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A closer look at the people behind the work.
Step inside an artist’s practice. Conversations about what they make, how they work, and what comes next.
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Daniela Savarese: Painting the People We Can Never Fully Know
On the emotional weight of quiet moments, a friendship spanning 25 years, and building a career without losing the pleasure of painting.
Interview by David Rozenfeld
Artsume community
Inside the galleries and programs that show the work.
Conversations with the people who choose the artists. What they look for, and how they build a program.
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Breathing Space: Leslie Menagh on Artspace Peterborough
The artist and arts administrator on creative collaboration, the relationships that sustain an artist-run centre, and making room for people to try something new.
Interview by David Rozenfeld
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Across studios and disciplines
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Abbozzo Gallery: Blake Zigrossi on Growing With Its Artists
The associate director on growing up in a family gallery, what makes an artist–gallery relationship work, and helping Canadian artists reach new audiences.
Interview by David Rozenfeld
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Kezleigh: The Wall Is the Canvas
The Toronto-based new media artist on giving digital paintings a physical form, finding a language for memory, and building a career one “yes” at a time.
Interview by David Rozenfeld
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Rafael Montalvo: Sculpture in Reverse
The Puerto Rican artist on transforming living bodies into sculptural photographs, the pull of the sea and mythology, and the relationships that help an artistic practice find its audience.
Interview by David Rozenfeld
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Ethan Platt paints bodies beyond the possible
Digital figures. Physical feeling. The Toronto painter on impossible poses, the pull of oil paint, and trusting the work itself.
Interview by David Rozenfeld
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Michelle “MISHVANIA” Beattie on Ocean Plastic Sculpture
Beach-found plastic becomes coral reefs, anemones, and imagined underwater worlds. Inside Michelle Beattie’s practice on the Cape Town coast.
Interview by David Rozenfeld
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Emmette Lewis on Portrait Painting and Diasporic Memory
Family photographs become portraits in oil, textiles, and found materials. Emmette Lewis on memory, belonging, and the people who shape her work.
Interview by David Rozenfeld
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Ruth “Rutamfi” Burotte on 3D Character Art and Diaspora
From street art to digital sculpture, Ruth “Rutamfi” Burotte builds characters with their own stories. A conversation about play, identity, and community.
Interview by David Rozenfeld