Illustrator and animator Claire Nest sets ideas in motion
For Claire Nest, trust is the key to working well with illustrators – and impact is the result.
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Illustrator and designer Maïa Faddoul’s invitation to community
Maïa Faddoul’s bright colours, cheerful patterns, and uplifting depictions of human courage and connection are often in the service of community and rights organizations.
Illustrating work
Illustrator and anthropologist Julien Posture discusses how human misunderstanding and machine learning devalue creative labour.
Is all the talk around C-11 consultations just performative box-ticking?
As the federal government overhauls Canada’s outdated Broadcast Act, arts organizations and other analysts – like those convened by OCAD University’s Cultural Policy Hub – suggest how to make policy consultation processes more meaningful.
Redefining advocacy, research, and funding in the arts sector
Guided by concepts of participatory governance and bottom-up decision-making, national arts service organization Mass Culture is building networks across the arts sector with the long-term goal of fundamentally changing Canadians’ relationship to the arts.
Bringing power to truth: A call to catalyze artists as agents of systems change
Artists can offer new perspectives to shape policy and tackle complex challenges, says Patti Pon, president and CEO of Calgary Arts Development. She calls on local institutions and funders to be co-conspirators in engaging artists to play a bigger role in shaping Canadian society.
State of emergence: Why we need artists right now
What would it mean to ambitiously mobilize artists to do their most essential work well and fully, with the aim of creating a more sustainable, just, and caring society? Contributor Shannon Litzenberger calls for direct support for individual artists, as world-makers with the potential to catalyze transformative change.
Nunavut’s Pirurvik Preschool: A place to grow
Arctic Inspiration Prize winner Pirurvik Preschool applies the eight principles that embody Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit (IQ) to provide culturally relevant early-childhood education.
