launch: Kelsey Adams and David Woods in Conversation

Chroma Launch: Kelsey Adams and David Woods in Conversation

In this video, Kelsey Adams and David Woods discuss the overlooked histories and current work being done by Black artists, curators and thinkers in the Maritimes

In the Studio with Amanda Boulos

In the Studio with Amanda Boulos

“I rely on painting to archive inherited ancestral knowledge,” says artist Amanda Boulos, and while on a residency at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, she found parallels to Beirut

In the Studio with Jamiyla Lowe

In the Studio with Jamiyla Lowe

"A lot of my work can be really silly," says Lowe, "even though it's a little bit dark sometimes, it's never heavy. If I'm spending so much time with something, I want it to make me feel good."

In the Studio with Aaron Jones

In the Studio with Aaron Jones

“There was a point when I just thought that taking photos didn’t make sense: there were enough images existing,” says the collage artist

In the Studio with Gloria Swain

In the Studio with Gloria Swain

“I try to create creative healing spaces. It’s like me saying to young black women: it’s ok not to be ok.”

In the Studio with Curtis Talwst Santiago

In the Studio with Curtis Talwst Santiago

The Edmonton-born artist talks about the relationship between music and art, the themes that inform his practice and his new project for the Toronto Biennial of Art

In the Studio with KC Adams

In the Studio with KC Adams

“I've always jumped from medium to medium,” says this influential Indigenous artist. She adds: “There was a lot of things that we had to do for survival. I’m just merely following the footsteps of the ancestors”

In the Studio with Faraz Anoushahpour, Parastoo Anoushahpour and Ryan Ferko

In the Studio with Faraz Anoushahpour, Parastoo Anoushahpour and Ryan Ferko

In this video they discuss working together and the challenges of collective authorship

A Conversation with Brenda Draney

A Conversation with Brenda Draney

Viewing a Brenda Draney painting is like witnessing a dream. Here, the artist speaks about the role of small-town memory and mystery in her work