On November 10, 2022, Michael Kenna was awarded the decoration of Officier des Arts et des Lettres at Paris Photo by the French Minister of Culture. The artist’s life archive will be housed by the French state at the Mediatheque de Photographie et Patrimoine (MPP).
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In a recent interview for the Creators Vancouver platform, Steven Nederveen talks about his new show at Bau-Xi Vancouver: The Ocean in Us. Read about where his inspiration comes from, the highlights of the artist's career and his future endeavours.
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Toronto artist Steven Nederveen visualized his process to give an insight into how his vivid landscapes come to be. Born to love the land and the oceans, he has an intricate making process that underlines the personal relationship with the landscapes he creates.
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To accompany her new solo exhibition, Michelle Nguyen offers a full artist statement essay below, in which she identifies and discusses six concepts which contributed to the Victorian aesthetic of horror vacui (Latin for fear of empty space): a direct social reckoning and acknowledgment of death and the unknown of the afterlife.
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BC artist Sheri Bakes reflects on her latest collection The Company of Stars, inspired by her dear friend’s six-month solo thru-hike of the Pacific Crest Trail and the photos she took along her journey.
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"Jeffrey Milstein (b. 1944, U.S.) Artists first settled here [Hudson Valley, New York] in the 1800s, and its natural beauty fostered the Hudson River School of landscape painting. Prior to globalization, the area was also an important source of food and manufactured goods for New York City but the area became adversely affected with cheaper imports. We are seeing a rebirth of agriculture due to the demand for farm-to-table food. Also, the internet has shrunk the world making it possible to run global businesses from the Valley."
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Artists Ted Fullerton and Dazaunggee (Paul) Shilling befriended each other in the early nineties based on their mutual respect and shared work in the arts. In 2018, the artists met again after years apart. Naturally conversing on
themes such as colonial domination, oppression, aesthetic sensibilities, as well as their personal life experiences, the artists decided to continue their conversation in visual form.
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Visual artist Kyle Scheurmann sits with Perrin Grauer from Emily Carr University to discuss "Art Auction for Old Growth" in support of the Nature-Based Solutions Foundation. The auction features work by 16 artists including ECU alumni and faculty hoping to raise more than $56,000 in donated works.
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